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Popsquatchet HillsThe Popsquatchet Hills are a range of peaks on Nantucket Island. Seldomly reaching 100 feet, they can be considered the divide of Nantucket. Prospect Hill, the westernmost; is where the town's Municipal Cemetery is. Chicken Hill is the next hill to the Northeast. On the eastern side of Chicken Hill, there is a very deep valley known as Dead Horse Valley. Dead Horse Brook rises on top of the hill, and plummets 70 feet to Dead Horse Pond, at the bottom. On the north face of the hill, is Colt Valley. Mill Hill, the hill nearest Hospital Valley, has the Old Mill sitting on its summit. Roads are frequent in the hills, but are poorly maintained. Prospect Street, the main thoroughfare on the west end of town, is the northern side of the hills. Vesper Lane, is the southern Boundary. Milk Street, is the Northern Boundary of the range. There are several smaller roads leading into the hills, but some of them have grown over. In the winter time, Dead Horse Valley is the islands premier sledding area., even during the summer, the Town Of Nantucket has kept a snow Machine on hand. It is the region's premier sledding attraction. Chicken hill was named for an old chicken farm maintained by William G. Egan.
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