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Mount Pleasant

Mount Pleasant from directly overhead

Mount Pleasant is a museum in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 34 m. Diamond Rock Hill stands 188 m to the west-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is General Ulysses S. Grant, a artwork 0.2 miles away. Blue Route passes 7.2 miles off. 30 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

historic building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Dates from 1762.

Wikidata Q6922887, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What to expect

Operated by
Philadelphia Museum of Art

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates39.98339, -75.19984

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Historic sites
Attractions
Nature reserves
Gardens
  • East Park Revitalization Alliance Cowboy Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Strawberry Mansion Green Resource Center Community Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Mantua Peace Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Brewerytown Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Master Street Community Garden: 1.3 mi
Parks
  • Glendinning Rock Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Clayborn and Lewis Playground: 0.7 mi
  • East Parkside Tot Lot: 0.8 mi
  • Philadelphia Stars Negro League Memorial Park: 0.8 mi
  • 30th & Jefferson Playground: 0.9 mi
Picnic sites: 36
  • Picnic Area 6: 0.7 mi
  • Picnic Area 5: 0.7 mi
  • Picnic Area 4: 0.7 mi
  • Picnic Area 3: 0.8 mi
  • Picnic Area 1: 0.8 mi
Peaks: 30
  • Lemon Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Georges Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Fairmount: 1.6 mi
  • Chestnut Hill: 6.6 mi
  • Sugarloaf Hill: 7.0 mi
Springs: 6
Rest areas: 2
Lighthouses: 1
Cliffs: 1
  • Monkey Rock: 11.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Washington Lake Beach: 17.7 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Diamond Rock HillWNW 292°188 m17.6 mi
Mount MiseryWNW 297°176 m16.3 mi
Buckingham MountainNNE 20°158 m24.5 mi
Spring MountainNW 326°151 m23.8 mi
Ebright AzimuthWSW 239°137 m19.7 mi
Chestnut HillN 357°136 m6.6 mi
Hunting HillW 263°125 m13.3 mi
Osborne HillW 259°113 m22.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3719:13
June solstice05:3319:5320:34
September equinox06:4918:2419:00
December solstice07:2015:5616:39

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353745566675807872604940
Precip in3.63.34.54.04.14.84.74.94.94.13.44.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Phila Franklin Inst, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/356323017

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