Town Of Canaan
Town Of Canaan is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 197 m. Bear Mountain stands 708 m to the northwest, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Battle Hill, a peak 0.4 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 23 miles off.
Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee
How to reach it
- 23.4 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Battle Hill: 0.4 mi
- Beebe Hill: 1.6 mi
- Mount Prospect: 1.7 mi
- Falls Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Gallows Hill: 1.7 mi
- Town Of Canaan: 0.6 mi
- Page Road Swamp: 0.9 mi
- Inka's Woods Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Town Of Canaan: 1.8 mi
- Nature Conservancy: 1.9 mi
- Town Green: 0.7 mi
- Dean's Ravine: 3.2 mi
- Trotta Field: 3.3 mi
- Salisbury Village Open Space: 3.3 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 3.6 mi
- Great Falls: 0.8 mi
- Dean's Ravine Falls: 3.3 mi
- Cascade: 3.4 mi
- Pothole Falls: 5.4 mi
- Riga Falls: 5.8 mi
- FV - Canaan Historical Society: 0.9 mi
- Connecticut Railroad Historical Museum: 4.3 mi
- Holley Williams House Museum: 4.4 mi
- C H Pease Museum: 4.4 mi
- Norfolk Historical Society Museum: 8.2 mi
- Dough Boy: 4.4 mi
- East Canaan Veterans Monument: 4.9 mi
- World War I Memorial: 8.2 mi
- Folly: 8.3 mi
- Tri-State Marker: 8.8 mi
- Giant's Thumb: 2.1 mi
- Town Hill Farm: 4.4 mi
- Beckley Furnace: 4.5 mi
- Sheffield Covered Bridge: 10.9 mi
- trail parking: 10.9 mi
- Newsboy Statue: 14.9 mi
- Liebowitz Letter: 16.8 mi
- Naked Lady: 16.9 mi
- Diving Lady: 21.4 mi
- Divine Mercy: 22.3 mi
- Winsted Cliffs: 15.3 mi
- The Beech: 16.4 mi
- Space Invaders: 16.5 mi
- Squirrel Wall: 16.5 mi
- Cloud Buttress: 16.5 mi
- Community Garden: 16.8 mi
- Flower Gardens: 18.1 mi
- Herb Gardens: 18.2 mi
- Heritage Garden: 18.2 mi
- Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 18.6 mi
- Holland Beach: 14.2 mi
- Sandy Beach: 19.5 mi
- East Beach: 19.8 mi
- West Beach: 20.4 mi
- Morris Town Beach: 20.5 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 14.8 mi
- Hermit spring: 17.1 mi
- Big Spring: 18.3 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 18.5 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 10.5 mi
- Picnic Area: 12.3 mi
- Dudley Town: 11.0 mi
- Questing: 12.0 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 21.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.6 miles of Town Of Canaan. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Mountain | NW 317° | 708 m | 7.4 mi |
| Bald Peak | WNW 299° | 588 m | 6.4 mi |
| Bradford Mountain | ENE 64° | 584 m | 3.6 mi |
| Mount Riga | WNW 289° | 534 m | 6.1 mi |
| Lion's Head | WNW 301° | 531 m | 5.4 mi |
| Stone Man Mountain | E 100° | 528 m | 3.9 mi |
| Wangum Lake Hill | E 87° | 521 m | 5.1 mi |
| Thorpe Mountain | WNW 284° | 518 m | 6.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:29 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:51 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:41 | 16:26 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 27 | 35 | 47 | 58 | 66 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Falls Village, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/43440118
Day trips start here
- Great Barrington · 16 mi
- Monterey · 16 mi
- Berkshires · 17 mi
- Otis · 21 mi
- Stockbridge · 22 mi
- Lee · 24 mi
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