Prospect Hill

Prospect Hill is a peak in Town of Charlton, Worcester, Massachusetts and has an elevation of 942 feet. Prospect Hill is situated nearby to the quarter Northside, as well as near the neighborhood Dodge.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rider Tavern and Militia Lot.

Rider Tavern

Historic building

Photo: Faolin42, CC BY 3.0.

The Rider Tavern is an historic tavern on Stafford Street in the Northside Village Historic District of Charlton, Massachusetts. The tavern, now a large three story wood-frame building, was built in 1797, and was for many years an important stop on the stagecoach road.

Militia Lot

Park

Photo: PeterCooperJr, CC0.

Militia Lot is a park.

Northside Village Historic District

Historic site

Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Northside Village Historic District encompasses a rural village center on Stafford Road in northern Charlton, Massachusetts. Located at the junction of Stafford Road with Northside and Cemetery Roads is a small cluster of residential buildings, developed beginning in 1735 around a small tanning business, and later as a stagecoach stop.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Charlton and Leicester.

Charlton

Photo: PeterCooperJr, CC0.

Charlton is a small town in Central Massachusetts located outside of Worcester. Charlton is primarily a bedroom community, though there are a number of businesses in the center of town and especially along the Route 20 corridor.

Leicester

Town

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Leicester is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 11,087 at the 2020 United States census. Leicester is situated 5 miles north of Prospect Hill.

Spencer

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Spencer is a small town in the Worcester Hills of Central Massachusetts near Worcester. As a rural community, there is not much in the way of nightlife but there are many opportunities for outdoor exploration and recreation.

Prospect Hill

Type: Peak with an elevation of 942 feet
Description: mountain in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Categories: mountain and landform
Location: Town of Charlton, Worcester, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.17176° or 42° 10′ 18″ north

Longitude

-71.94591° or 71° 56′ 45″ west

Elevation

942 feet (287 metres)

Open location code

87JC53C3+PJ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 358271534

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

GeoNames ID

4948055

Wikidata ID

Q49064194

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Prospect Hill” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Prospect Hill (bukid sa Estados Unidos, Massachusetts, Worcester County, lat 42,17, long -71,95)”
Cebuano: “Prospect Hill”

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Localities in the Area

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