Fairfield offers many recreational venues. Residents enjoy 7 beaches, 2 marinas, 27 openspace preserves, 10
tennis courts, 17 parks, 4 baseball fields, 2 football fields, and 6 soccer fields.
Downtown Fairfield offers boutiques, bike shops, big-box hardware stores, grocery and health-food stores just to name a few.
Squantz Pond State Park
Squantz Pond offers four season enjoyment with steep, wooded slopes, a cool, blue pond and colorful foliage to delight visitors throughout the year.
Squantz Pond immerses the visitor in a "mountain like" setting. Steep, wooded slopes disappear into the cool, blue pond below. In the fall, the park becomes a haven for photographers capturing the colorful reflection of the foliage in the mirrored surface of the water.
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Connecticut Audubon Society Center at Fairfield
Located in the historic Greenfield Hill section of Fairfield, the Connecticut Audubon Society Center at Fairfield was constructed in 1971, adjoining the 152-acre Roy and Margot Larsen Wildlife Sanctuary. This Sanctuary comprises rolling woodlands, meadows, streams, marshes and ponds with raised boardwalks and bridges that allow access to a variety of habitats. The Center provides an indoor setting for interpretation of the Sanctuary and serves as the hub of youth and adult environmental education programs and activities throughout the year.
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Arts & Musuems
Greenwich Workshop Gallery
This fine art gallery showcases over 50 artists, and their collection includes one-of-a-kind works, porcelain sculptures and limited edition prints. Located on Post Road in Fairfield, CT.
Fairfield Historical Society Museum
The Fairfield Museum presents an exciting new museum, library, community meeting and educational resource for southwestern Connecticut. We are a dynamic cultural resource and public forum where the community comes together to address the issues that will define its future in an environment informed by its past. There is something at the Fairfield Museum for everyone to enjoy.
Walsh Art Gallery
The Quick Center for the Arts at Fairfield University is a mult-faceted facility that opening in 1990. It is situated in a continuously growing community that serves a large and ethically diverse population, an ideal environment where the Center can grow while meeting the needs of the surrounding community.
Edgerton Center for the Performing Arts
The Edgerton Center for the Performing Arts is a newly remodeled, air-conditioned theatre. It has a very traditional layout and can seat up to 790 people (with wheelchair access).
This facility has been host to numerous corporate celebrations, academic lectures, and retreats.
Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art
It is the mission of The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art to be a national leader in the exhibition of significant and challenging contemporary art with an emphasis on emerging and mid-career artists, a world-class innovator of museum education programs, and a vital cultural resource for our community.
Artists' Market
Artists' Market is an oasis of art, an exciting blend of a gallery, a museum, and a busy framing workshop. Here you'll find artistic creations in a variety of media: classic contemporary handmade American crafts, exquisite fine art and photography as well as custom framing for those who want to show off something special or preserve heirlooms for future generations.
Southport Harbor Gallery
Artists' Market is an oasis of art, an exciting blend of a gallery, a museum, and a busy framing workshop. Here you'll find artistic creations in a variety of media: classic contemporary handmade American crafts, exquisite fine art and photography as well as custom framing for those who want to show off something special or preserve heirlooms for future generations.
Golf
If you love playing golf then you're going to love playing in and around Fairfield County.
Birchwood Country Club
The 9-hole "Birchwood" course at the Birchwood Country Club facility in Westport, Connecticut features 3,157 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 36. The course rating is 37.3 and it has a slope rating of 131. Designed by Orris Smith/(R) William F. Mitchell, the Birchwood golf course opened in 1900
Longshore Club Park Golf Course
The 18-hole "Longshore" course at the Longshore Club Park Golf Course facility in Westport, Connecticut features 5,845 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 73. The course rating is 69 and it has a slope rating of 115 on Rye grass. Designed by Orrin E. Smith, the Longshore golf course opened in 1922.
