Nature Conservancy

Nature Conservancy is a nature reserve in Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut. Nature Conservancy is situated nearby to the hamlet South Canaan, as well as near Pine Grove.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Beckley Furnace Industrial Monument and Great Falls.

Beckley Furnace Industrial Monument

Park

Photo: Phinisi Stuart, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Beckley Furnace Industrial Monument is a state-owned historic site preserving a 19th-century iron-making blast furnace on the north bank of the Blackberry River in the town of North Canaan, Connecticut.

Great Falls

Waterfall

Photo: Jgcoleman, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Great Falls is a waterfall formed along the Housatonic River at Falls Village in the town of Canaan amidst Connecticut's Litchfield Hills. Great Falls is the highest volume waterfall in the state, though a great deal of its potential water volume is diverted immediately upstream during most of the year for hydro-electric power generation.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Canaan and North Canaan.

Canaan

Photo: Doncram, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Canaan is in the Litchfield Hills, otherwise known as the Connecticut Berkshires, in northern Litchfield County.

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.

Falls Village

Village

Photo: Doncram, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Falls Village is a village and census-designated place in the town of Canaan in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2020 census, Falls Village had a population of 383.

Nature Conservancy

Type: Nature reserve
Category: recreation area
Location: Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.9818° or 41° 58′ 54″ north

Longitude

-73.325° or 73° 19′ 30″ west

Open location code

87H8XMJF+PX

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1457896142

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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