Windmill Open Space

Windmill Open Space is a nature reserve in Town of Fairfield, Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut which is located on Bronson Road. Windmill Open Space is situated nearby to the hamlet Greenfield Hill, as well as near Murray.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fairfield University and Greenfield Hill Historic District.

Fairfield University

University

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Fairfield University is a private Catholic university in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. It was founded by the Jesuits in 1942. In the fall of 2024, the university had about 5,400 full-time undergraduate students and 1,500 graduate students, including full-time and part-time students.

Greenfield Hill Historic District

Park

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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.

Rolnick Observatory

Observatory

Photo: Pedro Xing, CC0.

The Westport Observatory is an astronomical observatory in Westport, Connecticut, operated by the Westport Astronomical Society and formerly known as the Rolnick Observatory.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fairfield and Black Rock.

Fairfield

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Fairfield is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It borders the city of Bridgeport and towns of Trumbull, Easton, Weston, and Westport along the Gold Coast of Connecticut.

Black Rock

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Black Rock is a neighborhood in the southwestern section of the city of Bridgeport, Connecticut. It borders Fairfield and the Ash Creek tidal estuary on the west, the West Side/West End of Bridgeport on the north and east, and Black Rock Harbor and Long Island Sound on the south.