Mount Wachusett
Mount Wachusett rises to 609 m in Massachusetts. Little Wachusett stands 476 m to the south, 1.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Observation Tower, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 10 miles off.
The story
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. The mountain is named after a Native American term meaning "near the mountain" or "mountain place". The mountain is a popular hiking and skiing destination (see 'Wachusett Mountain Ski Area"). An automobile road, open spring to fall, ascends to the summit. 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. The mountain is traversed by the 92 mi (148 km) Midstate Trail. It is also home to the Wachusett Mountain State Reservation. A band of old-growth forest along rock ledges 500 feet (150 m) below the summit supports trees from 150 to 370 years old. Covering 220 acres (89 ha), it is the largest known old growth forest east of the Connecticut River in Massachusetts.
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Wikidata Q1950785, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 609 m
How to reach it
- 10.2 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 20.4 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 27.0 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Kiwanis Point · 23 mi
- Overlook · 29 mi
- Waterfall · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Observation Tower: 0.0 mi
- Giant Shopping Cart: 4.2 mi
- Yellow Chair: 6.0 mi
- Moses' Rock: 6.5 mi
- Coggshall Rock Ledges & Cliffs: 6.6 mi
- Wachusett Mountain State Reservation: 0.4 mi
- Susan B. Minns Sanctuary: 1.8 mi
- PLT Bullock: 2.5 mi
- PLT McElroy: 2.5 mi
- Hidden Meadow: 2.5 mi
- Pine Hill: 0.7 mi
- Little Wachusett: 1.8 mi
- Wolfden Hill: 2.1 mi
- Brown Hill: 2.1 mi
- Church Rock: 2.2 mi
- Forrester: 2.2 mi
- Goodnow Park: 2.6 mi
- Sawyer Field: 2.8 mi
- Hubbardston Road Park: 3.3 mi
- Westminster State Forest: 3.7 mi
- Westminster Soldiers' Monument: 4.1 mi
- Leominster World War 1 Memorial: 6.9 mi
- Korean War Bell: 6.9 mi
- Leominster Civil War Memorial: 6.9 mi
- Leominster Spanish - American War Memorial: 6.9 mi
- "Johnny Ro": 8.4 mi
- Schoolboy of 1850: 10.3 mi
- Folly: 12.0 mi
- Pan Statue: 12.1 mi
- Wo Peen, The Dreamer: 14.1 mi
- St. Paul's Community Garden: 7.9 mi
- Sundial Community Garden: 8.0 mi
- Prichard Street Community Garden: 8.0 mi
- Maybarton Community Garden: 11.4 mi
- Inner Park: 11.9 mi
- Fitchburg Historical Society: 7.9 mi
- Fitchburg Art Museum: 8.0 mi
- Gardner Museum: 8.0 mi
- Ron Bouchard Racing Museum: 8.8 mi
- Frederick Historic Piano Collection: 10.2 mi
- Crocker Pond Beach: 5.5 mi
- Sterling Town Beach: 8.9 mi
- Wilder Beach: 9.3 mi
- The Beach at Arrive: 9.5 mi
- Lunenburg Town Beach: 9.5 mi
- Ice Fall: 0.7 mi
- Ice Fall (in winter): 0.9 mi
- Sawyer Bluff: 11.3 mi
- Scar Hill Bluffs: 11.5 mi
- Overlook: 14.6 mi
- Emerson Falls: 5.0 mi
- Cascades: 6.5 mi
- Trap Falls: 13.9 mi
- Doane's Falls: 19.5 mi
- Doane's Falls: 19.5 mi
- Picnic Area: 9.9 mi
- Trap Falls: 13.9 mi
- Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 9.7 mi
- The Ashburnham Spring: 10.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.6 miles of Mount Wachusett. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Wachusett | S 185° | 476 m | 1.8 mi |
| Pine Hill | ESE 102° | 440 m | 0.7 mi |
| Brown Hill | SSW 203° | 401 m | 2.1 mi |
| Church Rock | NNW 327° | 398 m | 2.2 mi |
| Prentiss Hill | WNW 289° | 386 m | 2.9 mi |
| Ragged Hill | WNW 287° | 386 m | 7.0 mi |
| Bickford Hill | NW 323° | 385 m | 7.6 mi |
| Parker Hill | NW 322° | 380 m | 7.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:23 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 19:46 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:32 | 16:18 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 27 | 35 | 47 | 58 | 67 | 72 | 71 | 63 | 51 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fitchburg Muni AP, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Princeton · 3 mi
- Ashburnham · 4 mi
- North County · 4 mi
- Westminster · 4 mi
- Leominster · 7 mi
- Fitchburg · 8 mi
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