Where to Cool Off in the County
Here are some places to cool off this summer.
Slurping ice cream cones. Tossing water balloons. Skinnydipping.
These are all tried-and-true activities that will cool you off in a heat wave.
But why not cool off by reading a good book? There are added benefits.
As the ancient inscription carved into the walls of the Library of Alexandria (built in honor of Alexander the Great in 300 B.C.) has it, a library is "The place of the cure of the soul."
Luckily, Fairfield County is blessed with libraries that are free, open to the public, stuffed with books, computers, cafes and other diversions - and all come with air conditioning.
You may even chance upon a great work of art, such as the Pequot Library's original Birds of America 1860 engravings of John J. Audubon, currently on display in a glass case.
At the library, you can stay all day (and into some evenings) and no one will shoo you away as long as you mind your library manners.
If you'd rather write a book than read one, that's OK too.
Following is a list of area public libraries and their summer hours. Click on a link for more information, rate the library or tell us about other great free places to cool off!
Darien
1441 Post Road
Monday - Thursday 9 - 9
Friday 9 - 5
Saturday 9 - 5
Sunday 1 - 5
Easton
691 Morehouse Road
Monday & Friday 10 - 5
Tuesday & Wednesday 10 - 8
Thursday 10 - 6
Saturday 10 - 3
Sunday closed
Fairfield
Fairfield library - Main Branch
1080 Post Road
Monday - Thursday 9 - 9
Friday 9 - 6
Saturday 9 - 5
Sunday closed
1147 Fairfield Woods Road
Monday - Thursday 9 - 8
Friday 9 - 6
Saturday 9 - 5
Sunday closed
720 Pequot Avenue, Southport
Monday - Friday 9 - 6
Saturday 9 - 1
Sunday closed
Greenwich
101 West Putnam Avenue
Monday - Friday 9 - 9
Saturday 9 - 5
Sunday 1 - 5
21 Mead Avenue
Monday Wednesday Friday & Saturday 9 - 5
Tuesday 10 - 6
Thursday 12 – 8
90 Sound Beach Ave , Old Greenwich
Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9 – 6
Tuesday & Thursday 9 – 8
Saturday 9 – 5
Sunday (closed until Labor Day, then 1 -5)
Cos Cob
5 Sinawoy Road
Monday 12 - 8
Tuesday - Saturday 9 - 5
New Canaan
151 Main Street
Monday - Thursday 9 - 8
Friday & Saturday 9 - 5
Sunday closed
Norwalk
1 Belden Avenue
Monday & Thursday 9 - 8:30
Tuesday Friday & Saturday 9 - 5:30
Wednesday 12 - 8:30
51 Van Zant Street
Monday - Friday 12:30 - 5:30
Saturday 9:30 - 5:30
Sunday closed
Monday, Wednesday-Saturday 9 – 5:30
Tuesday 12 – 8:30
Sunday closed
Redding
Route 53 and Diamond Hill Road
Monday Wednesday Friday & Saturday 10 - 5
Thursday 10 - 8
Sunday closed
Ridgefield
472 Main Street
Monday Wednesday & Friday 10 - 6
Saturday 9 – 5
Rowayton
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 10 – 5
Wednesday 10 – 7
Saturday 10 – 1
Sunday closed
Shelton
Monday - Thursday 9 - 8:30
Friday 9 - 4:30
Saturday and Sunday closed
Monday 12 - 8
Tuesday - Thursday 10 - 8
Friday 10 - 5
Saturday 10 - 3
Stamford
One Public Library Plaza
Monday - Thursday 11 - 8
Friday 11 - 6
Satuirday 10 - 5
Saturday 10 - 5
Sunday 1 - 5
115 Vine Road
Monday - Wednesday 11 - 7
Friday 11 - 6
Saturday 10 - 4
Sunday closed
34 Woodland Avenue
Tuesday & Wednesday 11 - 5:30
Thursday 1 - 7
Saturday 10 - 2
Sunday closed
Weed Memorial & Hollander Branch
1143 Hope Street
Tuesday 7 Thursday 11 - 7
Saturday 10 - 4
Weston
56 Norfield Road
Monday - Tuesday, Thursday - Friday 9 - 5
Wednesday 9 - 8
Saturday 10 - 4
Sunday closed
Westport
20 jesup Road
Monday - Thursday 9 - 9
Friday 9 - 5
Saturday 9 - 5
Sunday 1 - 5
Wilton
137 Old Ridgefield Road
Monday - Thursday 10 - 8
Friday 10 - 6
Saturday 10 - 5
Sunday closed
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Darien Library
1441 Post Rd, Darien, CT -
Easton Library
691 Morehouse Rd, Easton, CT -
Pequot Library
720 Pequot Ave, Southport, CT
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Fairfield Woods Branch Library
1147 Fairfield Woods Rd, Fairfield, CT -
Greenwich Library
101 W Putnam Ave, Greenwich, CT -
Byram Shubert Library
21 Mead Ave, Greenwich, CT -
Perrot Memorial Library
90 Sound Beach Ave, Old Greenwich, CT -
New Canaan Library
151 Main St, New Canaan, CT -
Norwalk Public Library
1 Belden Ave, Norwalk, CT -
East Norwalk Library
51 Van Zant St, Norwalk, CT -
South Norwalk Branch Library
10 Washington St, Norwalk, CT (10 Washington St., South Norwalk, CT 06854) -
Mark Twain Library
439 Redding Rd, Redding, CT -
Ridgefield Library
472 Main St, Ridgefield, CT -
Rowayton Library
33 Highland Ave, Norwalk, CT -
Public Library: Huntington Branch
41 Church St, Shelton, CT -
Ferguson Library - Main Branch
96 Broad St, Stamford, CT -
Harry Bennett Library
115 Vine Rd, Stamford, CT -
Ferguson Library, South End Branch
34 Woodland Ave, Stamford, CT -
The Weed Memorial and Hollander Branch of the Ferguson Library
1143 Hope St, Stamford, CT -
Weston Public Library
56 Norfield Rd, Weston, CT -
Town of Westport Library
20 Jesup Rd, Westport, CT -
Wilton Library
137 Old Ridgefield Rd, Wilton, CT
