The route heads north as Center Street, crossing Silver Lake Outlet and passing by several blocks of homes.

Outside of Perry Center, the farmlands return as the route progresses generally northward, serving farms of varying sizes and connecting to roads of mostly local importance.

The surroundings change temporarily at the hamlet of Lagrange 4 miles (6 km) north of Perry Center, at which point NY 246 crosses into the town of Covington.

North of Paines Corner, the route ascends out of the valley and passes between a pair of large hills to access the linear hamlet of Covington, spread out across 0.5 miles (0.8 km) of NY 246.

[2][5] When construction on the highway began c. 1933, the road was reconfigured on its northeastern end to merge with US 20 (now US 20A) southwest of Leicester instead.