Prospect Hill
Prospect Hill is a peak in Town of Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts and has an elevation of 489 feet. Prospect Hill is situated nearby to the locality A Quiet Place, as well as near the neighborhood Four Corners.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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.
Lawrence Academy
School
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Lawrence Academy at Groton is a private, nonsectarian, co-educational college-preparatory boarding school located in Groton, Massachusetts. Founded in 1792 as Groton Academy and chartered in 1793 by Governor John Hancock, Lawrence is the tenth-oldest boarding school in the United States and the third-oldest in Massachusetts, following The Governor's Academy and Phillips Academy at Andover.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Groton and Ayer.
Groton
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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
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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.
Littleton
Town
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Shirley is a city in Merrimack Valley with a population of 7,000. The town was named for former Governor William Shirley, and was settled in 1720 and incorporated in 1775. Littleton is situated 4½ miles southeast of Prospect Hill.
Prospect Hill
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 489 feet
- Description: mountain in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America; geonames ID = 4948040
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Town of Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.59956° or 42° 35′ 58″ northLongitude
-71.55088° or 71° 33′ 3″ westElevation
489 feet (149 metres)Open location code
87JCHCXX+RJOpenStreetMap ID
node 358271992OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
“Prospect Hill” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Prospect Hill (bukid sa Estados Unidos, Massachusetts, Middlesex County, lat 42,60, long -71,55)”
- Cebuano: “Prospect Hill”
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Localities in the Area
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