Waterfront Homes For Sale / Westport, CT

In the Greens Farms neighborhood you can enjoy both the waterfront with sandy beaches and the sweeping views of Long Island Sound, and also the vast green and chill wooded areas. This is one of the best waterfront neighborhoods on the entire gold coast: a quiet neighborhood with lots of grassy lawns and towering trees in the upper part, north of I95, and with beautiful mansions in the south, each with its own private beach and some, also with a private dock.

Some of the best waterfront homes can be found in the Burying Hill / Frost Point area. This is a wooded area, with a great nature preserve nearby, tennis courts and ball fields and also the quiet Burying Hill Beach.

Keep in mind that Greens Farms has one of the best public elementary schools in Connecticut and there are many great public or private schools nearby. It's also a great location for commuters, with I95 nearby, and Merritt Parkway easily accessible in just a few minutes. With the Green’s Farm train station just a few minutes-walk from the waterfront area, commuting by train is also easy.

If you choose the small waterfront community of Old Mill, you'll love the 235-acre Sherwood Island State Park, with its sandy beaches, bath house, picnic groves, forested walking trails and more. There’s also the smaller Old Mill Beach and the beautiful Sherwood Mill Pond. This area offers stunning water views and uniquely beautiful homes.

A neighborhood with a great history, Compo is defined by an iconic area that is included in the National Register of Historic Places: Compo - Oenoke Historic District, a 154-acre area developed in the early 1900s as a summer resort beach community. Most homes were built in the Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival or Bungalow architectural style and they have the typical shore and seasonal home design, with wood-shingle walls, and some even still have pier foundations.

You can find some of the best local amenities in the Compo neighborhood: the Compo Beach Waterfront Park where you can enjoy an extensive sandy beach and more, the town-owned Compo Beach (Ned Dimes) Marina and Yacht Club, and on the Longshore peninsula, an 18-hole public golf course and the Longshore Sailing School.

Compo includes spectacular waterfront areas like: the Compo Beach Area, Oenoke Park and Compo-Saugatuck East.

What a perfect place for a private summer retreat or a permanent waterfront bliss. If you love the beach and the soft waves, you can bet on Compo Beach to find some of the best beachfront homes. You’ll also be close to one of the best marinas in town, the Ned Dimes Marina, the Longshore Sailing School and the Longshore Club Park waterfront golf course.

Amazing sunrise views, the beautiful Long Island Sound, magic views of the Grays Creek, the Longshore waterfront golf course and the Ned Dimes Marina nearby. This is Oenoke Park. Enjoy luxury living in one of the most sought-after areas in Compo!

Just across Compo, the Saugatuck neighborhood boasts beautiful waterfront homes with private docks and small private beaches. This area also offers a great marina up the river, the Bridgebrook Marina, the famous Saugatuck Harbor Yacht Club and also some of the best waterfront restaurants in town. This location is amazing: easy access to I95 and Westport train station.

The Saugatuck Shores peninsula offers amazing waterfront homes where you can enjoy your private beach or exclusive beach access and also, your private dock in one the best places for docks. If you choose Westport for its great boater communities and marinas, you might look for some of the best places for docks in the Bermuda Lagoon and also, on the Saugatuck River. At the end of the peninsula, the small area of Saugatuck Island boasts two large sandy beaches and also the famous, 130+ year old Cedar Point Yacht Club. The views of Long Island Sound alone can make any water lover dream of the perfect home in this area. The just perfect beach is on the nearby Cockonoe Island, very easy to reach by ferry, boat, or even kayak. Waterlovers couldn’t feel more at home: the views of the Saugatuck River and the nearby islands are priceless for those who want to be part of a water community.

Although it’s not a town with large lakes, Westport boasts a unique large pond, Sherwood Mill Pond, which is also an important historic place and a nature preserve. This is one of the most beautiful waterfront areas in town, with simply stunning water views. It is located at the intersection of Old Mill and Green Farms neighborhoods, offering very easy access to I95. Another area where you can find homes with a pond is around Lee Pond (Lee’s Pond) formed on the Saugatuck River. It is located in a wooded area in the Central Westport neighborhood, with many homes enjoying its beautiful views and green surroundings.

<p>Enjoying a long boating club tradition and a strong maritime culture, boaters feel at home in Westport. With no less than five marinas and three yacht clubs in town, as a boater, you can be part of a great community. There are also two great sailing schools that will help you pass on the love for boating to your children.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The great thing about maritime life in Westport is that you can choose the marina and the boat club that best suits your needs and boat. From the small, family-owned Bridgebrook Marina on the Saugatuck River, to the large town-owned Ned Dimes Marina near Compo Beach, or the famous Cedar Point Yacht Club, keeping the tradition of boat racing for more than 130 years.</p>
<p>On the Westport’s coastline, boating is part of everyday life.</p>

Westport is one of the many towns in Fairfield County boasting some of the best sandy beaches in CT. There are many waterfront homeowners enjoying private beaches and there are also several beaches open for HOA members only. Saugatuck Shores Beach and another small beach at Bluff Point, are two great community beaches you can enjoy if you're a resident of the beautiful Saugatuck Island.

But wherever you may live in Westport you are lucky to have access to other 4 town-owned beaches, a state-owned waterfront park, and a magnificent island beach.

Compo Beach is the most popular town beach and also an iconic waterfront park with an extensive sandy beach, sports fields and more. Old Mill, a smaller, more secluded beach, is just a little further away up the Compo neighborhood coastline, and there are two other smaller public beaches where you can enjoy more privacy and serene views of the Long Island Sound: the Canal Beach, in the Saugatuck Shores, and the Burying Hill Beach in the Greens Farms.

If you like a large beach, you'll love the 235-acre Sherwood Island State Park, one of the most popular waterfront parks in the state, where you can enjoy an extensive sandy beach, a great spot for swimming, fishing and more.

Cockonoe Island Beach is simply a breathtaking beautiful place you can easily reach by boat or even kayak if you want to enjoy the finest sandy beach, swimming in the bay waters and 360° stunning views of the Long Island Sound.