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Mount Pleasant

Mount Pleasant, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Pleasant rises to 1,223 m in Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,232 m to the west, 2.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 4.1 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Amherst County, Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q49054136, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1223 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.74085, -79.17119

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Historic sites
  • Otto Cline Powell monument: 11.1 mi
  • Colonel Claudius Crozet: 14.7 mi
  • Johnathan Daniels: 14.8 mi
  • VMI World War II Memorial: 14.8 mi
  • VMI World War II Memorial: 14.8 mi
Parks: 58
Artworks: 20
Museums: 20
  • Monacan Ancestral Museum: 11.8 mi
  • Saint Paul's Mission School: 11.9 mi
  • Amherst County Historical Museum: 12.5 mi
  • Sweet Briar Museum: 13.6 mi
  • Train Station and Caboose: 13.6 mi
Attractions: 15
Gardens: 14
Springs: 13
  • Hog Camp Gap Spring: 1.8 mi
  • Wiggins Spring: 2.2 mi
  • Cow Camp Spring: 2.3 mi
  • Lovingston Springs: 4.3 mi
  • Rock Spring: 6.1 mi
Nature reserves: 8
Waterfalls: 5
  • Panther Falls: 6.9 mi
  • White Rock Falls: 12.9 mi
  • St. Mary's Falls: 13.5 mi
  • Upper Shamokin Falls: 18.7 mi
  • Lace Falls: 22.2 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Cliffs: 2
Beaches: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 12.0 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Mount Pleasant. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald KnobW 269°1,232 m2.9 mi
Maintop MountainNNE 23°1,232 m6.8 mi
Pompey PeakNNE 15°1,229 m0.9 mi
The PriestNE 47°1,227 m8.1 mi
Elk Pond MountainN 4°1,226 m5.0 mi
Cole MountainWNW 291°1,197 m2.0 mi
Little PriestNE 52°1,133 m6.9 mi
Spy RockNNE 25°1,128 m6.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2118:5419:29
June solstice05:5620:0320:43
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

OpenStreetMap element node/356574123

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