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Mount Wachusett

611 m2,005 ft

Prominence: 276 m904 ft
Isolation: 36 km
Tonight: 33°FFair · Wind 6 mph NW

Mount Wachusett is a 611 m (2,005 ft) mountain in the Appalachian Mountains, Massachusetts, United States.

All facts

Elevation: 611 m · 2,005 ft
Nearest higher peak: Pack Monadnock (698 m)
Range: Appalachian Mountains
Region: Massachusetts, United States
Protected area: Wachusett Mountain State Reservation
Official name: Wachusett Mountain
Coordinates: 42.4892° N, 71.8871° W

Open the 3D view

3D map

Mount Wachusett 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 6 × 6 km

Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Mount Wachusett terrain and contours

20 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 100 mShowing west → east through the summit

Mount Wachusett elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Mount Wachusett weather

Tonight · Fair · 33°F (1°C) · Wind 6 mph NW

Mount Wachusett forecast for the summit, about 435 m.

Tonight33°–6 mph NW
Sat36°58°–6 mph W
Sun39°63°–2–6 mph W
Mon40°64°–5–8 mph W
Tue31°52°1%3–7 mph N
Wed38°51°3%3 mph SE
Thu45°58°7%5–9 mph SW

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 18:45 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 92% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

91.8%

Moderate, 15–30°

7.9%

Steep, 30–45°

0.3%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 0.3% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 380 m low point 231 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 92.0%Grassland 4.1%Water 2.0%Wetland 0.9%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 1,070 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Eastern Newt332
Hobblebush140
Eastern Red-backed Salamander132
Striped maple123
Bluebead lily104
Mountain laurel89

Where it sits

Where Mount Wachusett sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Lake Chaubunagungamaug145 m50 km S

Mount Wachusett downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGMount Wachusett satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-04.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 612 m at the summit; the official height is 611 m.

A 10 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	611 m	—
USGS 3DEP lidar	612 m	+1 m
USGS 3DEP 10 m (used on this page)	612 m	+1 m
Copernicus GLO-30	610 m	-1 m
Copernicus GLO-90	608 m	-3 m

Data sources

Terrain: U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-04)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Protected area: USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Accuracy comparison: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Accuracy comparison: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
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