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Attractions near Canaan

Leave Canaan for Creation Museum, 32 mi away

Creation Museum sees about 1.2M visitors a year. No place to visit is mapped inside Canaan; 7 are within 40 miles. Among them are 3 museums, 2 landmarks and a state park. Make a day of it at Ark Encounter, 42 mi away.

Attractions nearby
77
within 60 miles
The big one
42 mi
Ark Encounter
National park units
1
parks & monuments
Big draws
1
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Theme park · 42 mi southeast

Ark Encounter

Christian theme park located in northern Kentucky.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

Plotted on the map

The farthest of them, Florence Y'all Water Tower, is 36 mi out.

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Orange: Canaan. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors

Everything nearby

All of them, one by one

Its 77 places all lie within 60 miles.

Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.

Parks and trails in Canaan → · Canaan’s history →

Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

Ark Encounter: OlinEJ, CC0 · Paycor Stadium: JonRidinger, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Great American Ball Park: Eric Kilby profile at Flickr website, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Creation Museum: Creashin at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Nippert Stadium: Ben Levin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Kentucky Kingdom: Stevietheman at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · TQL Stadium: Cornfield948, CC BY-SA 3.0 · KFC Yum! Center: Jamesmac96, CC BY 3.0 · Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden: Unknown, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Lynn Family Stadium: Bpluke01, CC BY-SA 4.0 · L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium: Perthsider, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Heritage Bank Center: Ianbolender, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Muhammad Ali Center: The original uploader was Stevietheman at English Wikipedia., CC BY 2.0 · Miller House and Garden: Nyttend, Public domain · Spring Grove Cemetery: Original uploader was Mind meal at en.wikipedia, CC BY 2.0 · Cincinnati Music Hall: Larsonj3, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Coney Island: Unknown, No restrictions · Tyler Davidson Fountain: MamaGeek at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cincinnati Art Museum: 5chw4r7z on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory: User Derek.cashman on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · William Henry Harrison Tomb State Memorial: Kevin Myers at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Big Bone Lick State Park: Mattguyver, CC BY 3.0 · Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal: Greg Hume, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Louisville Slugger Field: Bpluke01, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Zachary Taylor National Cemetery: Joe Schneid, Louisville, Kentucky, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Florence Y'all Water Tower: Larry Hachucka, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Newport Aquarium: Pen Waggener, CC BY 2.0 · Louisville Zoo: BlueShirtz, CC BY-SA 4.0 · William Howard Taft National Historic Site: Bedford at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Falls of the Ohio State Park: Darkstarcrashes, CC BY-SA 4.0 · National Underground Railroad Freedom Center: MamaGeek at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame and Museum: Hayden Schiff, CC BY 4.0 · Speed Art Museum: Bedford at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Eden Park: Joe D. Good, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Taft Museum of Art: Greg Hume (User:Greg5030), CC BY-SA 2.5 · The Louisville Palace: The original uploader was Stevietheman at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.5 · The Kentucky Center: The Kentucky Center at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Aronoff Center: The original uploader was Mind meal at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0 · Frazier History Museum: The original uploader was FrazierMuseum at English Wikipedia., Attribution · Taft Theatre: Wholtone, CC BY 3.0 · American Sign Museum: Tod Swormstedt, CC BY 2.0 · Krohn Conservatory: Greg5030, CC BY 3.0 · Majestic: Siegel, Arthur S., photographer, Public domain · Vent Haven Museum: 5chw4r7z from Cincinnati, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Lanier Mansion: Unknown, CC BY 2.0 · Thomas Edison House: Bedford at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Kentucky Science Center: Unknown, CC BY 2.0 · Schimpff's Confectionery: Bedford at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Railway Museum of Greater Cincinnati: Anotherproject7, CC BY-SA 3.0 · 20th Century Theatre: w_lemay, CC0 · Charles L. Shrewsbury House: Nyttend, Public domain · General James Taylor Park: Packer1028, CC0 · Lincoln Park: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Old Bank of Louisville: William G. Johnson, Photographer, Public domain · Scribner House: Nyttend, Public domain · California Woods: Calumnies, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cincinnati Fire Museum: Photo by Greg Hume (Greg5030), CC BY 3.0 · KMAC Museum: Mx. Granger, CC0 · Mount Airy Arboretum: Daderot, CC0 · Robinson-Schwenn Building: Warren LeMay, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Stanley M. Rowe Arboretum: Daderot, CC0 · The Cultural Arts Center: Bedford, Public domain · Yuko-En on the Elkhorn: FloNight (Sydney Poore) and Russell Poore, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art: EEJCC, CC BY-SA 4.0

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