Stamford

Worth seeing in and around Stamford

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Glass House

   The Glass House is a historic house museum on Ponus Ridge Road in New Canaan, Connecticut. It was built in 1948–49 by the architect Philip Johnson, who designed the home as his weekend retreat.

   10 km · House in New Canaan, Connecticut designed by Philip Johnson · Wikipedia
2. 02
   St. Vladimir's Cathedral

   St. Vladimir's Cathedral is a Ukrainian Catholic cathedral located in Stamford, Connecticut.

   1.4 km · church in Connecticut, United States · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Bruce Museum

   The Bruce Museum is an art, science and natural history museum located in Greenwich, Connecticut. The Bruce's main building sits on a hill in a downtown park, and its tower can be easily seen by drivers passing by on Interstate 95.

   8 km · museum in Greenwich, Connecticut · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Basilica of Saint John the Evangelist

   The Basilica of Saint John the Evangelist is a Catholic parish church and minor basilica in Stamford, Connecticut, USA. It was founded in the 1850s and the current church was built in 1868 to meet the increasing needs of the congregation. It serves a multi-lingual congregation, including descendants of the original congregation.

   200 m · church in Connecticut, United States · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Waveny Park

   Waveny Park is a park in New Canaan, Connecticut. The park's centerpiece is "the castle" built in 1912 and surrounded by 300 acres of fields, ponds and trails.

   8.7 km · Park with 1912 mansion in New Canaan, Connecticut, USA · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Marion Castle

   The Marion Castle, also known as Terre Bonne, is located at 1 Rogers Road in the Shippan Point section of Stamford, Connecticut. It was built in 1914 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 1, 1982.

   3.4 km · historic mansion in Stamford, Connecticut, USA · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Bowman Observatory

   Bowman Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by the Greenwich, Connecticut Board of Education. Members of The Astronomical Society of Greenwich staff the observatory under the auspices of the Board's Continuing Education Department.

   7.3 km · astronomical observatory · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Frederick J. Smith House

   The Smith House is a work of contemporary architecture designed by Richard Meier, a well-known architect born in 1934 who led the avant-garde modern architecture movement of the 1960s. The Smith House was planned starting in 1965 and completed in 1967 in Darien, Connecticut, and overlooks the Long Island Sound from the Connecticut coast.

   7 km · building in Darien, CT · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Cove Island Park

   Cove Island Park is an 83-acre park, beach and recreation area in the Cove section of Stamford, Connecticut, located on Long Island Sound. Access to the park requires a parking pass.

   3.2 km · Park in Connecticut, United States · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Fish Church

    The First Presbyterian Church of Stamford is a church in Stamford, Connecticut designed by architect Wallace K. Harrison. Nicknamed the Fish Church for its unusual shape, the interior of the church contains a shimmering stained glass 60-foot-tall nave.

    1.1 km · church building in Stamford, Connecticut · Wikipedia

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Getting to Stamford

Airports

LaGuardia (LGA), 42 km · John F. Kennedy (JFK), 50 km · Newark Liberty (EWR), 67 km

Stations

Stamford Transportation Center, 700 m · Cos Cob station, 5.5 km · Greenwich station, 7.9 km · Glenbrook station, 2.5 km · Noroton Heights station, 3.9 km

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  64 km · quickest by road, 1h 46m · $6–8
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  106 km · quickest by road, 2h 27m · $10–13
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