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Mount Pleasant

Mount Pleasant, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Pleasant rises to 230 m in Connecticut. Cranson Peak stands 303 m to the south-southwest, 3.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Newtown Forest Association, Inc (Nettleton), a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 13 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31808302, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
230 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.41260, -73.32290

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Historic sites
Parks
  • The Pleasance: 0.9 mi
  • Ram's Pasture: 1.0 mi
  • Dickinson Memorial Park: 1.5 mi
  • Dickinson Memorial Park: 1.6 mi
  • Sandy Hook Permanent Memorial: 2.6 mi
Museums
Beaches
  • Jackson Cove Beach: 6.9 mi
  • Zoar Beach: 7.9 mi
  • South Beach: 8.4 mi
  • North Beach: 8.6 mi
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 11.3 mi
Gardens
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 7.0 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 7.0 mi
  • Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 10.5 mi
  • Garden Of Ideas: 12.1 mi
  • SIS Community Garden: 12.6 mi
Waterfalls: 42
Attractions: 22
  • Danbury Fair Mall Carousel: 8.5 mi
  • Millstone: 8.7 mi
  • Millstone: 8.7 mi
  • 3-town marker: 9.8 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 10.0 mi
Artworks: 20
  • Lesser Evil: 5.1 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 5.5 mi
  • greek letter pi: 6.8 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 7.3 mi
  • Jean Widmark: 11.2 mi
Cliffs: 12
Picnic sites: 10
  • Oak Grove: 7.9 mi
  • Pond View: 8.0 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 8.1 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 8.2 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 15.8 mi
Rest areas: 8
  • Danbury Rest Area: 10.3 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 16.9 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 16.9 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 21.8 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 21.8 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Covered bridges: 1
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
Cranson PeakSSW 193°303 m3.6 mi
Moses MountainWSW 244°296 m8.2 mi
Thomas MountainWSW 245°286 m7.7 mi
Spruce MountainWSW 244°272 m8.8 mi
Botsford HillN 353°267 m8.2 mi
Sweet Cake MountainWNW 299°265 m8.4 mi
Town MountainWSW 246°264 m6.8 mi
Bear MountainWNW 290°261 m7.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:2119:4920:31
September equinox06:4118:1618:52
December solstice07:1715:4316:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038506069757265534233
Precip in3.73.34.44.24.24.85.04.94.95.04.04.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359286453

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