MileByMile.com Personal Road Trip Guide Connecticut Byway Highway # "Merritt Parkway" Miles ITEM SUMMARY 0.0 Stateline Connecticut/New Stateline Connecticut/New York, State Highway #15, This is where York Byway Merritt Parkway starts it's journey from. This Byway is set amidst natural surroundings. Merritt Parkway brings art and engineering together as evidenced by its Art Deco or Art Moderne styles of the 1920s and 1930s. 1.7 Riversville Road Riversville Road, Sherwood Avenue, Riversville Road-Merritt Bridge over the Merritt Parkway. 3.4 Round Hill Road Round Hill Road, West Fork Pond, Horseneck Brook, 5.5 North Street North Street, Rockwood Lake, Putnam Lake, located on State Route #15, connecticut. 8.0 Manus River State Park Manus River State Park, Riverbank Road, Newman Mills Park, Deep Valley Lake, 8.6 Westover Road Westover Road, Treetops State Park, Mianus River Reservoir, Mianus or North Mianus is one of many neighborhoods located within the Town of Greenwich, Connecticut. The community is located in a river valley formed by the Mianus River. 9.4 Long Ridge Road Long Ridge Road/State Route #104, St. Andrew's Episcopal Church (Stamford, Connecticut), is an historic church that was built in 1860. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The West Side of Stamford, Connecticut is one of the poorest and most violent sections in the state of Connecticut. It is located north of the Waterside neighborhood, west of Downtown and east of Greenwich, Connecticut. 10.6 High Ridge Road High Ridge Road/State Route #137, Laurel Reservoir, located at the border with New York. Dorothy Heroy Recreation Area, North Stamford Reservoir, Octagon House, a historic house, in Stamford, Connecticut. 11.3 Newfield Avenue Newfield Avenue/Lakeside Drive, North Stamford Reservoir, Community of North Stamford, Connecticut. The Glass House or Johnson house, built in 1949 in New Canaan, Connecticut, The building is an essay in minimal structure, geometry, proportion, and the effects of transparency and reflection. The Glass House is a National Historic Landmark. Newfield-Westover Turn of River. 13.2 Junction Junction State Route #106, Waveny Park (also known as Waveny House) is a public park located in New Canaan, Connecticut. The park's centerpiece is "the castle", built in 1912, surrounded by 300 acres of fields, ponds, trails. 15.8 State Route #123 State Route #123/Riverside Avenue, Norwalk, Connecticut, is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut. Norwalk Hospital is a nonprofit, acute-care, community hospital in the Spring Hill section of Norwalk, Connecticut. It is also a teaching hospital. 17.3 Intersection Intersection United States Highway #7, Norwalk, Connecticut 17.5 Main Avenue Main Avenue/United States Highway #7, Wilton, Connecticut, is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut. Wilton, like many other Fairfield County towns, is an expensive residential community with open lands (a testament to its colonial farming roots), historic architecture and extensive town services. Page 1/9 PDF Document Generated on 2020-Jan-25 Copyright 2020, Mile By Mile Media MileByMile.com Personal Road Trip Guide 19.5 Intersection Intersection State Route #53/Chestnut Hill Road, Cranbury is a neighborhood or section in the northeast corner of the city of Norwalk in Fairfield County, Connecticut. The Save Cranbury Association, a local community group, describes itself as an "association of citizens dedicated to the preservation of the historical, rural quality of Cranbury area of Norwalk". 21.5 State Route #57 State Route #57/Weston Road, Held Pond, Weston, Connecticut, is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut. Most of Devil's Den Preserve, a 1746 acre nature reserve, which gets 40,000 visits a year, is located in the town. 23.0 Bayberry Lane Bayberry Lane, Rolnick Observatory is an astronomical observatory located at the highest elevation in Westport, Connecticut. 24.7 Redding Road Redding Road, Aspetuck is a neighborhood or section in the town of Easton in Fairfield County, Connecticut. The neighborhood is located on the banks of the Aspetuck River, is listed in the National Register of Historic Places for its 18th-century houses as well as for being the place where Helen Keller lived out her later years. Bronson Windmill, is an historic windmill in Fairfield, Connecticut. The windmill is listed in the National Historic Register. Jonathan Sturges House is an early and well-preserved nineteenth century gothic revival cottage. The house is a National Historic Landmark. 27.0 Black Rock Turnpike Black Rock Turnpike/State Route #58, Mill River, Samp Mortar Reservoir, Mountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, Connecticut, laid out in 1849 in a beautiful park-like rural setting away from the center of the city. The Cemetery has a civil war monument. Hemlock Reservoir and Aspetuck Reservoir are located north of this location. 27.7 Lake Mohegan Morehouse Highway, Lake Mohagan, Lake Mohegan Recreation Area, H Smith Richardson Golf Course, Candee Farm in Easton, Connecticut. 