Destinations · Massachusetts
South County
MA · 42.1190, -71.9650
Connecticut State Route 169, Lost Villages Scenic Byway and Revolutionary Heritage Byway are signed byways within 30 miles of South County, Massachusetts.
Understand
South County is the name sometimes used to refer to the area of Central Massachusetts southwest of Worcester. The name does not refer to, as it might seem, the southern half of Worcester County. This would include Worcester and the entire Blackstone Valley. The region is not quite rural, not quite suburban. Former mill towns are surrounded by farms and very low density housing development. Sturbridge, despite being the smallest of the towns in South County, is home to most of the attractions because of the build-up of tourist oriented businesses surrounding Old Sturbridge Village.
The same roads run past Webster, where they are ranked and described in full.
Day-trip loops
Ready-made loops for South County 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 State Route 169 · 7 mi · national
- Lost Villages Scenic Byway · 12 mi
- Revolutionary Heritage Byway · 30 mi · national
Named places
- Charlton Soldier Memorial · 1 mi
- Bruce Lamprey Memorial Tree · 1 mi
- Charlton Civil War Monument · 1 mi
- William T. G. Morton Memorial · 1 mi
- Charlton Soldier Memorial · 1 mi
- Charlton Town Common · 1 mi
- Virginia Lynn Cooper Memorial Tree · 1 mi
- Mugget Hill · 1 mi
A day out of South County, 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 South County.
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