Experience Local | Explore Farmington (2024)

Alice Clover Pinney Park and Gazebo

Located in the heart of Unionville Center and home to seasonal concerts and other town events.

Barney Library

Located in historic Farmington Village, the Barney Library provides personalized customer service that has made it a beloved community destination.

Complexity: A Puzzling Adventure

Complexity is a fun group activity for people with a sense of curiosity and adventure. Search the room to find clues, crack the codes, and decipher the puzzles. You must work together, brainstorm, and communicate with your team to complete the mission within 60 minutes - and have fun!

Farmington Boathouse

Located in the Tunxis Mead Recreation area, and home to the Farmington High School Crew Teams.

Farmington Canal Heritage Trail

The over 80 miles of the Farmington Canal Heritage Trail (FCHT) and the 18 miles of the Farmington River Trail constitute one of the most picturesque and historic greenways in New England. Farmington entrances are located at Scott Swamp Road, Brickyard Road, Farmington Ave., New Britain Ave., and Red Oak Hill Road.

Farmington Gardens

Farmington Historical Society

Founded in 1954, the Farmington Historical Society is dedicated to preserving the town’s history and educating the public about its significance. They sponsor exhibits, lectures and other events, and they provide tours of the Freedom Trail’s Underground Railroad and Amistad sites.

Farmington Land Trust

The Farmington Land is a private not for profit who's mission is to protect and preserve open space in Farmington for generation to come. We achieve our mission through acquisition, education, stewardship and advocacy. Please check out our website www.farmingtonlandtrust.org

Farmington Little League Baseball Fields

FYBL's philosophy and guidelines for all teams and programs is to help players to become self-confident, team-oriented people using baseball as a means to support individual character development. The goal of FYBL is to enable all players to develop as people through participation in baseball.

Farmington Main Library

The Farmington Libraries partner with the community to provide free access to services, experiences, and resources that offer opportunities to explore, create, and share ideas.

Farmington Memorial Forest

Multiple walking trails, offering the Blue Trail, a 2.4 mile out-and-back hike, from Route 177. You can also add the 0.8 mile White Trail half loop, on your return, to create a 3.0 mile level hike, or other trail options.

Farmington Miniature Golf & Ice Cream Parlor

Family Owned and Operated since 1962. Celebrating 59 years of scooping it up at our old-time ice cream parlor in a beautiful park-like setting. Over 40 flavors of hard and soft serve. Frozen yogurt too!

Farmington Polo Club

Whether you’re planning your dream wedding day, gathering clients and colleagues for a day of fun, or bringing together your extended family and friends for a long-awaited reunion, the Farmington Polo Club is an ideal venue for year round events.

Farmington Sports Arena

Farmington Sports Arena is a 130,000 square foot modern indoor sports facility and outdoor complex nestled on over 24 acres of prime real estate. We offer Under-6-Youth through Adult Indoor Soccer Leagues, as well as several Youth Soccer Tournaments, indoor and outdoor youth soccer clinics and boys and girls high school summer leagues.

Farmington Town Hall

Houses Town of Farmington administrative offices and employees. Open Monday - Friday, from 8:30 am - 4:30 pm.

Hill-Stead Museum

Hill-Stead Museum utilizes its historic home, landmark art exhibit, and 152-acre estate to offer over 4,000 tours and an array of programs in art, architecture, gardens, and natural science.

Kolp Community Garden Plots

The Kolp Community Garden has 224 plots available for lease. Applications can be submitted in February, with priority given to returning Farmington resident gardeners.

Lewis Walpole Library

The Lewis Walpole Library is a research center for eighteenth-century studies. Its collections include important holdings of eighteenth-century British prints, drawings, manuscripts, rare books, paintings, and decorative arts.

Memento Mori Cemetery

Memento Mori Cemetery is a property of the Farmington Village Green and Library Association, a nonprofit organization that is also responsible for the Farmington Library, Stanley-Whitman House and Village Green. Memento Mori has much to tell us about the history and customs of Farmington’s people of the past. Learn how it reflects changing ideas about religion and the world. Hear about the artwork represented on the headstones, and the restoration efforts underway to preserve this heritage treasure.

