Connecticut has nearly 300 locally designated scenic roads that offer a breath taking vista of the beauty of rural towns and villages dating back to the 17th century. The goal of this blog site is to make Connecticut's local scenic roads accessible to you since there is no other place where a complete of these roads can be found. What is a Scenic Road? About 40 municipalities have established scenic roads under state enaling legislation adopted in 1981. That legislation required local scenic roads to be free of intensive commercial development and intensive vehicular traffic and to m eet at least one of the following criteria: (1) It is unpaved; (2) it is bordered by mature trees or stone walls; (3) the traveled portion is no more than twenty feet in width; (4) it offers scenic views; (5) it blends naturally into the surrounding terrain; or (6) it parallels or crosses over brooks, streams, lakes or ponds. Where Do you find Scenic Roads? Before this blog site w