Wachusett Mountain, Massachusetts

Elevation Info	Summit: 2008 feet (NAVD88 Vertical Datum) Source/Method: Lidar     Lidar Data Set Info
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	42.48923, -71.88709 (Dec Deg) 42° 29' 21'' N, 71° 53' 14'' W (DMS) 262758 E, 4708121 N, Zone 19 (UTM)
Map Source	US Geological Survey (1:24,000)
Country	United States
State/Province	Massachusetts
County/Second Level Region	Worcester (Highest Point)
City/Town	Princeton
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Ascent Info Total ascents/attempts logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 1024      Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 932) Selected Trip Reports - Click on linked Date for full report: Date Climber Type GPS TR Words Link 2023-09-09 McCarty, Morgan TR-8 2021-09-01 Fishback, Steven TR-96 2020-06-13 Dunham, Dave TR-43 2020-05-21 Chu, Eric 2020-04-04 H, Jayson 2020-02-26 Erdody, Steve 2019-11-03 Durgin, Will 2019-11-03 Chase, Andrew 2019-08-17 Jefferson, Lane TR-93 2018-12-12 Greenwood, Floyd TR-235 2018-06-13 Karr, Andrew 2018-05-26 Dunham, Dave TR-21 2018-04-14 Man, Map TR-132 2017-07-29 Dow, Mike TR-247 2017-07-04 Musto, Daniel 2016-05-29 Dunham, Dave TR-478 2016-05-28 Lapierre, David TR-4 2015-05-23 Wilkinson, Jim TR-6 2015-05-23 Lapierre, David TR-20 2015-05-23 Dunham, Dave TR-31 2015-05-23 Dunham, Dave TR-24 2014-08-10 Phaneuf, Kurt TR-182 2014-05-14 Blanchette, Steve TR-229 2014-04-01 Corcoran, Spencer TR-204 2013-07-29 Bushunow, Christina TR-6 2013-02-07 Surgent, Scott TR-743 (2013-01-05) Bigelow, Andrew TR-36 2012-09-29 McLean, Jeffrey TR-304 2012-04-26 Darby, David TR-44 2011-05-08 Wang, Yu-Pu TR-483
Peak 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)
Nearby Peak Searches:      Radius Search - Nearest Peaks to Wachusett Mountain      Elevation Ladder from Wachusett Mountain      Prominence Ladder from Wachusett Mountain

Somewhere on the mountain - a beautiful picture of my wife (2012-07-22). Photo by Robert Larkin. Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence	Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)   Clean Prominence: 932 ft/284 m   Optimistic Prominence: 941 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: Southeastern 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
Data Source	GPS Reading or LIDAR
Dynamic Map  Wachusett Mountain   ( Key Col)    Other Peaks Click Here for a Full Screen Map

Other Photos

Looking North, towards Mount Monadnock (2014-03-16). Photo by Robert Larkin. Click here for larger-size photo.

Sunset view from 2006 ft tall Wachusett Mountain in late fall (2015-11-01). Photo by Salil Jha. Click here for larger-size photo.

On summit of Wachusett Mountain (2015-11-01). Photo by Salil Jha. Click here for larger-size photo.

Sunset view of the summit tower of Wachusett Mountain (2015-11-01). Photo by Salil Jha. Click here for larger-size photo.

Wachusett Mountain (2020-05-17). Photo by Mark Knowlton. Click here for larger-size photo.

John & Max (2020-05-17). Photo by Mark Knowlton. Click here for larger-size photo.

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