Mount Prospect
Mount Prospect is a peak in Town of Salisbury, Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut and has an elevation of 1,453 feet. Mount Prospect is situated nearby to the hamlet Amesville, as well as near Falls Village.- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,453 feet
- Description: mountain in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States of America
- Also known as: “Mt. Prospect”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Great Falls and Scoville Library.
Great Falls
Waterfall
Photo: Jgcoleman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Great Falls is a waterfall formed along the Housatonic River at Falls Village in the town of Canaan amidst Connecticut's Litchfield Hills. Great Falls is the highest volume waterfall in the state, though a great deal of its potential water volume is diverted immediately upstream during most of the year for hydro-electric power generation.
Scoville Library
Library
Photo: Phinisi Stuart, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Scoville Memorial Library is the public library of Salisbury, Connecticut. Established in 1803, it was the first in the United States open to the public free of charge.
Salisbury School
School
Salisbury School is an elite all-boys, private college-preparatory boarding school in Salisbury, Connecticut. It was founded in 1901 by the Reverend George E.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Salisbury and Falls Village.
Salisbury
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Salisbury is a city in Connecticut. It includes the village of Lakeville, home to Lime Rock Park raceway.
Falls Village
Village
Photo: Doncram, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Falls Village is a village and census-designated place in the town of Canaan in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 538, out of 1,234 in the entire town of Canaan.
Lakeville
Village
Lakeville is a census-designated place in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States, close to Dutchess County, New York. It is within the town of Salisbury, but has its own ZIP Code.
Mount Prospect
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Town of Salisbury, Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.97926° or 41° 58′ 45″ northLongitude
-73.38456° or 73° 23′ 4″ westElevation
1,453 feet (443 metres)Open location code
87H8XJH8+P5OpenStreetMap ID
node 359266406OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Dutch—“Mount Prospect” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Mount Prospect”
- Dutch: “Mount Prospect”
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