Mount Wachusett
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,998 feet
- Description: mountain in Massachusetts, United States
- Also known as: “Mt. Wachusett” and “Wachusett Mountain”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Redemption Rock and Princeton Town Pound.
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.Princeton Town Pound
Historic site
Photo: Buffalo mouse, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Princeton Town Pound is a historic site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Princeton and Westminster.
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.
Westminster
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Westminster is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. At the 2020 census, the town population was 8,213.
Mount Wachusett
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Town of Princeton, Worcester, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.48906° or 42° 29′ 21″ northLongitude
-71.88684° or 71° 53′ 13″ westElevation
1,998 feet (609 metres)Open location code
87JCF4Q7+J7OpenStreetMap ID
node 358271255OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Urdu—“Mount Wachusett” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Wachusett Mountain”
- Dutch: “Mount Wachusett”
- Dutch: “Wachusett Mountain”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مونت واتشوسيت”
- French: “Mount Wachusett”
- German: “Mount Wachusett”
- German: “Wachusett Mountain”
- Hebrew: “הר וא’צוסט”
- Hebrew: “וא’צוסט”
- Ladin: “Mount Wachusett”
- Urdu: “ماؤنٹ ویچوسیٹ”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Leino Park and East Princeton.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Observation Tower and Harlow Outlook.
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