Canaan, CT Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Canaan, Connecticut, shaded from 640 ft on the northwest side to 830 ft on the east edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
830 ft 250 m780 ft 235 m750 ft 230 m710 ft 215 m660 ft 200 m640 ft 195 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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Elevation
Ground colored by height from green (lowest) to white (highest), with contour lines every 40–500 ft (USGS data).
Satellite
A 2016 satellite photo at 33 ft (10 m) detail; contours off.
3D
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
Click or tap anywhere
The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Canaan sits at about 660 ft (205 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
660 ft 205 m
most residents: 650–720 ft
Lowest
640 ft 195 m
on the northwest side
Highest
830 ft 250 m
on the east edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
680 ft 205 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Canaan spans about 190 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where its people live, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
660 ft205 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the east edge, below higher ground just outside
830 ft250 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side
640 ft195 m
Town center
USGS map point for Canaan
670 ft205 m
Average of all land680 ft205 m
Nearest peak
Mount Everett, 6.0 mi northwest of the CDP boundary (NGS survey)
2,608 ft795 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.7 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Canaan, Connecticut, shaded from 640 ft on the northwest side to 830 ft on the east edge, below higher ground just outside
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States
Population
1,190 2020 Census
Land area
1.7 sq mi
Density
682 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.0273° N, 73.3293° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
New England
Drains to
Housatonic River → Long Island Sound
ZIP codes 1
06018
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Mount Washington, MA1,660 ft
  2. Sandisfield, MA1,470 ft
  3. Monterey, MA1,340 ft
  4. New Marlborough, MA1,030 ft
  5. Egremont, MA830 ft
  6. North East, NY790 ft
  7. Great Barrington, MA780 ft
  8. Millerton, NY730 ft
  9. Sheffield, MA680 ft
  10. Canaan660 ft
  11. Copake Falls, NY650 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Blackhead3,930 ft
  • High Peak3,650 ft
  • Mount Greylock3,489 ft
  • Beoadic Mountain2,610 ft
  • Mount Everett2,608 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census CDP boundary (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • Nearby Places: nearby towns and rankings use each town's typical elevation, so every town is compared like for like. Rankings count every city, town, township and census-designated place, including places inside a town. Peaks and hills: the nearest summits with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence within 62 mi (100 km), then federal (GNIS) summits within 16 mi (25 km) when there are fewer than 5; each is the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a usable survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it (shown as published).
  • Rounding: computed heights are rounded to 10 ft (5 m), or to 1 ft (1 m) under 100 ft; 3DEP is good to about a meter, not a foot. Published figures (FAA airport elevation, NGS survey heights) are shown as their publisher gives them.
  • Datum: North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). NGS plans to replace NAVD 88 with a new datum (NAPGD2022); heights will then shift slightly.
  • Canaan is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.