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Pleasant View

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Pleasant View is a ghost town in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 437 m. Beacon Hill stands 571 m to the northeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Ayer Boat Basin, a park 6.8 miles away. JCT SR 12 VIC DELANEY TO JCT SR 260 passes 8.6 miles off. 50 named places lie within 25 miles, 4 of them named summits.

human settlement in Washington, United States of America

How to reach it

Coordinates46.49083, -118.33944

50 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 17
  • Ayer Boat Basin: 6.8 mi
  • Lower Monumental Lock and Dam Visitor Center: 10.5 mi
  • Devils Bench: 10.8 mi
  • Matthews Recreation Area: 10.8 mi
  • Windust Park: 11.8 mi
Ghost towns: 7
Springs: 7
  • Hammer Spring: 14.1 mi
  • Rainbow Spring: 15.2 mi
  • Evans Spring: 15.5 mi
  • Goldfish Spring: 16.0 mi
  • Gildersleeve Spring: 17.3 mi
Peaks: 4
  • Monumental Rock: 9.3 mi
  • Rice Hill: 15.6 mi
  • Magee Hill: 20.7 mi
  • Beacon Hill: 24.6 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Waitsburg Fairgrounds: 18.3 mi
  • #thatnwbus: 18.6 mi
  • Columbia County Fair Grounds: 20.4 mi
Museums: 2
Waterfalls: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Wenaha Gallery: 20.8 mi
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pleasant View. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Beacon HillNE 51°571 m24.6 mi
Magee HillENE 60°494 m20.7 mi
Rice HillSW 236°412 m15.6 mi
Monumental RockNW 319°216 m9.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2619:06
June solstice05:0120:0420:51
September equinox06:4118:1318:53
December solstice07:3515:1816:09

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343743495763717162504034
Precip in2.11.72.21.91.81.20.40.50.71.52.42.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dayton 1 WSW, 20 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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