Route 272 is a state highway in northwestern Connecticut running from Torrington to the Massachusetts state-board in Norfolk.

Route 272 begins at an intersection with Route 4 in West Torrington and heads northwest along the West Branch Naugatuck River and Hall Meadow Brook to Goshen.

In Goshen, it continues northwest along Hall Meadow Brook past Hall Meadow State Park and across the northeastern corner of the town to Norfolk.

It briefly overlaps US 44 in the center of Norfolk, then heads north past Haystack Mountain State Park and finally turns northwest past Campbell Falls State Park at the Massachusetts state line.

[1] The section of Route 272 in Norfolk is designated a scenic road.