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Wachusett Mountain, Massachusetts

Prominence: 922 ft, 281 m

Elevation: 1998+ feet, 609+ meters

True Isolation: 22.5 mi, 36.2 km

Elevation Info:	Elevation range: 609 - 612 m (3-meter closed contour) NAVD88 Elevation: 1997 ft / 609 m (Range 609 - 612 m)
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	42° 29' 21'' N, 71° 53' 12'' W 42.4891, -71.886736 (Dec Deg) 262758 E 4708121 N, Zone 19 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	Massachusetts
County/Second Level Region	Worcester (Highest Point)
City/Town	Princeton
Links Search Engines - search the web for "Wachusett Mountain": Wikipedia Search Microsoft Bing Search Google Search Yahoo Search Other Web Sites Mount Wachusett at SummitPost.org Wachusett Mountain at ListsOfJohn.com Weather for Wachusett Mtn at Mountain-Forecast.com Wachusett Mountain at Summits on the Air (Amateur Radio) CoHP.org Trip Report for Worcester, MA by Michael Schwartz CoHP.org Trip Report for Worcester, MA by Denis Hanson CoHP.org Trip Report for Worcester, MA by Brennan Connelly CoHP.org Trip Report for Worcester, MA by Dave Covill CoHP.org Trip Report for Worcester, MA by Don Desrosiers Weather and Snow National Weather Service Forecast NOAA Snow Depth Map Lists that contain Wachusett Mountain: New England CoHPs (Rank #32) CoHP High Five List (Rank #174) Massachusetts County High Points (Rank #4) Massachusetts County Prominence Peaks (Rank #3) USA Lower 48 Range5 High Points (Rank #581) Northeastern USA CoHPs (Rank #142) High Points of Counties in 13 Original States (Rank #183)
Ascent Info Total ascents/attempts logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 911 Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 822) Selected Trip Reports: 1998-06-17 by Scott Durant 2010-09-14 by Ken Morris 2010-10-11 by Liz S 2011-05-08 by Yu-Pu Wang (GPS Track) 2011-05-31 by Matt Larson 2011-08-27 by Michael Blair 2011-09-21 by Ken Morris 2011-10-10 by shane thompson 2011-11-28 by Ken Morris 2012-09-16 by Ken Morris 2012-09-29 by Jeffrey McLean 2013-02-07 by Scott Surgent 2013-06-15 by Ryan Aschbrenner 2014-04-01 by Spencer Corcoran 2014-05-14 by Steve Blanchette (GPS Track) 2014-06-22 by David Gambone 2014-08-10 by Kurt Phaneuf (GPS Track) 2015-04-25 by Chris Calabrese 2015-07-04 by Neil Benson 2016-05-09 by Douglas Webber (GPS Track) 2016-05-29 by Dave Dunham (GPS Track) 2017-05-10 by Ken Morris 2017-07-03 by Micah Schneider 2017-07-04 by Daniel Musto (GPS Track) 2017-07-29 by Mike Dow (GPS Track) 2018-01-28 by Sean Taylor (GPS Track) 2018-02-18 by Sean Taylor (GPS Track) 2018-04-14 by Map Man (GPS Track) 2018-06-13 by Andrew Karr (GPS Track) 2018-10-05 by Asa Angulo (GPS Track) 2018-12-12 by Floyd Greenwood 2019-07-07 by Gustav Sexauer 2019-08-17 by Lane Jefferson (GPS Track) 2019-11-03 by Will Durgin (GPS Track) 2019-11-03 by Andrew Chase (GPS Track) 2020-02-26 by Steve Erdody (GPS Track) 2020-04-04 by Jayson H (GPS Track) 2020-05-21 by Eric Chu (GPS Track) 2020-05-31 by Jayson H (GPS Track) 2020-11-04 by Red Rum (GPS Track) 2020-11-08 by Charles Marshall (GPS Track) 2020-12-07 by Bill Card 2021-02-24 by charles tiedemann (GPS Track) 2021-08-07 by N Silvia (GPS Track) 2021-09-01 by Steven Fishback (GPS Track) 2021-09-06 by N Silvia (GPS Track) 2022-03-13 by Jayson H (GPS Track) 2022-03-16 by Steve Erdody (GPS Track) 2022-07-27 by Jamie Meyers
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Somewhere on the mountain - a beautiful picture of my wife (2012-07-22). Photo by Robert Larkin.
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Prominence

Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)
  Clean Prominence: 922 ft/281 m
  Optimistic Prominence: 940 ft/287 m
  Key Col: 1076 ft/328 m

Isolation

Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)
   Distance: 22.5 mi/36.2 km
   Isolation Limit Point: 42.815, -71.8925
Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:
    Burton Peak  (N)

Ranges

Continent: North America
Range2: Appalachian Mountains
Range3: Northern U.S. Appalachians
Range4: New England Upland
Range5: Southern New England Upland (Highest Point)

Drainage Basins

Nashua (HP)
Merrimack
Atlantic-Eastern USA
Atlantic Ocean

Chicopee
Connecticut
Long Island Sound
Atlantic-Eastern USA
Atlantic Ocean

Ownership

Land: Wachusett Mountain State Reservation

Topo Map

Sterling O42071d7 1:25,000

Data Source

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Wachusett Mountain

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Other Photos

Looking North, towards Mount Monadnock (2014-03-16). Photo by Robert Larkin.
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Sunset view from 2006 ft tall Wachusett Mountain in late fall (2015-11-01). Photo by Salil Jha.
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On summit of Wachusett Mountain (2015-11-01). Photo by Salil Jha.
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Sunset view of the summit tower of Wachusett Mountain (2015-11-01). Photo by Salil Jha.
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Wachusett Mountain (2020-05-17). Photo by Mark Knowlton.
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John & Max (2020-05-17). Photo by Mark Knowlton.
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