In addition to boasting its own light opera, Simsbury is host to a
variety of cultural and community activities including the Talcott
Mountain Music Festival, Home Improvement Show, Taste of Simsbury and Simsbury
Celebrates during the holiday season. Simsbury's public library ranks
third in the state as a resource. Nearly 1,000 visitors daily enjoy
book discussions, film fests, music festivals and more. Despite all the
amenities, the town's tight fiscal approach maintains a AA1 Bond Rating
ensuring the long-term availability of services. All the charm,
benefits and beauty of the quintessential New England village can be
accessed from the forested confines of The Powder ForestŪ Homes in
Simsbury.
Named after Symondsbury, England, Simsbury is one of the oldest
communities in the state. Located on the scenic Farmington River less
than a 30-minute drive from the capital city of Hartford, Simsbury is
accessible and yet creates the sense of being a sheltered, secure and
totally self-sufficient community. With its own surplus of commercial,
cultural and recreational resources, Simsbury is home to world class
educational institutions, restaurants, wilderness trails and an
international skating center.
Whether it's hiking, biking, golf, tennis, swimming, cross country
skiing, roller blading or whatever, Simsbury can give you as much as
you can handle - and then some. Take your pick of four state parks -
Stratton Brook, Talcott Mountain, Penwood and Great Pond.
The town also
operates twelve municipal parks. The Farmington Valley Greenway is a
26-mile, multi-use trail running through five towns of central
Connecticut with connections to many more miles of walking and biking
trails. It is a ten-foot wide, wheelchair accessible trail designed for
walking, jogging, biking, inline skating and other activities. A spur
trail, the Farmington River Trail, is substantially completed and
follows abandoned rail beds from Farmington through Unionville,
Burlington, Collinsville and Canton and then back to the main trail in
Simsbury. The town also owns and operates the Simsbury Farms
Recreational Complex. Spread out over 235 rolling acres, the "Farms" is
the hub of recreational activity and includes an 18-hole public golf
course, an artificial outdoor ice rink, four swimming pools, outdoor
tennis and paddle tennis courts, a clubhouse, outdoor basketball
courts, a family fitness trail, picnic areas and indoor program areas.
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