Destinations · Vermont
Brattleboro
VT · 42.8508, -72.5578
Molly Stark Scenic Byway, Connecticut River Byway and Route 112 Scenic Byway are 3 of 5 signed byways within 30 miles of Brattleboro, Vermont.
Understand
As a Connecticut River town in southern Vermont, Brattleboro benefited greatly from the easy availability of water and water power, and thus has been a prosperous town since the 18th and 19th centuries, as shown by the extraordinary collection of beautiful buildings in various styles that survive from those days and the first few decades of the 20th century. Only a very small selection of them are shown in this article.
The drives · Designated roads lead.
5 scenic drives near Brattleboro
Ordered by federal designation, then by how close each one runs to Brattleboro. All-American Roads and National Scenic Byways are named by the Federal Highway Administration, not by us.
- 01
Connecticut River Byway
National Scenic Byway · 6 mi out
Runs through Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests and White Mountain National Forest.
- 02
Mohawk Trail - MA
National Scenic Byway · 16 mi out
Runs through Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests.
- 03
Molly Stark Scenic Byway
State scenic byway · starts in town
Runs through Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests.
- 04
Route 112 Scenic Byway
State scenic byway · 12 mi out
- 05
Lost Villages Scenic Byway
State scenic byway · 28 mi out
Day-trip loops
Ready-made loops for Brattleboro are growing. What is within reach is measured today; plan a live day trip and the engine routes it now.
Within reach
Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.
Scenic byways
- Molly Stark Scenic Byway · inside
- Connecticut River Byway · 6 mi · national
- Route 112 Scenic Byway · 12 mi
- Mohawk Trail - MA · 16 mi · national
- Lost Villages Scenic Byway · 28 mi
Public land
Campgrounds
- Grout Pond Recreation Area · 24 mi
Lookouts
- stone post view · 1 mi
- Dort Knob Vista · 4 mi
- Hubbard Hill Vista · 5 mi
- Beal's Knob Vista · 8 mi
Named places
- Brattleboro Museum & Art Center · 0 mi
- Pliny Park · 0 mi
- Lynch Park · 0 mi
- Crowell Playground · 0 mi
- Brattleboro Common · 0 mi
- Wantastiquet Mountain Natural Area · 1 mi
- Wantastiquet Mountain · 1 mi
- Whetsone Park · 1 mi
A day out of Brattleboro, planned on real roads
The engine starts from town, weaves the byways and verified stops around it, and hands back an honest schedule — zero hallucinations.
Take the scenic way to Brattleboro.
Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.
More day-trip bases nearby
- Swanzey · 14 mi
- Wilmington · 16 mi
- Gill · 18 mi
- Greenfield · 18 mi
- Charlemont · 19 mi
- Erving · 19 mi