Darien (Connecticut)

town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States

Darien is a town in Connecticut.

Gorham Bridge in Darien

Understand

Darien is a wealthy community that mostly consists of private houses.

Get in

By train

Metro North's New Haven Line serves the town.

  • 🌍 Darien railway station, 33 West Avenue. (updated Feb 2022)
  • 🌍 Noroton Heights station, 325 Heights Road. (updated Feb 2022)

By car

I-95 goes right through town. The Merritt Parkway, which barely bypasses the northern city limits, is a good alternate.

US Route 1 (Boston Post Road) is the main street, other than the aforementioned limited-access highways.

Get around

See

Pond-Weed House, built in 1700, is the oldest house in Darien
  • 🌍 Pond-Weed House, 2591 Post Rd. Historic house, built in 1696 at the corner of the old Boston Post Road and Hollow Tree Ridge Road. (updated Feb 2022)
  • 🌍 St. John Church, 1986 Post Rd, ☏ +1 203 655 1145. (updated Feb 2022)
  • Convent of St Birgitta. (updated Feb 2022)

Do

View of Tilly Pond Park from the parking lot of the Metro North train station in Darien

Buy

Eat

Drink

Sleep

Connect

Go next

Routes through Darien
New Haven ← Norwalk ←  N  S  → Stamford → New York City
New Haven ← Norwalk ←  N  S  → Stamford → New York City
New York City ← Stamford ←  SW  NE  → Norwalk → New Haven


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