Nichewaug – Populated Place in Worcester, Massachusetts

Identifier

GNIS Feature ID 609686

Location

State Massachusetts

County Worcester

Feature Class Populated Place

Coordinates

DMS

42°26'15"N 72°12'13"W

Decimal Degrees

42.4375898, -72.2036924

Elevation

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USGS 7.5′ Quad Map

Quad Name Petersham

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Protected Areas

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Nearest Populated Place

Dana Center

1.5 mi SW

Hydrography

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Description

On the East Branch Swift River 3.7 mi S of Petersham; Town of Petersham.

History

Indian Name meaning "forks of stream" (MGB 1932).

Nearby Features

Carter Pond Reservoir · 1.0 mi E
Silver Brook Stream · 1.3 mi ENE
Raccoon Hill Summit · 1.5 mi SSE
Dana Center Populated Place · 1.5 mi SW
Whitney Hill Summit · 1.7 mi W
Carter Hill Summit · 2.0 mi NNE
Skinner Hill Summit · 2.1 mi W
Pottapaug Pond Lake · 2.2 mi SSW
Camels Hump Hill Summit · 2.4 mi NNW
Ridge Hill Summit · 2.6 mi SE

Data Sources & Attribution

Feature data: U.S. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) – U.S. Geological Survey.
Elevation: USGS Elevation Point Query Service (EPQS).
Topographic basemap: USGS National Map.
Quad map thumbnails: USGS US Topo.
Watershed boundaries: USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD).
Protected areas: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US) – Gap Analysis Project.
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