Gibbet Hill
Gibbet Hill is a summit in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. The elevation is 469 feet. According to tradition, the name recalls an incident when an Indian was gibbeted upon the summit.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 459 feet
- Description: mountain in Massachusetts, United States of America
- Also known as: “Gibbett Hill”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bancroft’s castle and First Parish Church of Groton.
Bancroft’s castle
Ruins
Bancroft's castle was built by General William Bancroft in 1906 atop Gibbet Hill in Groton, Massachusetts. Since 2000, the "castle" and trails became part of Groton's protected open space and was opened to the public.
First Parish Church of Groton
Place of worship
The First Parish Church of Groton is a historic church building at 1 Powderhouse Road in Groton, Massachusetts. It was built in 1754-55 and restyled in 1839 for a congregation whose history dates to the founding of the community in the 17th century.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Groton and Ayer.
Groton
Photo: Pvmoutside, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Groton is a town of about 10,500 people in Middlesex County, in the Merrimack Valley region of Massachusetts. Groton, like a lot of towns in New England, has a plethora of historic homes and structures to see.
Ayer
Village
Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ayer is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. Originally part of Groton, it was incorporated February 14, 1871, and became a major commercial railroad junction.
East Pepperell
Suburb
East Pepperell is a village and census-designated place in the town of Pepperell in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 2,120 at the 2020 census.
Gibbet Hill
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Town of Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.61009° or 42° 36′ 36″ northLongitude
-71.55923° or 71° 33′ 33″ westElevation
459 feet (140 metres)Open location code
87JCJC6R+28OpenStreetMap ID
node 358271973OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Dutch—“Gibbet Hill” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Gibbet Hill (bukid sa Estados Unidos)”
- Cebuano: “Gibbet Hill”
- Dutch: “Gibbet Hill”
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