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Elizabethtown

NY · 44.1917, -73.5939

Lakes to Locks Passage, High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73) and Olympic Trail are 3 of 5 signed byways within 30 miles of Elizabethtown, New York.

5 scenic drives near Elizabethtown

Ordered by federal designation, then by how close each one runs to Elizabethtown. All-American Roads and National Scenic Byways are named by the Federal Highway Administration, not by us.

  1. 01

    Lakes to Locks Passage

    All-American Road · 7 mi out

  2. 02

    High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)

    State scenic byway · 8 mi out

  3. 03

    Olympic Trail

    State scenic byway · 14 mi out

  4. 04

    Lake Champlain Byway - Vermont

    State scenic byway · 19 mi out

  5. 05

    Roosevelt-Marcy Trail

    State scenic byway · 28 mi out

Day-trip loops

Planned by the Byway engine on real roads: every stop traces to an OpenStreetMap feature, and the total time counts driving and the stops themselves.

Loop 1 · 8 h window · 231 mi

7 h 49 loop · 6 stops · back by 11:49 PM. Incorporates Lakes to Locks Passage.

  1. Mount Independence · 15 min
  2. Spade Farm Covered Bridge · 15 min
  3. Shelburne Museum Covered Bridge · 10 min
  4. Arrowhead Mountain · 15 min
  5. Fort Montgomery · 30 min
  6. Poke-O-Moonshine Mountain · 15 min

Touches Lakes to Locks Passage, Circuit du Paysan, Route du Richelieu

How long is a scenic day-trip loop from Elizabethtown?

Byway's engine bakes one loop from Elizabethtown: 8 h, 231 miles, 6 stops. The time counts the driving and the stops themselves.

What is there to stop at on a day trip from Elizabethtown?

The 8 h loop stops at Mount Independence, Spade Farm Covered Bridge, Shelburne Museum Covered Bridge, Arrowhead Mountain, Fort Montgomery and Poke-O-Moonshine Mountain. Each stop traces to an OpenStreetMap feature.

Within reach

Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.

Scenic byways

Public land

Lookouts

Named places

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