Prospect
Prospect is a town in Waldo County, Maine, United States. The population was 698 at the 2020 census. The most prominent landmark in Prospect is Fort Knox, a large 19th-century fort.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 698 residents
- Description: town in Waldo County, Maine, United States
- Also known as: “Prospect, Maine” and “Prospect, ME”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Waldo.
Mount Waldo
Peak
Mount Waldo is a small mountain about 1,060 feet high in Waldo County, Maine. It is located in the town of Frankfort. Mt. Waldo granite was once the stock in trade of a thriving industry. Mount Waldo is situated 2½ miles northwest of Prospect.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sandy Point and Bucksport.
Sandy Point
Neighborhood
Sandy Point is an unincorporated village in the town of Stockton Springs, Waldo County, Maine, United States. The community is located along U.S. Route 1 on the west bank of the Penobscot River estuary, 4.1 miles south of Bucksport. Sandy Point is situated 3½ miles southeast of Prospect.
Bucksport
Photo: DrStew82, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bucksport is a historical town in Hancock County, Maine, United States. The population was 4,944 at the 2020 census. Bucksport is across the Penobscot River estuary from Fort Knox and the Penobscot Narrows Bridge, which replaced the Waldo–Hancock Bridge.
Verona Island
Village
Photo: RoyalbroilAlt, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Verona Island is a town located on an island of the same name in the Penobscot River in Hancock County, Maine, United States. The population was 507 at the 2020 census. Verona Island is situated 4 miles east of Prospect.
Prospect
- Categories: town in the United States and locality
- Location: Town of Prospect, Waldo County, Mid Coast, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
44.55313° or 44° 33′ 11″ northLongitude
-68.86476° or 68° 51′ 53″ westPopulation
698Elevation
95 feet (29 metres)Open location code
87PHH43P+73OpenStreetMap ID
node 158871255OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
4976052Wikidata ID
Q3449846
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Prospect” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Prospect”
- Catalan: “Prospect”
- Cebuano: “Prospect”
- Chechen: “Проспект”
- Chinese: “普羅斯佩克特”
- Dutch: “Prospect”
- French: “Prospect”
- German: “Prospect”
- Haitian: “Prospect, Maine”
- Haitian: “Prospect”
- Hungarian: “Prospect”
- Italian: “Prospect”
- Japanese: “プロスペクト”
- Kazakh: “Prospekt”
- Kazakh: “Проспект”
- Kazakh: “پروسپەكت”
- Kirghiz: “Проспект”
- Mazanderani: “پروسپکت”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Prospect”
- Norwegian: “Prospect”
- Polish: “Prospect”
- Spanish: “Prospect”
- Swedish: “Prospect, Maine”
- Swedish: “Prospect”
- Tatar: “Проспект”
- Turkish: “Prospect”
- Ukrainian: “Проспект”
- Volapük: “Prospect”
- Welsh: “Prospect, Maine”
- Welsh: “Prospect”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Brown Corner and Prospect Ferry.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Prospect Town Hall and Prospect Volunteer Fire Department.
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