Miss Porter's School

In keeping with our founder’s vision, Miss Porter’s School joins tradition with innovation to provide an exemplary education to young women.

Original Tunxis Fire Station

On November 20, 1893, Tunxis Hose Co. No. 1 was formed to provide fire protection to the village of Unionville. Thirty men volunteered to serve, with Lucius C. Humphrey becoming the first foreman.

Police Department

The Farmington Police Department is committed to ensuring the safety and well being of Farmington’s citizens and visitors to the community.

Rattlesnake Mountain

Rattlesnake Mountain, via Metacomet Trail, is a 2.5 mile out and back trail located in Farmington, Connecticut. It features beautiful wild flowers, a historic cave, sweeping elevated views, and is rated as moderate.

Riverfront Miniature Golf & Ice Cream

Enjoy a relaxing atmosphere as you partake in this 18-hole miniature golf experience. Riverfront was designed to portray a miniature version of a full-scale golf course, to be enjoyed by all ages. The outer edge of the course backs up to the Farmington River which provides beautiful views, sounds of flowing water, and a scenic retreat to enjoy gourmet ice cream.

Senior and Community Center

Farmington Community & Recreational Services provides: housing, transportation, youth, social & senior services, recreation programs and a municipal golf course.

Shade Swamp Sanctuary

The Shade Swamp Sanctuary Blue Trail takes you by structures built in 1934, by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), during the Great Depression.

Stanley Whitman House

Stanley-Whitman House is a living history center and museum that teaches through the collection, preservation, research, and dynamic interpretation of the history and culture of early Farmington, Connecticut.

Staples House Community Services

The Staples House, or Gridley-Parsons-Staples Homestead, was built about 1760. The building houses the town's offices for youth, family and social services, as well as the fire administrator and some health screenings, with the Visiting Nurses Association.

Suburban Park

This park is a historic landmark in the center of Unionville. It contains the remnants of an “electrical amusem*nt park” that flourished from 1895 to 1905. Purchased by the Town of Farmington, it provides 20.5 acres of open space, with two miles of hilly walking trails.

The Country Club of Farmington

Opened in 1892, The Country Club of Farmington is one of the first golf clubs in America. Our regulation length championship course features 6,580 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 71. While our golf course is the centerpiece of our club, we are more than just golf. Providing a casual dining and social environment is paramount to providing a fun, relaxing private retreat where members can escape the outside world.

Tunxis Country Club

Experience Tunxis Country Club, New England's largest golf complex - a lively center of recreation and hospitality in the Farmington Valley since its founding in 1962!

Tunxis Mead Park

Farmington recreational area with athletic fields, skateboard park, pavilions, playground equipment, a boat house and the trailhead for the Heritage Bridge Trail historic hike.

Unionville Museum

The Unionville Museum, founded in 1984, is a non-profit 501C3 organization housed in a historic Carnegie Library building in downtown Unionville, and owned by the Town of Farmington.

Westwoods Golf Course

Westwoods Golf Course, designed by Geoffrey S. Cornish, is an 18-hole, 4,407 yard, par-61, country setting, municipal golf course, located in the southwest corner of Farmington.

Winding Trails

Winding Trails, Inc. is a non-profit, organization serving people from Farmington and surrounding communities, providing year round recreational and educational activities for the enjoyment and growth of families and individuals of all ages. Winding Trails is a membership facility and does not offer day passes. To access the facility you need to be a current member or guest of a member to access the facility.

Yodkins-Morin Memorial Park

The Yodkins-Morin Memorial Park, on the south side of Farmington Avenue, was created in honor of Farmington Police Officer, Charles Yodkins, and Joseph Morin, a young college student, who lost their lives in a heroic rescue attempt, during the 1955 Unionville flood.