Destinations · Connecticut
Essex
CT · 41.3533, -72.3906
North Fork Trail, Connecticut State Route 169 and State Routes 49 & 14A are signed byways within 30 miles of Essex, Connecticut.
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CT Rt. 9 passes through Essex about 45 miles south of Hartford and about 5 miles north of I-95 exit 69 in Old Saybrook.
The same roads run past Old Saybrook, where they are ranked and described in full.
Day-trip loops
Ready-made loops for Essex 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
- North Fork Trail · 15 mi
- Connecticut State Route 169 · 26 mi · national
- State Routes 49 & 14A · 29 mi
Lookouts
- Bluff Overlook · 17 mi
Named places
- Essex Square · 0 mi
- Essex Park · 0 mi
- Essex Historical Society · 0 mi
- Municipal Triangle · 0 mi
- Essex Tennis Courts · 0 mi
- Connecticut River Museum · 0 mi
- South Cove Access · 0 mi
- Sunset Pond · 0 mi
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More day-trip bases nearby
- Old Saybrook · 4 mi
- Old Lyme · 5 mi
- East Lyme · 8 mi
- Waterford · 13 mi
- Montville · 14 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 15 mi