Redemption Rock
Redemption Rock is a colonial-era historic site in Princeton, Massachusetts. In 1676, during King Philip's War, the release of Mary Rowlandson from her Native American captors was negotiated atop a granite ledge.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Wachusett.
Mount Wachusett
Peak
Photo: Grendelkhan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mount Wachusett is a mountain in Massachusetts. It straddles towns of Princeton and Westminster, in Worcester County. It is the highest point in Massachusetts east of the Connecticut River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Westminster and Princeton.
Westminster
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Westminster is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. At the 2020 census, the town population was 8,213.
Princeton
Princeton is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. It is bordered on the east by Sterling and Leominster, on the north by Westminster, on the northwest by Hubbardston, on the southwest by Rutland, and on the southeast by Holden.
Leominster
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Leominster is a city in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. It is the second-largest city in Worcester County, with a population of 43,222 at the 2023 census.
Redemption Rock
- Type: Rock
- Description: historic site in Massachusetts, United States
- Category: landform
- Location: Worcester, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.50664° or 42° 30′ 24″ northLongitude
-71.86991° or 71° 52′ 12″ westElevation
919 feet (280 metres)Open location code
87JCG44J+M2OpenStreetMap ID
way 965164620OpenStreetMap feature
natural=rock
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to German—“Redemption Rock” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Redemption Rock”
- German: “Redemption Rock”
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