Loop 1 · 4 h window · 130 mi
3 h 58 loop · 2 stops · back by 3:58 PM. Incorporates Connecticut State Route 169.
- Old Chapel · 30 min
- Keney Tower · 10 min
Touches Connecticut State Route 169, Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
Destinations · Massachusetts
Holland
MA · 42.0639, -72.1578
Connecticut State Route 169, Lost Villages Scenic Byway and State Routes 49 & 14A are signed byways within 30 miles of Holland, Massachusetts.
Get in
Holland is easy to get to from exit 74 off of Route 84; from Holland Road off of Route 20 in Sturbridge. From Brimfield there are a few roads, the two most traveled being East Brimfield/Holland road and New Holland Rd. Holland also abuts Wales (Massachusetts), Massachusetts and Union, Connecticut (Mashapaug Rd and Maybrook Rd).
The drives · Designated roads lead.
3 scenic drives near Holland
Ordered by federal designation, then by how close each one runs to Holland. All-American Roads and National Scenic Byways are named by the Federal Highway Administration, not by us.
- 01
Connecticut State Route 169
National Scenic Byway · 8 mi out
- 02
Lost Villages Scenic Byway
State scenic byway · 21 mi out
- 03
State Routes 49 & 14A
State scenic byway · 29 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 2 · 8 h window · 263 mi
7 h 59 loop · 6 stops · back by 7:58 PM. Incorporates Connecticut State Route 169.
- Path Continues · 10 min
- 26 · 10 min
- Bowen Hill · 15 min
- Old Furnace State Park · 45 min
- Way Hill · 15 min
- Cooley Hill · 15 min
Touches Connecticut State Route 169, Battle Road Scenic Byway, Revolutionary Heritage Byway
How long is a scenic day-trip loop from Holland?
Byway's engine bakes two loops from Holland: 4 h, 130 miles, 2 stops; and 8 h, 263 miles, 6 stops. The time counts the driving and the stops themselves.
What is there to stop at on a day trip from Holland?
The 8 h loop stops at Path Continues, 26, Bowen Hill, Old Furnace State Park, Way Hill and Cooley Hill. Each stop traces to an OpenStreetMap feature.
Within reach
Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.
Scenic byways
- Connecticut State Route 169 · 8 mi · national
- Lost Villages Scenic Byway · 21 mi
- State Routes 49 & 14A · 29 mi
Lookouts
- Summit House · 27 mi
Named places
- Quinebaug Woods · 1 mi
- Blake Hill · 1 mi
- Leadmine Pond Public Access · 2 mi
- Rattlesnake Mountain · 2 mi
- Leadmine Mountain · 2 mi
- Janes Hill · 3 mi
- Leadmine Mountain Wildlife Conservation Easement · 3 mi
- High Bunk · 3 mi
A day out of Holland, 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.
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More day-trip bases nearby
- Union · 5 mi
- Southbridge · 6 mi
- Woodstock · 10 mi
- South County · 11 mi
- Dudley · 12 mi
- Hampden · 13 mi