Wacousta Hill is a forested

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in southeast Hampshire County,

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. Wacousta Hill is located near the community of

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and overlooks Delray Road (

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) and the North River to its immediate east. To its west lies the

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. The

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, through a board decision, gave the hill its official name in 1966.

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