Wachusett Mountain State Reservation

Wachusett Mountain State Reservation is a protected area encompassing 3,000 acres around the summit of Mount Wachusett in Massachusetts. Views from the top of Mount Wachusett include Mount Monadnock to the north, Mount Greylock to the west, southern Vermont to the northwest and Boston to the east.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Mount Wachusett and Princeton Town Pound.

Mount Wachusett

Peak

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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.

Princeton Town Pound

Historic site

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Princeton Town Pound is a historic site.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Princeton and Westminster.

Princeton

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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

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Westminster is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. At the 2020 census, the town population was 8,213.

Hubbardston

Village

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Hubbardston is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the town population was 4,328. It is situated 18 miles north of Worcester and 53 miles west of Boston; it is distinguished in Massachusetts by being unusually high, at 1015 feet above sea level. Hubbardston is situated 6 miles west of Wachusett Mountain State Reservation.

Wachusett Mountain State Reservation

Type: Nature reserve
Description: protected area in Massachusetts
Categories: Massachusetts state park, recreation area, and protected area
Location: Worcester, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.48696° or 42° 29′ 13″ north

Longitude

-71.89759° or 71° 53′ 51″ west

Elevation

1,824 feet (556 metres)

Operator

Division of State Parks and Recreation

Open location code

87JCF4P2+QX

OpenStreetMap ID

way 29683914

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=conservation

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

GeoNames ID

4954224

Wikidata ID

Q2124113

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In Other Languages

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