Welcome Home to The Summit at Bethel At The Summit at Bethel, a breathtaking community nestled in Fairfield County, Connecticut, you will savor the serene moments of small-town life along with the best of metropolitan conveniences. Imagine sitting on your deck enjoying your early morning coffee and taking in the relaxed atmosphere and amazing views of this charming neighborhood. Afterward, you can plan a day filled with your favorite activities — fabulous venues for cultural events, fine dining, fabulous shopping, and a wide variety of recreational activities can be found nearby in Danbury, Newtown, Ridgefield, Stamford, Westport, Fairfield, and White Plains. The good life awaits you at The Summit.
Paradise Found As a resident of The Summit, you always feel as if you are on vacation because you’ll enjoy year-round resort-style living right here! As you approach this exquisite community and pass the gate house, you’ll see that it is nestled on a picturesque hilltop overlooking the historic New England town of Bethel. The Summit provides charm and serenity set amidst a scenic landscape, yet it’s just minutes from every convenience you may need.
A Luxury Lifestyle That’s Carefree At The Summit, you will indulge in a relaxing lifestyle of luxury set amidst beautifully kept grounds. You’ll have more time to spend with family and friends and take pleasure in your favorite hobbies because all lawn care, snow removal, and exterior home maintenance are provided for you. Plus, all of our homes are backed by the Toll Brothers guarantee of superior craftsmanship and lasting quality.
The Summit Club Is the Heart of The Summit at Bethel The Summit Club is the place where you can create your own perfect country club lifestyle. Picture yourself spending a leisurely afternoon at your private 5,000-square-foot clubhouse – as a homeowner, you’re a full member! Curl up by the fireplace with a page-turner or spend the afternoon shooting pool or playing bridge in the game room. Get in a workout or do aerobics with friends in the fitness center. Take a class in the art studio or demonstration kitchen. There are lots of ways to spend a quiet day at the clubhouse! There’s plenty to do outdoors too! Start a tennis club and organize your own tournament. Challenge your neighbors to a bocce game. How about a day of relaxing poolside followed by a refreshing swim? In the evening, make those dance lessons pay off as you dance the night away in the clubhouse great room. This is your clubhouse, and there is always something fun and exciting to do!
A World of Possibilities … in a Convenient Location Just minutes beyond the entrance to your neighborhood, you’ll find the world at your feet! The Summit is only 10 minutes from I-84 and Route 7. Traveling to Norwalk and Stamford is an easy 40- and 50-minute drive, while White Plains can be reached in 1 hour. The excitement of New York City is only 90 minutes away, and the Bethel Metro-North Train Station, only 3 minutes from your new home, offers daily service to Manhattan. Westchester County Airport can be reached in less than an hour, while Bradley and La Guardia Airports are only 90 minutes from your new home.
Expand Your Horizons Your community offers you a wealth of opportunities to learn! The Summit Club is the perfect setting for taking in a lecture on your favorite topics or for gathering friends to discuss the latest bestseller. Bethel Adult Education offers a variety of classes on subjects such as cooking, photography, painting, gardening, dancing, and writing. Western Connecticut State University, located just 12 minutes away in Danbury, offers you a wide variety of continuing adult education courses and degree programs with both day and evening schedules. In addition, the Stamford campus of the University of Connecticut, Fairfield University, and Yale University are all within an hour’s drive of your new home!
A Cultural and Recreational Paradise So much to do, and so much time to do it! Your easygoing lifestyle at The Summit offers you a full palette of tempting getaways just minutes from home! Make new friends who share your interests, and spend your days enjoying the many recreational pursuits of the area. Grab your clubs and visit one of the many challenging private and semiprivate area golf courses, including Ridgewood Country Club in Danbury, Rock Ridge Country Club in Newtown, Redding Country Club in Redding, and the Connecticut Golf Club in Easton — all within a 25-minute drive. The extraordinary Richter Park Memorial Golf Course, rated one of the Top 25 Public Courses in the United States by Golf Digest magazine, is only minutes away in Danbury and is open to the public. Put on your comfortable walking shoes and take a stroll on one of your community’s nature trails, or visit one of many local and state parks located within 20 minutes of your new home, including Meckauer Park, Putnam Memorial State Park, Collins P. Huntington State Park, Tarrywile Park, and Rogers Park. While you’re there, take a swim in the summer or go ice skating in the winter. Bring your pole and enjoy some of the best trout fishing in the state. Hop on your bike and enjoy the beautiful landscapes. Or just pack a blanket and lunch and find a good spot for a picnic! If you like being near the water, you’re in luck! Candlewood Lake, Connecticut’s largest lake with more than 5,400 acres and over 60 miles of shoreline, is located in Danbury, less than 15 minutes from your new home. Here you can enjoy boating, sailing, fishing, and swimming too. The local cultural environment has a lot to offer, all just minutes away, including the Danbury Railway Museum, the Military Museum of Southern New England, and the Ives Center for the Performing Arts. Gather a group of friends and set off for Tarrywile Park and Mansion. The Park offers miles of glorious walking trails and picnic areas. The crowning jewel of this beautiful 722-acre land preserve is the Tarrywile Mansion, a lovingly restored, 23-room shingle-style Victorian built in 1897. As a carefree resident of The Summit, you can become an adventurer! In downtown Stamford, White Plains, and New Haven, you can explore a fabulous range of cultural and recreational activities and an eclectic array of international dining, world-class entertainment, and museums. The area also offers a number of art galleries, including Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Stamford Center for the Arts, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Westport Country Playhouse, The Long Wharf Theatre, Yale University Art Gallery, Mohegan Sun, and Foxwood Casinos.
