Ridgefield, Connecticut

About Ridgefield

Set in the southwestern part of Connecticut, Ridgefield is a small unincorporated community.

Officially, Ridgefield is a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 6.26 square miles.

📰 Ridgefield News Today

• Warrant: Undercover investigator exposed $239,000 Ridgefield nail salon tax fraud CT Insider · Oct 8
• Ridgefield Selectpersons Approve Public Safety Committee's Revised Charge, Review School Space Request Patch · Oct 8
• GametimeCT Top 10 Football Poll, Week 5 (Oct. 5): FCIAC takes over with six Top 10 teams Stamford Advocate · Oct 5
• Obituary for David Theodore Palmer Jowdy Kane Funeral Home · Jun 30
• Weather Forecast and Conditions for Ridgefield, Connecticut - The Weather Channel | Weather.com The Weather Channel · Jul 8

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

📰 Local News

Read the latest Connecticut headlines on our news site, Bless News Daily.

What Makes Ridgefield Unique

• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in southwestern Connecticut, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of Connecticut — one of 215 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
• Housing dollars stretch further here than in the nearest metro.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 4 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Ridgefield

• 850 Wood Fired Restaurant — pizza
• Bare Burger — burger
• Bobo's Cafe (café)
• Dimitris Diner — american
• Eddie's Pizza & Pasta — pizza
• Fletch's Bagels — gyros
• Gallo — italian
• Planet Pizza — pizza
• Posa Ristorante & Vineria — italian
• Prime Burger — burger

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · click a restaurant to read or write reviews.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum · Museum
• Keeler Tavern Museum · Museum
• Ridgefield Guild of Artists · Art gallery
• Colabella Fine Art Gallery · Art gallery
• Woodcock Nature Center · Museum

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Ridgefield

• Ballard Park reviews ★
• Branchville Road Open Space · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Butterfly Garden · Garden reviews ★
• Comstock Court Open Space · Nature reserve reviews ★
• East Ridge Fields reviews ★
• East Ridge Preserve reviews ★
• East Wilton Road Open Space · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Fairy Garden · Garden reviews ★
• Fieldcrest Drive Open Space · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Governor Park reviews ★
• Hayes Lane Open Space · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Indian Cave Road Open Space · Nature reserve reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Ridgefield

• Barlow Mountain Elementary School
• Branchville Elementary School
• East Ridge Middle School
• Farmingville Elementary School
• MEADOW POND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
• Ridgebury Elementary School
• Ridgefield High School
• Scotland Elementary School
• Scotts Ridge Middle School
• Veterans Park Elementary School

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🌤️ Current Weather

Full forecast →

Source: National Weather Service

🗺️ Map of Ridgefield

🏘️ Nearby Communities