Ash Creek Open Space

Ash Creek Open Space is a nature reserve in Town of Fairfield, Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut which is located on Dalewood Avenue. Ash Creek Open Space is situated nearby to the neighborhood Black Rock Gardens Historic District, as well as near the hamlet Grover Hill.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fairfield University and Fairfield–Black Rock station.

Fairfield University

University

Photo: Stagophile, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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.

Fairfield–Black Rock station

Railway station

Photo: Adam Moss, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Fairfield–Black Rock station is a commuter rail station on the Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line, located in the town of Fairfield, Connecticut. It opened as an infill station on December 5, 2011, and was renamed in June 2024.

Fairfield station

Railway station

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Fairfield station is a commuter rail station on the Metro-North Railroad New Haven Line, located in Fairfield, Connecticut. The former station buildings are listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Fairfield Railroad Stations.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fairfield and Black Rock.

Fairfield

Photo: KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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

Photo: Markvs88, Public domain.

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.

Bridgeport

Photo: MrFib, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Bridgeport is a city in Connecticut. Bridgeport has beaches and parks, but the biggest attraction is the Klein Memorial Auditorium, a performing arts theater.

Ash Creek Open Space

Type: Nature reserve
Address: Dalewood Avenue
Category: recreation area
Location: Town of Fairfield, Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.1549° or 41° 9′ 18″ north

Longitude

-73.2388° or 73° 14′ 20″ west

Open location code

87H85Q36+XF

OpenStreetMap ID

way 43399512

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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