Set in natural surroundings, Merritt Parkway s significant design brilliantly integrates the craft of the engineer and the artist. The bridges along the route are excellent examples of Art Deco, or Art Moderne, styles of the 1920s and 1930s. Magnificent foliage abounds in both spring and fall.
- Length
- 37 mi / 59.5 km
- Time to allow
- Allow one hour to drive the byway.
- Fees
- There are no fees for traveling the byway.
Who looks after this road
- CT Commission on Culture & Tourism · 860-256-2800 · their site
We publish 4 places that sit on this road, listed in the order you meet them. This is not a route and not a drive time — it is the names, so you can put them into whatever navigation you already use.
Of those, 1 is a roadside oddity — the sort of thing you would drive past without knowing it was there.
“Off” is a straight line from the place to the road, rounded. It is not a driving distance, and the road itself is a simplified centre line, so treat a mile or two as noise.
PlaylandNY5 miles offFun park
County-owned; 2026 season May 23-Sept 13. Old ryeplayland.org replaced.
- Season
- Seasonal
Sleepy HollowNY10 miles off
No guide of our own yet — the name is here so you can find it.
New HavenCT9 miles off
In our guide: 5 animal attractions · 2 parks · 1 lake
PEZ Visitor CenterCT5 miles offRoadside oddity
Huge PEZ dispenser collection with factory viewing
