Nature reserve · Connecticut
Town Of Canaan
Town Of Canaan is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 248 m. Bradford Mountain stands 584 m to the north, 3.9 miles off. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 24 miles off.
Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee
How to reach it
Coordinates41.93332, -73.27956
- 23.7 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 29.2 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Town Of Canaan: 0.7 mi
- Housatonic State Forest: 1.9 mi
- Town Of Canaan: 2.8 mi
- The Nature Conservancy (Canaan Mountain (Foster))(Easement): 2.9 mi
- Page Road Swamp: 3.8 mi
Peaks
- Titus Mountain: 1.4 mi
- The Matterhorn: 1.5 mi
- Stone Man Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Howe Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Music Mountain: 2.6 mi
Parks
- Dean's Ravine: 3.7 mi
- Hillside Gardens: 4.5 mi
- Town Green: 4.5 mi
- Ivy Mountain State Park: 5.1 mi
- Beckley Furnace Industrial Park: 5.4 mi
Waterfalls: 55
- Pothole Falls: 0.8 mi
- Cascade: 3.3 mi
- Dean's Ravine Falls: 3.5 mi
- Great Falls: 5.2 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 5.7 mi
Museums: 43
- FV - Canaan Historical Society: 4.6 mi
- Norfolk Historical Society Museum: 5.6 mi
- Cornwall Historical Society: 6.6 mi
- Connecticut Railroad Historical Museum: 6.9 mi
- C H Pease Museum: 7.0 mi
Historic sites: 39
- East Canaan Veterans Monument: 5.5 mi
- World War I Memorial: 5.8 mi
- Dough Boy: 6.9 mi
- John Brown Birthplace: 8.6 mi
- Folly: 11.3 mi
Attractions: 36
- Beckley Furnace: 5.4 mi
- Giant's Thumb: 6.6 mi
- Town Hill Farm: 7.9 mi
- 4 towns meet: 12.0 mi
- Pinnacle Rock: 13.2 mi
Artworks: 21
- Newsboy Statue: 17.9 mi
- Liebowitz Letter: 19.8 mi
- Naked Lady: 19.9 mi
- Divine Mercy: 24.5 mi
- The Twelfth Station - Jesus Dies Upon the Cross: 24.6 mi
Cliffs: 19
- Winsted Cliffs: 10.9 mi
- Hornet's Nest: 13.4 mi
- The Beech: 14.4 mi
- Space Invaders: 14.4 mi
- Cloud Buttress: 14.4 mi
Beaches: 7
- Holland Beach: 9.9 mi
- Sandy Beach: 16.1 mi
- Morris Town Beach: 17.3 mi
- County Beach: 20.9 mi
- Waterfront: 24.1 mi
Gardens: 7
- Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 14.7 mi
- Judea Garden: 17.6 mi
- Flower Gardens: 19.3 mi
- Herb Gardens: 19.3 mi
- Heritage Garden: 19.3 mi
Springs: 4
- Cannavo Spring: 10.5 mi
- Hermit spring: 12.5 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 14.3 mi
- Big Spring: 14.3 mi
Picnic sites: 3
- Picnic Area: 12.9 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 14.4 mi
- Picnic Grove: 24.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Dudley Town: 9.4 mi
- Questing: 13.1 mi
Covered bridges: 1
- Bulls Bridge Road: 21.4 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bradford Mountain | N 350° | 584 m | 3.9 mi |
| Stone Man Mountain | N 354° | 528 m | 1.6 mi |
| Wangum Lake Hill | NNE 23° | 521 m | 2.8 mi |
| Haystack Mountain | NE 36° | 510 m | 6.1 mi |
| Dutton Mountain | NE 55° | 506 m | 5.3 mi |
| Ivy Mountain | SE 146° | 504 m | 5.1 mi |
| Red Mountain | S 186° | 499 m | 6.0 mi |
| The Matterhorn | NE 55° | 498 m | 1.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:50 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:41 | 16:26 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 24 | 32 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 69 | 67 | 60 | 48 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 4.1 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norfolk 2 SW, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/43436811
Day trips start here
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- Great Barrington · 19 mi
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