If you grew up in Bethlehem, or you’ve ever spent the weekend after Labor Day at the Bethlehem Fair, you’ll find your town on this map just as it stands in 2026. Look for your road. Main Street North, Main Street South, East Street, Lakes Road, Kasson Road, Arch Bridge Road, Munger Lane, Bergemann Hill Road, Woodcreek Road and Green Hill Road are all printed by name, along with many more.
Bethlehem is in Litchfield County, Connecticut.
KNOWOL made this map in 2026 from public survey data, and gave it the look of an old atlas. The shaded hills, from the Green down to Gulls Hollow, come from United States Geological Survey elevation data, and the streets and the town line come from the Census Bureau. Bethlehem and Gulls Hollow are printed by name. A guide of 30 numbered landmarks runs along the bottom, with the National Register sites marked, and we checked those against National Park Service records.
Bethlem, 1734 to 1787
Bethlehem was settled in 1734 and incorporated in 1787. That’s the year on the title panel of the map: Incorporated 1787. The old spelling was Bethlem, and the town’s historical society still goes by Old Bethlem. Click here to learn more about the history of Bethlehem.
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Names on this map
These names are printed on this map.
Places: Gulls Hollow, Carmel Hill, Bethlehem Fairgrounds, Ancient Oak Preserve, Anni and Peter Bergman Preserve, Bellamy Preserve, Bethlehem Elementary School, Bethlehem Fire Department, Bethlehem Green Historic District, Bethlehem Post Office, Bethlehem Public Library, Bethlehem Town Hall, Church of the Nativity, Crane Hollow, First Church of Bethlehem, Hickory Lane, Lower Monastery Chapel, Nonnewaug Pines, Risley Refuge, Schwartz Preserve, Sky Meadow, Swendsen Farm Preserve, The Crèche, The Gary-The Olivia Performing Arts Center, Tousi Mountain, Two Rivers Preserve and Wood Creek Preserve.
Streets and roads: Bergemann Hill Rd, Hill Rd, Woodcreek Rd, Judd Hill Rd, Town Line Rd, Main St, Munger Ln, Hollow Rd, Thompson Rd, Green Hill Rd, Lake Rd, Harrison Ln.
More street names, A to Z
Arrowhead Ln, Flanders Rd, Hickory Ln, Jackson Ln, Main St S, Porter Rd.
The Green and Joseph Bellamy
The numbers clustered in the middle of the map are around the Bethlehem Green. The Bethlehem Green Historic District (15) was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982, and it takes in 63 properties. Bethlehem Town Hall (21), the Bethlehem Public Library (11), the Bethlehem Fire Department (12), the Bethlehem Post Office (22), the First Church of Bethlehem (26) and the Church of the Nativity (23) are all close together here. Bethlehem Elementary School (27) is just to the east.
In the center of town stands the house of Joseph Bellamy, a leader of the Great Awakening. He was pastor of the Congregational church in town for 50 years, until his death in 1790. He began his house around 1754 and added on to it in 1767. There he wrote True Religion Delineated and opened what Connecticut History calls the first theological school in North America. The guide lists the house twice: as the Joseph Bellamy House (9), its National Register name, and as the Bellamy-Ferriday House & Garden (29). In 1912 Henry Ferriday bought the house as a summer home for his wife and daughter. His daughter, Caroline Ferriday, lived in France during World War II and was honored by France for her work supporting the French resistance. She restored the house, and when she died in 1990 she left it to the society now called Connecticut Landmarks, which cares for it today. The garden is full of roses, lilacs and peonies.
The Christmas Postmark
Because of the town’s name, thousands of people come every December to mail their Christmas cards from the Bethlehem Post Office (22), at 34 East Street, just to get a Bethlehem postmark. The post office keeps nearly 100 Christmas stamps on hand for decorating envelopes. The Christmas Town Festival is held on the Green the first weekend of December.
The Old Bethlem Museum and the Schoolhouse
The Old Bethlem Historical Society was founded in 1968. In 1976 it bought the town’s former office building and firehouse and opened the Old Bethlem Historical Museum (28). The society also restored the District #1 Schoolhouse, built around 1850, as a living museum. You can sit at the old desks and see where a student named Flossie Box wrote her name on the wall, and where Argall Hull, who grew up to be a philanthropist, etched his name in a windowpane. The schoolhouse opens during the Christmas Town Festival.
The Abbey of Regina Laudis
South of the center is the Abbey of Regina Laudis (24), a Benedictine abbey founded in 1947. It was one of the first houses of contemplative Benedictine nuns in the United States. Robert Leather, a Protestant industrialist, gave the 400 acres it stands on. The abbey is known for its work in the arts, especially Gregorian chant. The Lower Monastery Chapel (25) and The Crèche (1) are numbered nearby.
Mother Dolores Hart, a former actress, helped found the Act Association with fellow artists. The group performs at The Gary-the Olivia Performing Arts Center (30), an open-air theater near the abbey that seats about 200 people.
The Fairground and the Preserves
The Bethlehem Fairground (8) is at 384 Main Street North, north of the center. The fair is held there the weekend after Labor Day every September, and the Connecticut Garlic and Harvest Festival comes to the same fairgrounds in October.
The Caleb Martin House (7) is another National Register house in the guide. The rest of the guide is preserves, open land and high ground: Risley Refuge (2), Bellamy Preserve (3), Schwartz Preserve (4), Two Rivers Preserve (5), Wood Creek Preserve (6), Swendsen Farm Preserve (10), B. Earl Canfield Junior Preserve (13), Anni and Peter Bergman Preserve (14), Sky Meadow (16), Tousi Mountain (17), Nonnewaug Pines (18), Town Open Space (19) and Ancient Oak Preserve (20).
This map of Bethlehem makes a handsome addition to a living room, office, library or den, and it can even help teach children the geography and history of the town. It’s a thoughtful gift for anyone who calls Bethlehem home, grew up here, or moved away. Created by KNOWOL in 2026, it’s printed on museum quality archival paper in three sizes. Zoom in on the preview above to explore the details, then click here to get your copy of the Bethlehem map.
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