New Canaan is a perfect destination for a train ride. The town is quaint, very walkable and the great news is the train station is right in the town. You only need to walk a hundred feet and you are on Elm Street. Let the journey begin.
The train to New Canaan leaves the Stamford Train Station on the hour during the day. Rush hour is slightly different. The train usually leaves from track five and takes about twenty minutes.
As the train leaves the station you have downtown Stamford on your left and the train yard on you right. Within a few minutes the New Canaan spur breaks off from the main line and wends its way to New Canaan. Right after the Glenbrook stop you encounter the giant antenna farm always an interesting sight.
Once you leave the Springdale stop the landscape slowly starts to change. There are more trees and less civilization.
By the time you arrive in New Canaan it is almost all trees around the tracks. Passing over the Merritt Parkway is only a slight reminder of traffic.
Walking down Elm Street is just charming. I grew up in Pound Ridge NY. It is next to New Canaan, and I spent a lot of time in New Canaan. The town has expanded but has kept its charm and looks from the fifties.
One suggestion is to walk around the town and find a restaurant to eat at. There are lots of choices for your eating needs.
Now for the serious walker. You can walk to the New Canaan Nature Center. It is about a mile walk. They have an Aviary where they keep wild birds that cannot be released back to the wild. One of the birds is Gloria a Bald Eagle.
The next walk is turn right on South Avenue off Elm Continue to Farm Road where the High School is. take a short right and there is a trail for walking thru the Waveny Park. You can walk to Lapham Road and go south on Talmadge Hill Road and catch the train at Talmadge Hill Station back to the Stamford.
I have just touched on a few of the great things to do and see in New Canaan. Take the train and start enjoying
Stamford By Foot 