ROUTE 7 north mileages

February, 2002

0.0 start of Rt. 7 north from US 84

0.5 Exit 1 -- Federal Road

1.2 Brookfield Town line

4.5 expressway ends and turn right at stop sign;

5.0 Pancho’s Gringo’s Restaurant

5.2 4 gas stations at the intersection; sign New Milford 7; Kent 20

6.0 Lime Kiln Brook

6.2 Twin Tree Inn

6.7 New Milford town line

8.0 Elephant Trunk Bazaar

8.4 New Milford High School

9.0 McNallys bar

9.4 Panda Empire restaurant

9.7 Italia Mia restaurant

10.0 Taco Bell/Super Stop and Shop

10.4 Arby’s (by Sunny Valley Road)

10.7 K-mart

11.0 New Milford Diner (at Pickett District Road)

11.2 McDonalds (Sunny Valley Road)

11.3 Burger King

11.4 Cookhouse

11.7 jct with Rt 67/Carvel/Historical Village of \New Milford (founded 1707) turn right

12.7 Candle Lake Road north/ getting woodier; river on right

13.3 Rocky River Motel/Green Valley Suites

13.6 the Cottages at Kent Road

14.1 Boardman Road

14.4 jct Rt 37; Gaylordsville 4

14.6 Bully Muck Brook

15.3 Squash Hollow Road

16.0 more woody

17.1 Squash Hollow Brook

18.0 Gaylordsville

18.4 Alfredo’s

18.5 jct Rt 55

19.1 Kent 6/ river on left

19.9 Grove Road

20.4 C.L.I.P.? (looked like a possible parking area for something)/Scenic Road 10 miles

21.5 Bull’s Bridge -- American Heritage Shop

22.5 pretty spot on road

22.7 river reaching to road

23.0 red barns

23.6 Birch Hill Court Road

23.9 Saddle Ridge Farm

25.0 Kent

25.3 Kent Center (the library is just before Kent Station Square)

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25.5 Gibbs House in Kent

26.1 Sloane-?Stanley Museum

26.3 Greenwood Lane

26.9 sign Coble Road

27.9 Rosewood Meadow B&B

29.9 road descending

30.1 Kent Falls

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30.2 chimney

30.5 Cornwall

31.6 Cornwall Inn

32.7 jct Route 45 ; Calhoun Corners

33.3 road descending

33.6 Cornwall Bridge

33.7 Hitching Post Motel

33.9 bear left

34.0 bridge

34.3 Housatonic Meadows State Park -- Breadloaf Mountain

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34.5 picnic area by the water at Housatonic Meadows

35.2 Pine Knob Loop parking area

35.6 Housatoinc Meadows campground

36.5 picnic by the river

37.4 Clark Outdoors (canoeing)

37.7 Pine Swamp Brook

38.2 jct Rt. 128 --- covered bridge over the Housatonic; Cornwall Bridge

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39.5 Kirk Road

41.1 Housatonic Forest sign

41.5 road descending

41.6 Salisbury

42.6 jct Rt. 112/ Route 7 goes to the right

42.7 hikers seen

43.0 Canaan

44.3 Falls Village on left

44.5 jct Rt. 126

44.7 Falls Village Flower Farm

45.3 Phragmites/flat land

45.5 Hollenbeck River

45.6 jct Rt. 63

45.9 Ethan Allen Highway

46.3 one car pull-off for Robbins Swamp; cattails

47.0 rock quarry in distance; limestone?

48.4 North Canaan town line

48.5 Mountainside restaurant

48.8 Robbins Swamp parking

49.3 BD

49.4 Canaan

49.5 Geer Hospital

49.7 bridge

50.3 jct Rt 44