Canaan Heights, West Virginia

Canaan Heights
Canaan Heights
Location within the state of West Virginia
Canaan Heights
Canaan Heights (the United States)
Coordinates: 39°5′53″N 79°25′50″W / 39.09806°N 79.43056°W / 39.09806; -79.43056
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyTucker
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)

Canaan Heights is an unincorporated community in Tucker County, West Virginia, United States. Canaan Heights is located on West Virginia Route 32, south of Davis.

As of 2006, it had a large, mature plantation of Norway spruce (Picea abies).[1]

In May 2023, Canaan Heights reported 20.3 inches of snowfall, the largest May snowstorm recorded in the history of West Virginia.[2]

References

  1. ^ Menzel, Jennifer M.; Ford, W. M.; Edwards, John W.; Terry, Tamara M. (2006). "Home Range and Habitat use of the Vulnerable Virginia Northern Flying Squirrel Glaucomys Sabrinus Fuscus in the Central Appalachian Mountains, USA". Oryx. 40 (2): 204–210. doi:10.1017/S0030605306000494. ProQuest 222306160.
  2. ^ Livingston, Ian (May 3, 2023). "West Virginia sees biggest May snowfall on record with up to 20 inches". The Washington Post (Online). ProQuest 2808766366. Retrieved December 28, 2024.