Canaan Mountain
Canaan Mountain rises to 482 m in Connecticut. Bradford Mountain stands 584 m to the west-northwest, 0.7 miles off. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 20 miles off. 60 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31807737, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 482 m
How to reach it
- 20.4 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 26.8 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Bradford Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Wangum Lake Hill: 1.6 mi
- Stone Man Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Cobble Hill: 2.8 mi
- The Matterhorn: 3.0 mi
- Beckley Furnace Industrial Park: 1.9 mi
- Edith Scoville Memorial Sanctuary: 3.4 mi
- Lawrence Field: 3.6 mi
- Norfolk Historic District: 4.2 mi
- Hillside Gardens: 4.5 mi
- The Nature Conservancy (Canaan Mountain)(Easement): 0.9 mi
- The Nature Conservancy (Canaan Mountain (Foster))(Easement): 1.4 mi
- Nature Conservancy: 2.2 mi
- Page Road Swamp: 3.3 mi
- Town Of Canaan: 3.4 mi
- Connecticut Railroad Historical Museum: 3.8 mi
- C H Pease Museum: 3.9 mi
- Norfolk Historical Society Museum: 4.2 mi
- FV - Canaan Historical Society: 4.8 mi
- Holley Williams House Museum: 8.3 mi
- Pothole Falls: 3.9 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 4.1 mi
- Great Falls: 4.9 mi
- Campbell Falls: 4.9 mi
- Dean's Ravine Falls: 5.6 mi
- East Canaan Veterans Monument: 2.0 mi
- Dough Boy: 3.7 mi
- World War I Memorial: 4.1 mi
- Tri-State Marker: 11.5 mi
- John Brown Birthplace: 11.6 mi
- Beckley Furnace: 1.9 mi
- Giant's Thumb: 5.9 mi
- Town Hill Farm: 8.5 mi
- Sheffield Covered Bridge: 10.3 mi
- Army Corps of Engineers benchmark: 12.9 mi
- Newsboy Statue: 14.4 mi
- Liebowitz Letter: 16.4 mi
- Naked Lady: 16.4 mi
- Divine Mercy: 21.0 mi
- The Twelfth Station - Jesus Dies Upon the Cross: 21.1 mi
- Winsted Cliffs: 12.1 mi
- The Beech: 12.4 mi
- Space Invaders: 12.5 mi
- Cloud Buttress: 12.5 mi
- Squirrel Wall: 12.5 mi
- Holland Beach: 10.9 mi
- County Beach: 18.1 mi
- Sandy Beach: 19.6 mi
- Morris Town Beach: 20.8 mi
- East Beach: 22.9 mi
- Heritage Garden: 15.8 mi
- Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 18.0 mi
- Judea Garden: 21.1 mi
- Naumkeag Garden: 21.1 mi
- Berkshire Botanical Garden: 22.0 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 11.5 mi
- Hermit spring: 14.2 mi
- Big Spring: 14.5 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 15.0 mi
- Questing: 9.6 mi
- Dudley Town: 12.8 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 11.6 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 24.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Canaan Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bradford Mountain | WNW 298° | 584 m | 0.7 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NE 49° | 539 m | 4.4 mi |
| Stone Man Mountain | S 182° | 528 m | 1.9 mi |
| Wangum Lake Hill | SE 129° | 521 m | 1.6 mi |
| East Bald Mountain | NE 53° | 519 m | 5.3 mi |
| Haystack Mountain | ENE 70° | 510 m | 4.0 mi |
| Dutton Mountain | E 97° | 506 m | 4.5 mi |
| Brown Mountain | ENE 58° | 499 m | 5.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:50 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:40 | 16:25 |
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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 205999 — Canaan Mountain, Northwest Hills County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359261111
Day trips start here
- Berkshires · 14 mi
- Monterey · 14 mi
- Great Barrington · 15 mi
- Otis · 17 mi
- Stockbridge · 21 mi
- Lee · 22 mi
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