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Prescott

Prescott from directly overhead

Prescott is a ghost town in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 306 m. Packard Mountain stands 386 m to the north, 4.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Prescott Hill, a peak 0.9 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 9.4 miles off.

former town in Massachusetts, United States of America

The record

What the record says

Founded
1822-01-28
Abandoned
1938-04-28
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.39167, -72.34472

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Historic sites
  • Survey Disk- TT 12 GA 1942: 5.3 mi
  • Grave's Landing: 5.4 mi
  • Dana Common Memorial: 6.4 mi
  • Dana Common Historical Rock: 6.4 mi
  • Classic Car Junkyard: 6.8 mi
Parks
  • Amethyst Conservation Area: 7.3 mi
  • Lake Vale Cemetery: 7.8 mi
  • Goddard Park: 7.9 mi
  • East Common: 8.1 mi
  • Austin Gaughan Memorial Field: 8.2 mi
Nature reserves
  • Amethyst Brook Wildlife Conservation Easement: 3.9 mi
  • Water Supply Land: 4.1 mi
  • Jackson Farm Conservation Area: 4.4 mi
  • Reed Property Conservation Restriction: 4.6 mi
  • Pelham Wildlife Sanctuary: 5.7 mi
Museums: 49
Attractions
  • Indian Kitchen: 5.4 mi
  • Dead Man's Curve: 5.4 mi
  • F-94 Starfire Crash Site: 5.5 mi
  • Old North Dana Depot: 6.3 mi
  • Old Schoolhouse: 6.4 mi
Gardens: 27
Artworks: 26
Cliffs: 18
  • Indian Kitchen: 5.4 mi
  • Roaring Falls: 11.3 mi
  • Pigpen Ledges: 12.1 mi
  • Mormon Hollow: 13.4 mi
  • The Sanctuary: 14.4 mi
Beaches: 13
  • Puffers Pond South Beach: 9.0 mi
  • Puffers Pond North Beach: 9.1 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 13.5 mi
  • West Brookfield Town Beach: 14.6 mi
  • Rainbow Beach: 14.7 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Bear's Den Falls: 10.4 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 19.2 mi
  • Hobo Falls: 19.5 mi
  • Spirit Falls: 20.5 mi
  • Royalston Falls: 22.9 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 1
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 21.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Prescott. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Packard MountainN386 m4.8 mi
Poor Farm HillN384 m7.8 mi
Brushy MountainNW380 m8.5 mi
Mount LincolnWSW375 m4.4 mi
Pine HillW371 m3.0 mi
Morse HillNW366 m8.8 mi
Poverty HillESE348 m7.7 mi
East HillSSW338 m4.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1319:4820:31
September equinox06:3718:1218:49
December solstice07:1615:3516:20

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242534455766716962504030
Precip in3.53.13.73.73.64.24.24.84.54.83.54.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Belchertown, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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