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Mount Pleasant

Mount Pleasant, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Pleasant rises to 534 m in New York. Virgil Mountain stands 643 m to the east, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Campbell Meadows, a park 1.7 miles away. Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway passes 5.8 miles off.

The story

mountain in Tompkins County, New York, United States of America

Wikidata Q34883209, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
534 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.45813, -76.38438

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Campbell Meadows: 1.7 mi
  • Etna Community Park: 2.1 mi
  • F.R. Newman Arboretum: 3.7 mi
  • Salem Park: 3.7 mi
  • Hungerford Heights Park: 4.0 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves: 40
  • Durland Nature Preserve: 1.7 mi
  • Dewey Preserve: 1.8 mi
  • Travis Wildflower Preserve: 2.0 mi
  • Conwell Tract: 2.0 mi
  • Polson Preserve: 2.4 mi
Waterfalls: 19
  • Potter's Falls: 4.8 mi
  • Triphammer Falls: 4.9 mi
  • Rocky Falls: 5.1 mi
  • Horseshoe Falls: 5.2 mi
  • Ithaca Falls: 5.5 mi
Attractions: 17
  • Incodema: 4.3 mi
  • The Overlook At West Hill (housing for the elderly): 7.9 mi
  • Turn here for fresh eggs farm stand: 9.1 mi
  • Stick And Stone Farm and CSA: 9.9 mi
  • Rt 96 Self Storage: 10.5 mi
Museums: 15
Gardens: 13
  • Bird Feeding Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Bird Feeding Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Bird Feeding Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Mill Dam Park Sign Planter: 4.0 mi
  • Freeville Community Garden: 4.2 mi
Historic sites: 7
Cliffs: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Whitney Point Rest Area: 20.7 mi
  • Preble: 21.5 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Black Lives Matter: 6.2 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Der deutsche Strand: 8.5 mi
Springs: 1
  • Tamarack Spring: 9.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Cheningo Day Use Area: 24.6 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.7 miles of Mount Pleasant. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Virgil MountainE 79°643 m12.7 mi
Connecticut HillWSW 251°638 m15.3 mi
Greek PeakENE 77°637 m12.2 mi
South HillENE 76°635 m12.1 mi
Tuller HillENE 70°616 m14.0 mi
Star Stanton HillE 100°612 m5.0 mi
Irish HillSW 227°599 m18.9 mi
Hammond HillESE 110°598 m4.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4119:18
June solstice05:2920:0420:47
September equinox06:5418:2819:05
December solstice07:3315:5116:36

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232431445665696760493929
Precip in2.22.02.83.43.24.03.93.83.83.72.92.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ithaca Cornell Univ, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 960744 — Mount Pleasant, Tompkins County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357577541

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