Connecticut Audubon Society Center at Fairfield
The Connecticut Audubon Society Center at Fairfield is a nature center and wildlife sanctuary in the Greenfield Hill area of Fairfield, Connecticut. Constructed in 1971, the center features classrooms for environmental education programs, live animals on display, natural history exhibits, a nature library, a solar greenhouse and a gift shop.Photo: Jllm06, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Nature reserve
- Description: Nature center and wildlife sanctuary in Connecticut, US
- Also known as: “Audubon Center at Fairfield”
- Address: Fairfield
Places of Interest
Highlights include Greenfield Hill Historic District and Black Rock Congregational Church.
Greenfield Hill Historic District
Park
The Greenfield Hill Historic District encompasses the historic village area of the village of Greenfield Hill in northern Fairfield, Connecticut. The area was important from the mid-18th to 19th centuries as an intellectual center in the town, driven in part by Timothy Dwight, the Greenfield Hill Church minister and later president of Yale College.
Black Rock Congregational Church
Church
Photo: BRCC, Public domain.
Black Rock Church is a non-denominational church located in Fairfield, Connecticut. The church was established in 1849 in the Black Rock section of Bridgeport, Connecticut, and moved to its current site in 1968.
Bronson Windmill
Windmill
Photo: Jack Boucher, Public domain.
The Bronson Windmill is an historic windmill at 3015 Bronson Road in Fairfield, Connecticut. Built in 1893-94, it is the only surviving windmill in the town, out a number that once dotted the landscape.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aspetuck and Easton.
Aspetuck
Hamlet
Photo: Swroche, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aspetuck is a village, which in Connecticut is an unincorporated community, on the Aspetuck River, in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, mostly situated in the town of Easton but extending also into Weston.
Easton
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Easton is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,605. Easton contains the historic district of Aspetuck and the Plattsville census-designated place.
Greenfield Hill
Hamlet
Greenfield Hill is an affluent historic neighborhood in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, roughly bounded by Easton to the north, southern Burr Street/northern Black Rock Turnpike to the east, and Southport and Westport to the south and west respectively.
Connecticut Audubon Society Center at Fairfield
- Categories: protected area and recreation area
- Location: Town of Fairfield, Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.202° or 41° 12′ 7″ northLongitude
-73.2934° or 73° 17′ 36″ westOperator
National Audubon SocietyOpen location code
87H86P24+RJOpenStreetMap ID
way 38333627OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserveWikidata ID
Q5161482
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