World-Class Shopping at Your Doorstep! Do you like quaint antique shops and specialty boutiques? Or are you more of a mall shopper? For convenient one-stop shopping, Bethel Plaza Shopping Center and Dolan Plaza are just around the corner. The magnificent Danbury Fair Mall is just 10 minutes away featuring Macy’s, Lord & Taylor, Sears, and over 150 fine specialty shops. In addition, you are just minutes from Caraluzzi’s, a popular local gourmet food market. You can also take a ride to Stew Leonard’s, well-known regionally for fresh food sold in an entertaining country fair atmosphere, and Trader Joe’s, where shoppers find a large selection of specialty items. You can pick your own produce or sample the freshly made baked goods at Blue Jay Orchards, a picturesque 140-acre family-owned farm and gift shop.
The Best in Community Services You can rest assured that you will be well served by the excellent medical facilities close to The Summit. Danbury Hospital, only 8 minutes from your new home, offers you a complete range of medical services. In addition, the hospitals and medical care facilities in New Haven, Connecticut, and New York City are acclaimed worldwide for research and treatment and are easily accessible from The Summit. As a resident of The Summit, you also have free access to the nearby Bethel Public Library, just 5 minutes away, where you can take a class, attend a lecture, or spend a relaxing day just browsing for books! Also serving the community of The Summit are houses of worship representing almost all faiths.
An Area of Unequalled Beauty Your Toll Brothers home affords you an uncommon standard of excellence due to its superior design and quality craftsmanship. You will live and entertain with pride in The Summit at Bethel!
At Toll Brothers, we build more than homes; we build communities. For over 40 years, we’ve been building communities in picturesque settings where luxury meets convenience, and where neighbors become lifelong friends. When you choose Toll Brothers, you choose our unwavering commitment to quality and customer service. We are honored to have won the three most coveted awards in the home building industry: America’s Best Builder, National Builder of the Year, and the National Housing Quality Award. But our greatest reward comes from the recognition we receive from our homeowners. Each Toll Brothers home offers a combination of quality materials and superior design, where every detail is meticulously crafted, and every enhancement you select is seamlessly added to create a customized home that is uniquely yours.
Toll Brothers Is Proud to Help Preserve Our Environment
Our Customer Care Representatives Are Here for You
At Toll Brothers, we believe that preserving the natural environment is an integral part of creating a community you’ll be proud to call home. Nationwide, Toll Brothers partners with conservation groups that include the National Wildlife Federation and Audubon International.
From the moment you move into your new home, your customer care representative will be available to manage any questions or issues that may arise. We are committed to offering you the exemplary customer service we’ve built our reputation on.
In addition, the homes we build are designed to harmonize with the scenic beauty of the surrounding landscape. We preserve as much open space as possible, incorporating and even restoring the existing hills, trees, and ponds.
The nation’s premier builder of luxury homes and a Fortune 1000 company, Toll Brothers is currently building nationwide and is a publicly owned company whose stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:TOL).
Convenient Home Services Provide One-Stop Shopping The following Toll Brothers subsidiaries offer a full range of home services to better serve you and maximize your time: TBI Mortgage® Company offers numerous financing options to suit your individual needs and provides you with a level of service that exceeds your expectations. Westminster Security will provide a home security system as a standard feature in your home, at no cost, with the purchase of a three-year monitoring agreement — ask your salesperson for details.
