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Attractions near Canaan

22 mi from Canaan, Mount Greylock leads the list

Around Canaan, the places to visit include 24 museums, 5 theatres and 5 ski areas. Look within 40 miles for the 53 places to visit; none is inside Canaan. Visits to Martin Van Buren National Historic Site run to about 16K a year. A day out reaches Springfield Armory National Historic Site, 49 mi away.

Attractions nearby
134
within 60 miles
The big one
8 mi
Tanglewood
National park units
6
parks & monuments
Ski areas
11
Mount Snow
Theatre · 8 mi southeast

Tanglewood

Music venue.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

Where to find them

The list reaches out to Empire State Aerosciences Museum, 40 mi away.

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

Everything nearby

The list in full

All 134 on the list 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

Springfield Armory National Historic Site: National Park Service, Public domain · Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site: Crunch, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Mount Greylock: Jstergis, CC BY 3.0 · Quabbin Reservoir: engineerchange, CC BY 2.0 · PeoplesBank Arena: PeoplesBank Arena, CC BY 2.5 · Six Flags New England: Canadaolympic989, Public domain · Lake Compounce: Wildcat1 at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site: Daderot, Public domain · Tanglewood: Daderot., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Olana State Historic Site: Netniks, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Norman Rockwell Museum: User:Rmrfstar, CC BY 2.5 · Clark Art Institute: Daderot, Public domain · Kaaterskill Falls: Mwanner, CC BY-SA 3.0 · National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame: Peter Flass, CC BY 3.0 · Grant Cottage State Historic Site: Coingeek at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art: Daderot at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · MVP Arena: This image or media was taken or created by Matt H. Wade. To see his entire port, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mark Twain House: Makemake at German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · USS Slater: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Catskill Park: The original uploader was Daniel Case at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Orange: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Mount Snow: William J Sisti from Morristown, NJ, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Schuyler Mansion: This image or media was taken or created by Matt H. Wade. To see his entire port, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hunter Mountain: The original uploader was Daniel Case at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art: N-Lange.de, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Bennington Battle Monument: Phil Boucher, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Saratoga Performing Arts Center: UpstateNYer., CC BY-SA 3.0 · The Egg: Nitant23, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Volleyball Hall of Fame: John Phelan, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Stratton Mountain Resort: Rudi Riet from Washington, DC, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 · MassMutual Center: John Phelan, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Emily Dickinson Museum: Daderot, Public domain · Martin Van Buren National Historic Site: Rolf Müller, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site: Deror_avi, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art: John Phelan, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Hancock Shaker Village: Bestbudbrian, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cohoes Falls: bobistraveling, CC BY 2.0 · Arrowhead: Daderot., CC BY-SA 3.0 · New England Air Museum: Ironass, Public domain · Post-Attack Command and Control System Facility, Hadley: Ktr101, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Saratoga National Historical Park: Michael Francis Studios (Michael Cook), CC BY-SA 3.0 us · New York State Museum: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0 · National Museum of Dance and Hall of Fame: Whoisjohngalt, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Palace Theatre: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Proctor's Theatre: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Railroad Museum of New England: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Berkshire Museum: Berkshiremuseum, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Crailo: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Harriet Beecher Stowe House: Midnightdreary, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hill-Stead Museum: Daderot, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Historic Deerfield: Jack Boucher, Public domain · Williams College Museum of Art: Jllm06, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Albany Institute of History & Art: This image or media was taken or created by Matt H. Wade. To see his entire port, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Forest Park: Detroit Publishing Company, Public domain · Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Connecticut Science Center: Josephtbrophy, Public domain · Connecticut Trolley Museum: Hicksco2 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Empire State Aerosciences Museum: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Innisfree Garden: Peter Dutton, CC BY 2.0 · Mead Art Museum: John Phelan, CC BY 3.0 · Smith College Museum of Art: WindingRoad, CC BY-SA 3.0 · William Cullen Bryant Homestead: Daderot., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Beneski Museum of Natural History, Amherst College: Steve Sauter, Public domain · Bennington Museum: Daderot, CC0 · Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center: Poughkeepsieman, Public domain · Ten Broeck Mansion: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0 · American Clock & Watch Museum: John Phelan, CC BY-SA 3.0 · National Bottle Museum: Doug Kerr from now in Binghamton, NY, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Berkshire Botanical Garden: Daderot at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Brattleboro Museum and Art Center: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Colonel John Ashley House: Daderot, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery: DutchTreat, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Garbage Museum: Estieak Uddin Ahamad, CC BY-SA 4.0 · George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum: Daderot, CC0 · Lupa Zoo: John Phelan, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mount Holyoke College Art Museum: Dmadeo, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Springfield Science Museum: Daderot, CC0 · Stanley Park: Daderot, Public domain · The Botanic Garden of Smith College: Daderot, CC0 · Topsmead: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ, M.D., CC BY-SA 4.0 · American Museum of Fly Fishing: American Museum of Fly Fishing, Manchester, VT, Public domain · Anthony House: User:Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Babb's Beach: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Emile Brunel Studio and Sculpture Garden: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hudson River Maritime Museum: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Joseph Allen Skinner Museum: Daderot, CC0 · Michele & Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts: Daderot, CC0 · Rosendale Theatre: Rosendale,_New_York_-_Main_Street_section.jpg: Gyrobo derivative work: Gyrobo (t, CC0 · Saratoga Springs History Museum: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ulster Performing Arts Center: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0 · University Museum of Contemporary Art: John Phelan, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mittineague Park: John Phelan, CC BY 4.0 · Mount Holyoke College Botanic Garden: John Phelan, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pope Park: Kenneth C. Zirkel, CC BY 4.0 · Porter-Phelps-Huntington House: John Phelan, CC BY 3.0 · Shenantaha Creek Park: Adamlouismarre, CC0 · Southern Vermont Natural History Museum: Jmbvt, CC0 · The Octagon at Amherst College: John Phelan, CC BY 3.0 · Townsend Park: Andre Carrotflower, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Tricentennial Park: This image or media was taken or created by Matt H. Wade. To see his entire port, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Van Horn Park: John Phelan, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Connecticut Historical Society: Sage Ross, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Noden-Reed Museum: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Veterans Park (Holyoke, Massachusetts): User:Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0

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