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Mount Pleasant State Forest

Mount Pleasant State Forest from directly overhead

Mount Pleasant State Forest is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 502 m. Arab Hill stands 640 m to the east-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Chautauqua Gorge State Forest, a nature reserve 3.5 miles away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail passes 9.5 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Access
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.19458, -79.54652

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Lakeside Park: 4.2 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Lincoln Park: 4.2 mi
  • Bestor Plaza: 4.2 mi
  • The Ravine: 4.3 mi
Nature reserves: 29
Peaks: 23
Museums: 22
  • Mayville Station: 4.4 mi
  • The Lawson Center for Boating Heritage on Chautauqua Lake: 8.2 mi
  • Bemus Point Historical Society: 8.3 mi
  • Grape Discovery Center: 8.4 mi
  • McClurg Museum: 8.9 mi
Historic sites: 18
Beaches: 12
Artworks: 7
  • Lucille Ball: 14.7 mi
  • Jon's Fish Statue: 15.4 mi
  • Big Chair: 16.9 mi
  • Robert H. Jackson: 17.2 mi
  • Reuben E. Fenton: 17.3 mi
Attractions: 4
  • Panama Rocks: 8.9 mi
  • I Love Lucy Mural: 17.2 mi
  • Lake Shore Savings Clock Tower: 20.8 mi
  • Dunkirk City Pier: 23.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
Springs: 1
  • Sulfur Spring: 14.7 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Arab HillENE 68°640 m20.3 mi
Boutwell HillENE 67°635 m20.8 mi
Pickup HillENE 75°630 m22.2 mi
Luce HillENE 58°605 m18.7 mi
South HillENE 66°591 m22.2 mi
Jackson HillS 175°587 m24.5 mi
Brooks RocksSSE 169°583 m20.8 mi
Dibble HillNE 55°579 m21.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2218:5419:30
June solstice05:4320:1620:59
September equinox07:0618:4019:17
December solstice07:4416:0416:50

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272836485969737165544334
Precip in2.62.42.93.43.83.64.43.84.64.93.83.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westfield 2 SSE, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/428667018

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