Destinations · Vermont
Fairlee
VT · 43.9075, -72.1433
Connecticut River Byway, River Heritage Tour and Crossroad of Vermont Byway are 3 of 6 signed byways within 30 miles of Fairlee, Vermont.
Understand
History One of the New Hampshire grants, Fairlee was chartered by Governor Benning Wentworth in 1761 and awarded to Josiah Channey, Joseph Hubbard and 62 others. It was first settled in 1766. In 1797, the western half of the grant was set off as West Fairlee. The population was 575 by 1859, when it had several sawmills, a gristmill, and an establishment for lead pipe and pumps. The Fairlee Railroad Depot was built in 1848 by the Connecticut & Passumpsic Rivers Railroad.
The drives · Designated roads lead.
6 scenic drives near Fairlee
Ordered by federal designation, then by how close each one runs to Fairlee. All-American Roads and National Scenic Byways are named by the Federal Highway Administration, not by us.
- 01
Connecticut River Byway
National Scenic Byway · starts in town
Runs through Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests and White Mountain National Forest.
- 02
Kancamagus Scenic Byway
National Scenic Byway · 24 mi out
Runs through White Mountain National Forest.
- 03
- 04
- 05
Crossroad of Vermont Byway
State scenic byway · 20 mi out
Runs through Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests.
- 06
Lakes Region Tour
State scenic byway · 25 mi out
Day-trip loops
Ready-made loops for Fairlee 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
- Connecticut River Byway · inside · national
- River Heritage Tour · 5 mi
- Crossroad of Vermont Byway · 20 mi
- Kancamagus Scenic Byway · 24 mi · national
- White Mountain Trail · 25 mi · national
- Lakes Region Tour · 25 mi
Public land
Campgrounds
- Hexacuba Shelter · 6 mi
- Smarts Mountain Campsite · 8 mi
- Trapper John Shelter · 9 mi
- Moose Mountain Shelter · 12 mi
- Jeffers Brook Shelter · 14 mi
- Velvet Rocks Shelter · 15 mi
- Three Ponds Shelter · 16 mi
- Beaver Brook Shelter · 19 mi
Lookouts
- Post Pond Overlook · 6 mi
- Balch Hill · 15 mi
- Sunset Viewing Spot · 16 mi
- Norman Overlook · 17 mi
Named places
- Samuel Morey · 0 mi
- The Palisades · 0 mi
- Morey Mountain · 1 mi
- Orford Community Field · 1 mi
- Fairlee Town Beach · 1 mi
- Richmond Conservation Area · 1 mi
- Glen Falls · 1 mi
- Reeds Wildlife Management Area · 1 mi
A day out of Fairlee, 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 Fairlee.
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