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Ridgefield
Neighborhoods Many of us love Ridgefield’s winding, hilly roads and open spaces, its rural feel, and historic downtown. Our quintessential New England town is not a typical suburban area filled with cookie-cutter houses but instead has distinctive enclaves and several neighborhood associations tucked in between the swaying trees. Ridgefield is home to a handful of pool and lake communities, too, complete with ballfields, clubhouses, swim teams, and social events. There are also small pockets made up of a few streets that offer a true neighborhood feel. Using elementary school districts, and moving from north to south, here’s a guide to these neighborhoods—as well as the little enclaves that exist within each. Enjoy the neighborhood tour.
» Ridgebury Ridgebury covers the northern part of town and borders the city of Danbury. The area consists of open spaces, rolling hills, vast horse farms, and active farmland. Ridgebury is home to Pleasantview Recreational Association (PVRA), what some consider to be the best pool club in Ridgefield. PVRA consists of 225 deeded homes ranging from ranch-style to newer colonials, with a pool, athletic fields, social events, and more. You don’t need to live in one of these homes to join—it is open to outside members—but carries a quite-lengthy waiting list. Turner Hill is located on the Danbury/New York border and consists of 70 homes, built in the mid 1990s on ¼-acre lots. It has a neighborhood pool that is not open to outside mem10 / / Ridgefield + Wilton Handbook
bers. Stone Ridge Estates, just south of the Danbury line, was built in the late 1990s and early 2000s, and boasts 4,000-plus-square-foot homes, each on a little over an acre of land. Rainbow Lake and the surrounding area were developed in the 1930s and 1940s by Willie Winthrop, a developer who envisioned a string of lakes and summer homes here in Ridgefield. Most of Rainbow Lake’s original homes remain, along with some of more recent construction. Rainbow Lake offers residents a variety of social events all year long.
» Barlow Mountain The Barlow Mountain district covers the parts of town known as Titicus and the watershed. It borders North Salem to the north and west, and stretches across part of Route 35, up Limestone and Great Hill
Roads, and into an area known as The Lakes, off Bennetts Farm Road. Mimosa is a recreational community off North Street, bordering Pierrepont State Park to the north, with a pool, athletic fields, social events, and more. Built in the 1960s by Jerry Tuccio, there are 89 homes, each on about one acre of land. Mimosa is open to outsiders for community membership. Twixt Hills is a lake community with private-membership events, including summer beach parties, dinner club, and winter ice skating. It is located on Pierrepont Lake and is another Tuccio neighborhood developed in the 1960s. The watershed of Lake Mamanasco covers an area of 537 acres and contains about 440 homes. The lake is the center of many recreational activities, including swimming, fishing, sailing, and ice fishing. The major beach located on the western
