Packachoag Hill
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Site of the World's First Liquid-Fueled Rocket Launch.
On March 16th, 1926, Robert Goddard launched the space age when his liquid-fueled rocket flew 41 feet on its 2.5 second flight from this location.
On March 16th, 1926, Robert Goddard launched the space age when his liquid-fueled rocket flew 41 feet on its 2.5 second flight from this location.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Hutchins_Goddard
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Coordinates: 42°12'42"N 71°49'0"W
- Pakachoag Golf Course (Robert H Goddard rocket launch site) 1.2 km
- EcoTarium 7.3 km
- Tower Hill Botanic Garden 18 km
- CSX Auto Terminal Facility 18 km
- Great Pond oxbow 69 km
- MacDowell Colony 78 km
- Mount Monadnock 79 km
- School for International Training - Graduate Institute Campus - a program of World Learning 98 km
- Searsburg Windfarm 120 km
- Hydroelectric (wood stave) Pipeline 121 km
- Auburn Mall 2 km
- Leesville Pond 2.1 km
- Pondville Pond 2.3 km
- Lemansky Park 2.8 km
- Stoneville Pond 2.9 km
- Stoneville Reservoir 3.6 km
- Exit 10 (Mass Pike) 3.8 km
- Eddy Pond 4.2 km
- Dark Brook Reservoir 4.4 km
- Texas Pond 7.7 km