Welcome to Prospect Heights ...

The town of Prospect Heights is located in Fremont County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Prospect Heights: Prospect Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)

Prospect Heights is 5,430 feet [1,655 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Prospect Heights is about 1 mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Prospect Heights lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Prospect Heights: 719

Communities Also Named Prospect Heights ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Prospect Heights - they are located in Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Utah.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Prospect Heights.

Communities near Prospect Heights ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Prospect Heights.

• Florence
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Florence is located in Fremont County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,982 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Florence <3>
• Williamsburg
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Williamsburg is located in Fremont County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
• Rockvale
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Rockvale is located in Fremont County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockvale
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rockvale <3>
• Coal Creek
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Coal Creek is located in Fremont County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Creek
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 350 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coal Creek <3>
• Buckskin Joe
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Buckskin Joe is located in Fremont County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckskin Joe
• Sunset City
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Sunset City is located in Fremont County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset City
• Penrose
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Penrose is located in Fremont County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penrose
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Penrose <3>
• Wetmore
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Wetmore is located in Custer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wetmore
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wetmore <3>
• Echo
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Echo is located in Fremont County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
• Greenwood
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Greenwood is located in Custer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Prospect Heights. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Prospect Heights.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Prospect Heights. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Prospect Heights.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Prospect Heights. See our Newspapers Page for Prospect Heights.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Prospect Heights ...

Looking for more information about Prospect Heights? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Prospect Heights, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Prospect Heights.