The Toll Brothers Buyer Satisfaction Program To make sure your home meets your expectations and ours, we offer a unique two-step, pre-settlement orientation/inspection program. The first inspection takes place five to seven days before settlement, utilizing Toll Brothers’ detailed checklist as a guide. Then, once again prior to settlement, you’ll inspect your home to see that every item you noted at the first orientation has been addressed. For lasting peace of mind, we also give you a ten-year limited warranty.
Building Communities in Connecticut Since 1992 35 Communities Including 29 Sold Out and 6 Active with Over 1,500 Homes Delivered Winner of Numerous Awards: • 2009 Best Single-Family Attached Home for the Eastport Elite and Pentwater Models from the Home Builders Association of Connecticut • 2009 Best of 50+ Housing Award for the Walnut Model from the National Association of Home Builders • 2008 Best Attached Community 55+ for Regency at Prospect from the Home Builders Association of Connecticut • 2007 Best Townhome Community for Newington Ridge from the Home Builders Association Of Connecticut • 2007 Best Single-Family Attached Home for the Hemlock, Ash, and Strathmere Models *From the Home Builders Association of Connecticut. Copyright 2010 by Toll Brothers, Inc. All copy, plans, and artwork contained in or represented by this brochure and its enclosures are the sole property of Toll Brothers, Inc. Photos are images only and should not be relied upon to confirm applicable features. Any reproduction of them or other use without the written permission of Toll Brothers, Inc. is strictly prohibited. This is not an offering where prohibited by law. SABT-20398-20398 3/10
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Directions
50 Apollo Road Bethel, Connecticut 06801 203-792-3500
From Interstate 84 Eastbound:
From the Merritt Parkway Northbound:
Take I-84 East to Exit 5. Travel straight through the stop sign and turn right onto Main Street/ Route 53 South. Travel 1 1/2 miles and then turn left just before the brick War Memorial Building onto South Street (53 South). Proceed on 53 South. After you pass the Party Depot on your left, travel another 1/2 mile and turn left at the traffic light onto Route 302. The Sycamore Drive-In Restaurant will be on the right. Travel for 8/10 mile through the town of Bethel and turn left just before the Famous Pizza Restaurant onto PT Barnum Square, which becomes Wooster Street. Drive 1 mile and turn right just before Yankee Ingenuity onto Passage Road, then proceed 1/10 mile and turn left onto Gemini Road. Drive 2/10 mile and turn right onto Apollo Road, traveling up the hill to The Summit at Bethel on the left.
Take the Merritt Parkway/CT-15 to Exit 42 . Turn right at traffic light onto CT-57 North. Follow for 3 miles through Weston. Bear right onto Route 53 North and travel 13 miles. Turn right onto Route 302. The Sycamore Drive-In Restaurant will be on the right. Travel for 8/10 mile through the town of Bethel and turn left just before the Famous Pizza Restaurant onto PT Barnum Square, which becomes Wooster Street. Drive 1 mile and turn right just before Yankee Ingenuity onto Passage Road, then proceed 1/10 mile and turn left onto Gemini Road. Drive 2/10 mile and turn right onto Apollo Road, traveling up the hill to The Summit at Bethel on the left.
From Merritt Parkway Southbound:
Take Route 7 North and turn right onto Wooster Heights Road. Travel 9/10 mile and turn right onto West Wooster Street. Drive 1 mile and turn right onto Main Street, then proceed 3 /10 mile and turn left just before the brick War Memorial Building onto South Street (53 South). Proceed on 53 South. After you pass the Party Depot on your left, travel another 1 /2 mile and turn left at the traffic light onto Route 302. The Sycamore Drive-In Restaurant will be on the right. Travel for 8/10 mile through the town of Bethel and turn left just before the Famous Pizza Restaurant onto PT Barnum Square, which becomes Wooster Street. Drive 1 mile and turn right just before Yankee Ingenuity onto Passage Road, then proceed 1/10 mile and turn left onto Gemini Road. Drive 2/10 mile and turn right onto Apollo Road, traveling up the hill to The Summit at Bethel on the left.
Take the Merritt Parkway/CT-15 to Exit 44 - Black Rock Turnpike/CT-58. Follow CT-58 for 15 miles to Route 302. Turn left at the traffic light onto Route 302. Stay on Route 302 for 9/10 miles into downtown Bethel and turn right onto PT Barnum Square just after the Famous Pizza Restaurant, which becomes Wooster Street. Drive 1 mile and turn right just before Yankee Ingenuity onto Passage Road, then proceed 1/10 mile and turn left onto Gemini Road. Drive 2/10 mile and turn right onto Apollo Road, traveling up the hill to The Summit at Bethel on the left.
From Route 7 (Ridgefield area):