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Pleasant Hill

Pleasant Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Pleasant Hill rises to 287 m in New Jersey. Morris County High Point stands 425 m to the north-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Black River Wildlife Management Area, a park 0.6 miles away. Warren Heritage Scenic Byway passes 7.4 miles off.

The story

mountain in the United States of America

Wikidata Q34896068, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
287 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.82260, -74.68211

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Black River Wildlife Management Area: 0.6 mi
  • Flanders Park: 1.2 mi
  • Highlands Ridge Park: 2.1 mi
  • Grove Street Park: 2.8 mi
  • Mooney Mountain Park: 3.5 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Historic sites
Museums
  • Washington Township Historical Society Museum: 5.7 mi
  • Hackettstown Historical Society: 7.9 mi
  • Rockaway Borough Historical: 10.0 mi
  • Speedwell Village: 10.6 mi
  • Macculloch Hall Historical Museum: 10.7 mi
Attractions
  • Legend Rock: 6.0 mi
  • 13th Hour Haunted House: 7.6 mi
  • Egan’s Gold Mine: 7.8 mi
  • Patriotic Tank: 8.1 mi
  • Fosterfields Living Historical Farm: 9.3 mi
Gardens: 50
  • Vickery Community Garden: 1.8 mi
  • The Washington Township Community Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Mount Olive Community Garden: 4.7 mi
  • Liebenzell Communtiny Garden: 7.4 mi
  • Cross Estate Gardens: 8.3 mi
Artworks: 40
  • Children Reading on a Bench: 6.1 mi
  • Orange M&M: 8.0 mi
  • Kyle Busch Racecar: 8.0 mi
  • Blue M&M: 8.0 mi
  • Yellow M&M: 8.1 mi
Beaches: 31
  • Budd Lake Municipal Beach: 4.6 mi
  • Mine Hill Beach: 4.7 mi
  • Parks Lake Beach: 10.4 mi
  • Indian Lake Clubhouse Beach: 11.0 mi
  • Indian Lake Main Beach: 11.3 mi
Waterfalls: 16
Picnic sites: 11
Cliffs: 9
  • Eagle Cliff: 18.5 mi
  • Pike Rock: 19.3 mi
  • Hawk Hill: 20.5 mi
  • Wooden Bridge: 24.4 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 24.8 mi
Rest areas: 3
Springs: 3

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.2 miles of Pleasant Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Morris County High PointNNE 22°425 m14.8 mi
Bowling Green MountainNNE 28°420 m14.5 mi
Green Pond MountainNE 36°393 m12.3 mi
Allamuchy MountainNW 321°377 m9.3 mi
Upper Pohatcong MountainW 278°375 m9.5 mi
Mount ArlingtonNNE 24°371 m7.0 mi
Mount PaulNNE 26°368 m16.9 mi
Schooleys MountainW 275°364 m5.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3519:11
June solstice05:2819:5320:34
September equinox06:4718:2218:58
December solstice07:2015:5116:35

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272938506068737163524233
Precip in3.32.84.13.83.84.55.14.94.34.63.44.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Aeroflex-andover AP, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357727367

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