Huntsville
Huntsville is a hamlet in Town of Canaan, Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut. Huntsville is situated nearby to the hamlet South Canaan, as well as near the neighborhood Falls Village Historic District.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Housatonic State Forest and Dean’s Ravine Falls.
Housatonic State Forest
Nature reserve
Photo: Morrowlong, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Housatonic State Forest is a Connecticut state forest occupying 10,894 acres in the towns of Sharon, Canaan, Cornwall, and North Canaan. The state forest includes two Connecticut natural area preserves, Gold's Pines and Canaan Mountain, and is the only Connecticut state forest that includes a portion of the Appalachian Trail. Housatonic State Forest is situated 2 miles south of Huntsville.
Dean’s Ravine Falls
Waterfall
Dean's Ravine Falls is a 50-foot-tall waterfall formed along Reed Brook in Canaan, Connecticut. The falls were once a "must-see" spot along the 2,180-mile-long Appalachian Trail, until the trail was rerouted west of the Housatonic River through Sharon, Connecticut in the early 1980s. Dean’s Ravine Falls is situated 2½ miles southwest of Huntsville.
Cream Hill Shelter
Shelter
Photo: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Cream Hill Shelter is a rustic log shelter in Housatonic State Forest in Cornwall, Connecticut. Built in 1988, it replaced what was at the time one of three surviving log shelters constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps in Connecticut. Cream Hill Shelter is situated 2½ miles south of Huntsville.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Canaan and Falls Village.
Canaan
Photo: Doncram, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Canaan is in the Litchfield Hills, otherwise known as the Connecticut Berkshires, in northern Litchfield County.
Falls Village
Village
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Falls Village is a village and census-designated place in the town of Canaan in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 538, out of 1,234 in the entire town of Canaan. Falls Village is situated 2½ miles west of Huntsville.
North Canaan
Town
Photo: Jmabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
North Canaan is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 3,211 at the 2020 census. The town is part of the Northwest Hills Planning Region. North Canaan is situated 6 miles north of Huntsville.
Huntsville
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: Town of Canaan, Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.94482° or 41° 56′ 41″ northLongitude
-73.31262° or 73° 18′ 45″ westElevation
728 feet (222 metres)Open location code
87H8WMVP+WXOpenStreetMap ID
node 158798291OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
4836483
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