Canaan, CT Road Trips
Plan drives from Canaan, CT with practical route pages for distance, drive time, fuel cost, road character, and places to stop along the way.
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Trip Routes
1
Longest Drive
73.7 mi
East Norwalk, CT
Quickest Drive
1h 55m
East Norwalk, CT
Plan Around Canaan, CT
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Canaan, CT by the Numbers
Recent demographic snapshot from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey.
Population
1,297
Median Income
$31,986
Median Home Value
$170,700
Median Age
39.6
Source: US Census Bureau ACS 5-year (public domain). See our methodology for details.
Canaan, CT at a Glance
Founded
1739
Elevation
656 ft
Area
13 mi²
Notable People from Canaan, CT
A sampling of people born in Canaan, CT.
Steve Blass
1942
American baseball player
Elizur Wright
1804–1885
American abolitionist and actuary (1804-1885)
City data from Wikidata (Q753937), available under CC0. Photos from Wikimedia Commons under their respective licenses. See our methodology for details.
Traveler Guide to Canaan, CT
Canaan is in the Litchfield Hills, otherwise known as the Connecticut Berkshires, in northern Litchfield County.
Canaan is a township that includes the villages of Falls Village and South Canaan. North Canaan, a separate township, separates Canaan from the Massachusetts border. However, local usage is to treat North Canaan as if it were a part of Canaan, so this article includes North Canaan, too.
As you can see from the photos on this page, there are some charming buildings in the townships of Canaan and North Canaan. Since if you are going further north to the Massachusetts Berkshires, you will probably be traversing this area, in any case, why not enjoy them?
US Route 7 traverses the township from north to south. US Route 44, an east-west route, meets Route 7 in North Canaan. To get from points south, including New York City, take Route 7 North. To get from the Massachusetts Berkshires, take Route 7 South. From Hartford and other points east, take Route 44 West. There are buses that travel up and down Route 7, transporting people to and from New York City, Vermont, and many towns in between. There is a historic station in North Canaan which is worth looking at. However, it stopped operating a long time ago.
A car or other vehicle is most useful for getting around.
Travel tips adapted from Canaan on Wikivoyage, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Content summarized; visit the source for the full article. See our methodology for how we use it.
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