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Little Mount Pleasant

Little Mount Pleasant, seen from above at true elevation

Little Mount Pleasant rises to 946 m in Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,232 m to the west, 3.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Pleasant, a peak 0.8 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 4.8 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q49045164, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
946 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.73436, -79.15805

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Historic sites
  • Otto Cline Powell monument: 11.5 mi
  • Colonel Claudius Crozet: 15.6 mi
  • Johnathan Daniels: 15.6 mi
  • VMI World War II Memorial: 15.6 mi
  • VMI World War II Memorial: 15.6 mi
Parks: 58
Artworks: 20
Museums: 20
  • Monacan Ancestral Museum: 11.3 mi
  • Saint Paul's Mission School: 11.3 mi
  • Amherst County Historical Museum: 11.7 mi
  • Sweet Briar Museum: 12.9 mi
  • Train Station and Caboose: 12.9 mi
Attractions: 15
Springs: 13
  • Hog Camp Gap Spring: 2.6 mi
  • Wiggins Spring: 3.0 mi
  • Cow Camp Spring: 3.1 mi
  • Lovingston Springs: 4.8 mi
  • Rock Spring: 6.4 mi
Gardens: 13
Nature reserves: 8
Waterfalls: 5
  • Panther Falls: 7.4 mi
  • White Rock Falls: 12.9 mi
  • St. Mary's Falls: 13.8 mi
  • Upper Shamokin Falls: 18.6 mi
  • Lace Falls: 22.8 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Cliffs: 2
Beaches: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 12.8 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Little Mount Pleasant. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald KnobW 276°1,232 m3.6 mi
Maintop MountainNNE 17°1,232 m7.0 mi
Pompey PeakNNW 340°1,229 m1.4 mi
The PriestNE 41°1,227 m7.9 mi
Elk Pond MountainN 356°1,226 m5.4 mi
Mount PleasantWNW 302°1,223 m0.8 mi
Cole MountainWNW 294°1,197 m2.8 mi
Little PriestNE 45°1,133 m6.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2118:5419:29
June solstice05:5620:0320:42
September equinox07:0518:4119:15
December solstice07:2916:2117:02

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303239505868726963524134

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Montebello Fish Cultural STN, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1484933 — Little Mount Pleasant, Amherst County, Virginia.

OpenStreetMap element node/356572942

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