# Road trips from Hartford

> 4 road trips that start in or near Hartford, from 2 to 7 days, each with a stop-by-stop itinerary, distances and campsites along the way.

Source: https://camping-spirit.com/road-trips-from/hartford-ct/

4 road trips that start in or near Hartford, from 2 to 7 days, each with a stop-by-stop itinerary, distances and campsites along the way.

- [Connecticut’s Litchfield Hills: covered bridges and Kent Falls](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b20-litchfield-hills/): 2 days, 98 mi – The quiet hills of northwest Connecticut: the green at Litchfield, Lake Waramaug, two covered bridges over the Housatonic and the cascades of Kent Falls.
- [Dinosaur tracks, reservoir forests and autumn summits – by camper from the Pioneer Valley over Jacob’s Ladder through the Berkshires to Mount Greylock](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-583-massachusetts-berkshires-pioneer-valley/): 6 days, 194 mi – From Mount Tom, Northampton and Amherst via the Quabbin Reservoir and Deerfield west along Jacob’s Ladder, through Lee, Lenox, Stockbridge and Great Barrington to Mount Greylock, North Adams and Williamstown: around 460 kilometres of river valley, mixed forest and Appalachian Trail in western Massachusetts.
- [Steam trains, whalers and summer palaces – by camper along the coast of Connecticut and Rhode Island](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-407-connecticut-rhode-island-coast/): 7 days, 159 mi – From pizza in New Haven via the Connecticut River valley, Mystic and Watch Hill to the mansions of Newport and the brick lanes of Providence: around 420 kilometres of southern New England between Long Island Sound and Narragansett Bay.
- [Waterfalls, white churches and dinosaur tracks: by camper through inland Connecticut, from the Litchfield Hills to the Quiet Corner](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-584-connecticut-litchfield-hills-quiet-corner/): 7 days, 201 mi – From Litchfield and the Housatonic Valley via Hartford and the Connecticut River Valley to the quiet northeast: around 500 kilometres past village greens, stone walls, the Appalachian Trail and antiques towns.

## FAQs

**What are the best road trips from Hartford?**
Popular routes starting in or near Hartford: Connecticut’s Litchfield Hills: covered bridges and Kent Falls, Dinosaur tracks, reservoir forests and autumn summits – by camper from the Pioneer Valley over Jacob’s Ladder through the Berkshires to Mount Greylock, Steam trains, whalers and summer palaces – by camper along the coast of Connecticut and Rhode Island and Waterfalls, white churches and dinosaur tracks: by camper through inland Connecticut, from the Litchfield Hills to the Quiet Corner.

**Is there a short road trip from Hartford?**
The shortest is Connecticut’s Litchfield Hills: covered bridges and Kent Falls: 2 days, about 98 mi.

**What is the longest road trip from Hartford?**
The longest is Waterfalls, white churches and dinosaur tracks: by camper through inland Connecticut, from the Litchfield Hills to the Quiet Corner: 7 days, about 201 mi with 14 stops.