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Pleasant View Park

Pleasant View Park from directly overhead

Pleasant View Park is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 319 m. Ivy Mountain stands 504 m to the west-northwest, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Hayden Hill, a peak 0.6 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 28 miles off.

Durand & Griswold Street Area. Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

The record

What the record says

Elevation
319 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.81950, -73.08958
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Nature reserves
Museums
Waterfalls
Historic sites
  • Hermit memorial: 4.1 mi
  • Sap Evaporator: 4.4 mi
  • John Brown Birthplace: 4.4 mi
  • Jones Memorial: 7.0 mi
  • Kathy Ebersold plaque: 8.3 mi
Attractions: 49
  • Pinnacle Rock: 4.3 mi
  • 4 towns meet: 5.0 mi
  • Hogan's Cider Mill: 5.1 mi
  • Boynton Butterfly Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Tory's Den: 8.4 mi
Gardens: 40
  • Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 6.4 mi
  • Larry Kolp Community Gardens: 14.1 mi
  • Sunken Garden: 15.4 mi
  • Judea Garden: 15.8 mi
  • Perennial Garden: 17.2 mi
Artworks: 39
Cliffs: 28
  • Hornet's Nest: 3.7 mi
  • Winsted Cliffs: 6.4 mi
  • Queen Mary Ledge: 6.6 mi
  • Petro Cliffs: 8.5 mi
  • Ravens Roost: 8.5 mi
Beaches: 8
Springs: 4
  • Hermit spring: 4.1 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 6.7 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 8.5 mi
  • Big Spring: 10.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Grove: 13.1 mi
  • Picnic Area: 21.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Southington Rest Area: 19.5 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Pleasant View Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ivy MountainWNW 298°504 m7.8 mi
Brass MountainWNW 291°491 m8.1 mi
Riggs HillNNW 330°480 m8.3 mi
Beech HillWNW 298°452 m6.9 mi
Platt HillNNW 346°443 m5.6 mi
Grant HillNNW 337°442 m9.2 mi
Mount OuleoutNW 323°433 m6.7 mi
Parker HillNNW 328°432 m8.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:1819:4920:32
September equinox06:4018:1518:51
December solstice07:1715:4016:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465765706861493930
Precip in3.93.54.64.44.14.94.34.85.05.44.25.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bakersville, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • multiflora rose9 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail5 obs
  • Cross Orbweaver5 obs
  • American Black Bear4 obs
  • bird's-foot trefoil4 obs
  • mountain laurel4 obs
  • tufted vetch4 obs
  • Orchard Orbweaver4 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/43439552

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