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DRIVING DIRECTIONS
HEADING NORTH
From Norwich:
Take I-395 N (Governor John Davis Lodge Tpke) toward Worcester.
Take exit 29 toward CT-14A/Plainfield/Oneco.
Go for 0.2 mi.
Turn left onto Plainfield Pike Rd (CT-14A W) toward Plainfield.
Go for 164 ft.
Continue on Academy Hill Rd (CT-14A).
Go for 0.4 mi.
Continue on Cemetery Rd.
Go for 0.5 mi.
Old Plainfield Burying Ground is located on the hill directly to your left.
End at 117 Cemetery Rd Plainfield, Connecticut 06374-1511
HEADING SOUTH
From Killingly:
Take ramp onto I-395 S toward Norwich.
Go for 8.4 mi.
Take exit 29 toward CT-14A/Plainfield/Oneco.
Go for 0.2 mi.
Turn right onto Academy Hill Rd (CT-14A W) toward Plainfield/CT-12.
Go for 0.2 mi.
Continue on Cemetery Rd.
Go for 0.5 mi.
Old Plainfield Burying Ground is located on the hill directly to your left.
End at 117 Cemetery Rd, Plainfield, Connecticut 06374-1511
HEADING EAST
From Brooklyn:
Head south on Canterbury Rd (CT-169).
Go for 6.4 mi.
Turn left onto Lovell Ln (CT-14).
Go for 0.5 mi.
Continue on Canterbury Rd (CT-14).
Go for 1.7 mi.
Turn left onto Cemetery Rd.
Go for 0.6 mi.
Old Plainfield Burying Ground is located on the hill directly to your right.
End at 117 Cemetery Rd, Plainfield, Connecticut 06374-1511
HEADING WEST
From Foster, Rhode Island:
Head southeast on Foster Center Rd (RI-94).
Go for 1.7 mi.
Turn sharp right onto Plainfield Pike (RI-14/RI-102).
Go for 2.9 mi.
Turn right onto Plainfield Pike (RI-14).
Go for 5.4 mi.
Continue on Sterling Rd (CT-14).
Go for 308 ft.
Turn left onto Plainfield Pike (CT-14A).
Go for 6.6 mi.
Continue on Academy Hill Rd (CT-14A).
Go for 0.4 mi.
Continue on Cemetery Rd.
Go for 0.5 mi.
Old Plainfield Burying Ground is located on the hill directly to your left.
End at 117 Cemetery Rd, Plainfield, Connecticut 06374-1511
Note:
As an additional bonus experience, choosing to follow this route from Rhode Island shall bring you to travel upon the original Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route. Today, this is a recognized landmark listed on the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places. Thousands of French soldiers encamped in the land directly across from Old Plainfield Burying Ground in 1787.
For more information:
https://www.nps.gov/waro/index.htm
https://w3r-us.org/historic-sites/french-infantry-campsite-3-south-in-plainfield/
To access an interactive route map hosted by The National Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route Association Inc (W3R-US), click here.
