Old Fording Place

Old Fording Place is a nature reserve in Town of Fairfield, Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut which is located on Somerset Avenue. Old Fording Place is situated nearby to the hamlet Mill Plain, as well as near the village Southport.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fairfield University and Southport station.

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.

Southport station

Railway station

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Southport station is a commuter rail station on the Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line, located in Southport, Connecticut. It is one of three railroad stations in the town of Fairfield, the others being Fairfield and Fairfield–Black Rock.

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

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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.

Southport

Village

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Southport is a census-designated place in the town of Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. It is located along Long Island Sound between Mill River and Sasco Brook, where it borders Westport.

Old Fording Place

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

41.1471° or 41° 8′ 50″ north

Longitude

-73.2716° or 73° 16′ 18″ west

Open location code

87H84PWH+R9

OpenStreetMap ID

way 43399552

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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