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Town Of Canaan

Town Of Canaan from directly overhead

Town Of Canaan is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 234 m. Bradford Mountain stands 584 m to the north, 3.8 miles off. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 24 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

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Coordinates41.93457, -73.29324

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
Waterfalls: 55
Museums: 41
Historic sites: 38
Attractions: 36
Artworks: 20
Cliffs: 19
  • Winsted Cliffs: 11.7 mi
  • Hornet's Nest: 13.9 mi
  • The Beech: 14.8 mi
  • Space Invaders: 14.9 mi
  • Cloud Buttress: 14.9 mi
Beaches: 8
Gardens: 7
  • Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 15.0 mi
  • Judea Garden: 17.5 mi
  • Flower Gardens: 19.3 mi
  • Herb Gardens: 19.3 mi
  • Heritage Garden: 19.3 mi
Springs: 4
  • Cannavo Spring: 11.2 mi
  • Hermit spring: 13.2 mi
  • Big Spring: 15.0 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 15.1 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic Area: 13.0 mi
  • Guilder Pond Picnic area: 14.0 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 24.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.8 miles of Town Of Canaan. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bradford MountainN 360°584 m3.8 mi
Stone Man MountainNNE 19°528 m1.6 mi
Wangum Lake HillNE 36°521 m3.1 mi
Haystack MountainNE 42°510 m6.5 mi
Dutton MountainENE 60°506 m5.8 mi
Ivy MountainSE 140°504 m5.6 mi
Red MountainS 179°499 m6.0 mi
The MatterhornENE 69°498 m2.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2919:05
June solstice05:1919:5020:33
September equinox06:4118:1618:52
December solstice07:1815:4116:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735475866716962514030
Precip in3.02.63.43.33.94.84.84.44.74.73.53.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Falls Village, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43437420

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