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Canaan New Hampshire Map

Explore Canaan, New Hampshire, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Canaan, New Hampshire

How to Use This Canaan, New Hampshire Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Canaan, New Hampshire. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of New Hampshire or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Canaan.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Canaan
State	New Hampshire (NH)
County	Grafton County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	43.647572
Longitude	-72.011751
Population	442
Density	249.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	03741
Area Code	603
County Seat	Haverhill
School District	Mascoma Valley Regional School District

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About Canaan, New Hampshire

Canaan is a locality in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. It is a small community with a population of 442. The population density is 249.5 people per km². Canaan is located at 43.6476°N, 72.0118°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 03741.

Canaan holds the steady, quiet composure of a place defined by the slow persistence of the Indian River as it carves a path through the landscape. It lies 12.0 miles east of Lebanon, NH (from Lebanon, NH: bearing 88°T), and is situated 14.4 miles east-southeast of Hanover. The earth here is characterized by the rugged, unyielding granite that informs the skeletal structure of the hills, leading the eye toward the distant, hazy silhouettes of the White Mountains on the horizon. To the west, the land softens into the Orange Basin, a geological bowl that catches the amber light of late afternoon, while the nearby Canaan Street Lake reflects the changing canopy of the surrounding woods. Within the quiet perimeter of Town Forest Lot 1, the air carries the sharp, clean scent of pine and damp earth, a reminder of the dense, wilder reaches that begin in earnest at Welton Falls State Forest.

Canaan retains a character forged in the deliberate, frugal traditions of those who first cleared these rocky pastures to build their lives against the long, cold winters. The local economy, once tethered to the rhythmic output of mills and the seasonal demands of the timber trade, now exists as a measured blend of small-scale enterprise and the quiet routines of regional life. Residents often seek the solitude of the West Ridge Trail, where the elevation offers a vantage point over a countryside that values independence and the maintenance of old stone walls over the frantic pace of modern expansion. It is a place where the seasons dictate the temperament of the day, and the history of the settlement is etched not in monuments, but in the enduring, stubborn utility of the land itself.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Canaan Veterans' Memorial (Monument) — 0.1 mi, 118° SE
Town Forest Lot 1 (Conservation Area) — 2.5 mi, 275° W
Cardigan Mountain State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 2.8 mi, 095° E
Mascoma State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 2.8 mi, 309° NW
Haffenreffer Forest (Conservation Area) — 3.0 mi, 204° SW
Silvio O. Conte National Fish And Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 3.2 mi, 354° N · 74k acres
Mascoma River Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.4 mi, 281° W
Enfield Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.3 mi, 223° SW
Shaker Museum (Museum) — 7.0 mi, 254° W
The Bill Farm (Monument) — 7.3 mi, 301° NW
Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 7.5 mi, 305° NW · 110k acres
Jumping Off Point (Viewpoint) — 8.1 mi, 042° NE
Blue Star Memorial Highway (Monument) — 8.9 mi, 267° W
White Mountain National Forest (National Forest) — 9.0 mi, 341° N · 768k acres
Wellington State Park (State Park) — 11.0 mi, 092° E
Lebanon Opera House (Theatre) — 12.0 mi, 269° W
The Wrecker (Public Artwork) — 12.3 mi, 274° W
Tipping Rock (Attraction) — 12.8 mi, 271° W
Matt Brown Fine Art (Gallery) — 13.5 mi, 327° NW
Chapel (Theatre) — 13.9 mi, 202° S
Nugget Theater (Cinema) — 14.4 mi, 285° W
Lyman Point (Attraction) — 15.2 mi, 271° W
CraftStudies Studio & School (Arts Centre) — 15.2 mi, 271° W
Scavenger Gallery (Gallery) — 15.4 mi, 270° W
Long River Gallery (Gallery) — 15.4 mi, 270° W
Green Mountain National Forest (National Forest) — 16.2 mi, 286° W · 412k acres
Hartford Historical Society (Museum) — 16.4 mi, 273° W
Museum of the White Mountains (Museum) — 17.7 mi, 064° NE
Old Hill VIllage (Historic Ruins) — 18.1 mi, 118° SE
Sandwich Range Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 28.2 mi, 057° NE · 35k acres

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