Club Submit Event Monongahela National Forest Hiking - Canaan Mountain Backcountry Canaan Mountain is a high elevation plateau. The semi-primitive area consists of approximately 13,532 acres on the top of the plateau. Since Cannan Mountain is relatively flat, there are many seasonally wet places.
Vegetation consists of second-growth spruce and hardwoods, rhododendron, and many mosses.
Because of the elevation, a variety of plants are found here that are more typical of Canada than West Virginia. Elevations range from 4,145 feet at Pointy Knob to 3,100 feet near Blackwater Falls State Park. Canaan Mountain lies west of State Route 32 between Canaan Valley State Park and Blackwater Falls State Park near Davis, West Virginia. This is the Canaan Loop Road. This area was logged from about 1890 until about 1910 by several lumber companies.