Town Of Canaan
Town Of Canaan is a nature reserve in Town of Canaan, Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut. Town Of Canaan is situated nearby to the hamlet Huntsville, as well as near Yelping Hill.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Housatonic State Forest and Cream Hill Shelter.
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.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Canaan and Falls Village.
Canaan
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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.
Town Of Canaan
- Type: Nature reserve
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Town of Canaan, Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.9346° or 41° 56′ 4″ northLongitude
-73.2931° or 73° 17′ 35″ westOpen location code
87H8WPM4+RPOpenStreetMap ID
way 43437420OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserve
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