28.5 State Route #59 State Route #59, Fairchild Wheeler Park, Fairchild Wheeler Golf Course, Easton Reservoir, 29.1 Park Avenue Park Avenue, South Park Avenue, Dam Access Road, Easton Reservoir, Ninety Acres Park, 30.5 Main Street, Main Street/State Route #111, Trumbull Shopping Park, Horse Tavern Reservoir, Lake Forest, Trumbull, Connecticut, is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, Island Brook Park, 32.1 Intersection Intersection State Highway #25, Robert G. Beach Memorial Park, Twin Brooks Park, Pinewood Lake, 34.1 Junction Junction State Highway #8, Beaver Dam Lake, Trap Falls Reservoir, Naugatuck River, Derby, connecticut, is a city in New Haven County, Connecticut, The town has a Metro-North railroad station called Derby-Shelton. 34.8 Huntington Road Huntington Road, Stratford, Connecticut, is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, located on Long Island Sound at the mouth of the Housatonic River. It has a historical legacy in aviation, the military, and the theater. Trap Falls Reservoir is located north of this location 36.0 James Farm Road James Farm Road, Booth Memorial Park, Nathan B. Booth House, a national historic place, is located in Stratford, Connecticut. The Ephraim Wheeler House in Stratford, Connecticut, a national historic place. Page 2/9 PDF Document Generated on 2020-Jan-25 Copyright 2020, Mile By Mile Media MileByMile.com Personal Road Trip Guide 36.8 Intersection Intersection of State Route #110, This Road runs along the Housatonic River. Indian Well State Park is a Connecticut state park in Shelton, Connecticut, which offers facilities for swimming in Lake Housatonic, picnicking, hiking, boating, and fishing. Booth Memorial Park, Connecticut. 37.7 The Commodore Isaac Hull The Commodore Isaac Hull Bridge carries Connecticut Route 8 over the Bridge Housatonic River, between Shelton and Derby, in Connecticut. This is where Byway Merritt Parkway ends. Campground Annetts Mono Village PO Box 455, Bridgeport, CA, 619-932-7071 (Lat/Long = 41.191741, -73.196978) Pleasant River Campground Inc PO Box 92, West Bethel, ME (Lat/Long = 41.371734, -73.407443) Pomona Campground 536 South Pomona Road, Oak Drive PO Box 675, Pomona, NJ, 609-965-2123 (Lat/Long = 41.188665, -74.032163) Upper Columbia RV Park & Campground PO Box 595, Northport, WA, 509-732-4367, [email protected] (Lat/Long = 40.904381, -73.342811) Museum or Cultural African Art Museum of the S.M.A. Fathers 23 Bliss Street, Tenafly, NJ, 201-894-8611 (Lat/Long = 40.909433, -73.962464) Archival Matters, Inc. 109-111 14th Avenue, Sea Cliff, NY, 516-674-9188 (Lat/Long = 40.848303, -73.650227) Barnum Museum 820 Main Street, Bridgeport, CT, 203-331-1104 (Lat/Long = 41.175599, -73.188393) Bayville Historical Museum 34 School St, Bayville, NY (Lat/Long = 40.906709, -73.566218) BETHEL HISTORICAL SOCIETY 40 Main Street, Bethel, CT (Lat/Long = 41.372988, -73.408178) Blauvelt-Demarest Foundation 24 Maple Hill Dr., Woodcliff Lake, NJ (Lat/Long = 41.026782, -74.056978) Brookhaven Vol. Firefighters Museum 725 Route 25, Ridge, NY, 631-924-8114 (Lat/Long = 40.947776, -72.911827) Children's Garbage Museum 1410 Honeyspot Rd. Ext, Stratford, CT (Lat/Long = 41.170436, -73.152598) Children's Museum at Fairfield 224 Meadowbrook Rd., Fairfield, CT (Lat/Long = 41.155782, -73.246000) CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF NEW HAVEN 567 STATE STREET, New Haven, CT, Error (Lat/Long = 41.307851, -72.920411) Connecticut Irish-American Historical 270 Fitch St., East Haven, CT, 203-392-6126 (Lat/Long = Society, Inc. 41.331616, -72.949738) County of Westchester, Dept. of Parks, 25 Moore Ave., Mount Kisco, NY, 914-242-7275 (Lat/Long = Recreation & Conservation 41.198551, -73.725972) CT Afro-American Historical Society 444 Orchard Street, New Haven, CT, 203-776-4907 (Lat/Long = 41.313326, -72.940247) Danbury Railway Museum 120 Water Street, Danbury, CT (Lat/Long = 41.404705, -73.460806) Division of Cultural and Historic Affairs 21 Main Street, Hackensack, NJ, 201-646-2780 (Lat/Long = 40.878955, -74.044418) Page 3/9 PDF Document Generated on 2020-Jan-25 Copyright 2020, Mile By Mile Media MileByMile.com Personal Road Trip Guide Dorothy Whitfield Historic Society 84 Boston St., Guilford, CT, 203-453-9477 (Lat/Long = 41.282532, -72.677943) Dyckman House Museum 4881 Broadway, New York, NY, 212-304-9422 (Lat/Long = 40.867025, -73.923214) East Haven Historical Society 133 Main Street, East Haven, CT, 203-469-2624 (Lat/Long = 41.276263, -72.866206) Edward Hopper Landmark Preservation 82 North Broadway, Nyack, NY, 914-358-0774 (Lat/Long = Foundation 41.093389, -73.917768) Ethnic History Archives Center 58 Florence Avenue, New Haven, CT (Lat/Long = 41.264462, -72.894072) Fairfield Historical Society 636 Old Post Road, Fairfield, CT, 203-259-1598 (Lat/Long = 41.142654, -73.250394) Fifth Connecticut Regiment 47 Hundred Acres Road, Newtown, CT (Lat/Long = 41.353315, -73.313758) General David Humphrey's House 37 Elm Street, Ansonia, CT (Lat/Long = 41.331403, -73.074957) Glacier Society 905 Honeyspot Road, Stratford, CT (Lat/Long = 41.173691, -73.148669) Greenlawn Centerport Historical Assn.