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Canaan New York Map

Explore Canaan, New York, 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 York

How to Use This Canaan, New York Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Canaan, New York. 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 York 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 York (NY)
County	Columbia County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	42.412029
Longitude	-73.447055
Population	1,800
Density	28.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	12029
Area Code	518
County Seat	Hudson

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About Canaan, New York

Canaan is a locality in Columbia County, New York, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,800. The population density is 28.0 people per km². Canaan is located at 42.4120°N, 73.4471°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 12029.

Canaan occupies a landscape defined by the persistent, rhythmic movement of the Stony Kill, which carves a path through the earth with a quiet, unrelenting gravity. It lies 13.9 miles east-southeast of Schodack, NY (from Schodack, NY: bearing 122°T), and is situated 9.1 miles west-northwest of Lenox. The air here holds a crisp, terrestrial weight, far removed from any maritime influence, circulating instead through the deep, cooling shadows of the Beebe Hill State Forest. To the west, the distant silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains provides a jagged, blue-hued boundary against the sky, while the proximity of the Town Of Canaan Land offers an immediate, unadorned connection to the local soil. During the long, hushed evenings, the light catches the surface of Queechy Lake, turning the water into a sheet of hammered pewter that reflects the slow, seasonal transitions of the surrounding woods.

Canaan retains a character shaped by the steady, modest labor of those who have worked these fields and forests for generations, maintaining an economy rooted in the land rather than the frantic pace of distant industrial centers. The influence of the past remains visible in the quietude of the surrounding terrain, including the nearby, hushed expanse of Sleepy Hollow, where the land seems to hold its breath. Residents often look toward the higher elevations, perhaps marking the changing seasons by the distant, icy rush of Lulu Cascade or the rugged, winding path of the Taconic Skyline Trail. Life in Canaan moves with a deliberate, singular focus, where the primary concerns are the cycle of the frost, the health of the timber, and the enduring stillness of a landscape that asks for nothing more than to be observed.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Town Of Canaan Land (Local Park) — 0.0 mi, 188° S
Hand Hollow State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 2.5 mi, 357° N
Beebe Hill State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 3.2 mi, 177° S
Richmond's Overlook (Viewpoint) — 3.4 mi, 088° E
Bates Memorial State Park (State Park) — 3.5 mi, 071° E
Pittsfield State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 4.0 mi, 063° NE
Beebe Hill Multiple Use Area (State Resource Management Area) — 4.3 mi, 189° S
Richmond Consolidated School Playground (Recreation Easement) — 4.5 mi, 115° SE
Governor Samuel J. Tilden Monument (Monument) — 5.4 mi, 036° NE
TurnPark Art Space (Arts Centre) — 6.8 mi, 144° SE
The Foundry (Theatre) — 6.8 mi, 143° SE
Root Reservoir Watershed (Waterfowl Production Area) — 7.1 mi, 100° E
Shaker Museum (Museum) — 7.1 mi, 284° W
Austerlitz Historical Society (Museum) — 7.4 mi, 190° S
Copland Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 8.0 mi, 122° SE
Concrete Bases (Attraction) — 8.0 mi, 106° E
Balanced Rock (Attraction) — 8.2 mi, 107° E
Performance Spaces for the 21st Century (Theatre) — 8.5 mi, 253° W
Stone Pillar (Attraction) — 8.8 mi, 108° E
Blacksmith Museum (Museum) — 9.2 mi, 113° SE
Berkshire Performing Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 9.3 mi, 116° SE
Circle Museum (Museum) — 10.0 mi, 188° S
Chesterwood (Museum) — 10.0 mi, 151° SE
Nu Arts (Gallery) — 10.3 mi, 074° E
St. Faustina (Monument) — 11.0 mi, 141° SE
St. Francis (Monument) — 11.0 mi, 141° SE
Mount Greylock State Reservation (State Park) — 14.8 mi, 048° NE
Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 17.7 mi, 170° S · 110k acres
Silvio O. Conte National Fish And Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 20.0 mi, 107° E · 74k acres
Green Mountain National Forest (National Forest) — 26.7 mi, 030° NE · 412k acres

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