Country Club of Fairfield
The 18-hole "Fairfield" course at the Country Club of Fairfield facility in Fairfield, Connecticut features 6,358 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 70. The course rating is 71.6 and it has a slope rating of 133. Designed by Seth Raynor, the Fairfield golf course opened in 1914.
Silvermine Golf Club Inc
The 18-hole "Silvermine 2" course at the Silvermine Golf Club Inc facility in Norwalk, Connecticut features 6,077 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 70. The course rating is 65 and it has a slope rating of 107 on Blue grass. Designed by John E. Warner, the Silvermine 2 golf course opened in 1954.
Woodstock Nature Center
The Woodcock Nature Center has been a private non-profit source of nature and environmental education in Southwestern Connecticut since 1972.
Located on 149 acres of state-protected land, the Woodcock Preserve includes a pond, wetlands, and 3 miles of publicly accessible woodland trails. The Center is home to a variety of living local and exotic creatures including snakes, frogs, and lizards. We also house a handful of injured birds of prey.
Historical Sites
Fairfield Historical Society
350 years of Fairfield history is detailed here through permanent and changing exhibits. The society is also home to a library and gift shop. Walking tours are scheduled throughout the year. Admission: Adults $3, children $1.
Ogden House and Gardens
Built in the 18th century, this traditional New England farmhouse is host to exhibits detailing the daily lives of colonial Americans. The property also has a wildflower garden and a kitchen garden.
Open: Sundays, June to September, 1 to 4 p.m. and by appointment. Fee charged.
Fairfield County offers many great beaches along the Long Island Sound. You will find facilities such as
beaches with pavilion and concessions, marinas, tennis courts, softball fields, horseshoe pits, playgrounds,
skating rinks, picnic areas, walking paths, biking trails, fishing, rest rooms and more.
Winter is the sleepiest time of the year in Fairfield County. But once Spring has sprung
the Housatonic Valley and coastal towns come alive with food, frolic, and festivities that last throughout spring, summer, and fall.
Beardsley Zoo
Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo provides a wonderfully wild experience for families, students and you! We have a proud history of over 80 years as Connecticut's only zoo.
Maritime Aquarium
Maritime Aquarium
The Maritime Aquarium inspires people of all ages to appreciate Long Island Sound and protect it for future generations. A vibrant and entertaining learning environment, the Maritime Aquarium achieves this goal through living exhibits, marine science, and environmental education.
Shopping
Fairfield Shops
If shopping is your vice, prepare to indulge. From boutiques and shopping malls, to the upscale shopping districts of Westport, Greenwich and New Canaan, you can shop til you drop in Coastal Fairfield County.
Located in the historic Greenfield Hill section of Fairfield, the Connecticut Audubon Society Center at Fairfield was constructed in 1971, adjoining the 152-acre Roy and Margot Larsen Wildlife Sanctuary. This Sanctuary comprises rolling woodlands, meadows, streams, marshes and ponds with raised boardwalks and bridges that allow access to a variety of habitats. The Center provides an indoor setting for interpretation of the Sanctuary and serves as the hub of youth and adult environmental education programs and activities throughout the year.
The Fairfield Museum presents an exciting new museum, library, community meeting and educational resource for southwestern Connecticut. We are a dynamic cultural resource and public forum where the community comes together to address the issues that will define its future in an environment informed by its past. There is something at the Fairfield Museum for everyone to enjoy.
The Edgerton Center for the Performing Arts is a newly remodeled, air-conditioned theatre. It has a very traditional layout and can seat up to 790 people (with wheelchair access).
This facility has been host to numerous corporate celebrations, academic lectures, and retreats.
Fairfield County offers many great beaches along the Long Island Sound. You will find facilities such as
beaches with pavilion and concessions, marinas, tennis courts, softball fields, horseshoe pits, playgrounds,
skating rinks, picnic areas, walking paths, biking trails, fishing, rest rooms and more.
Fairfield has some of the best boating waters on Long Island Sound.
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