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Pleasant Mountain

Pleasant Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Pleasant Mountain rises to 708 m in Maine. Elephant Mountain stands 1,150 m to the west-northwest, 5.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Dunham Hill, a peak 2.0 miles away. RANGELEY LAKES SCENIC BYWAY passes 1.5 miles off.

The story

mountain in Oxford County, Maine, United States of America

Wikidata Q33143882, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
708 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.73450, -70.69062

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
  • Chandler Family Woodlot: 6.6 mi
  • Township 6 Conservation Easement: 7.3 mi
  • Height of Land: 7.6 mi
  • Tumbledown Public Reserved Land: 9.5 mi
  • Stephen Phillips Memorial Preserve (Toothaker Island): 10.6 mi
Parks: 46
  • Andover Common: 7.4 mi
  • Smalls Falls Rest Area: 12.1 mi
  • Mexico Rec Park: 12.6 mi
  • Sandy River Ponds Public Boat Access: 12.8 mi
  • Stephens High School Memorial Park: 14.4 mi
Cliffs: 10
Museums: 8
Waterfalls: 5
  • Angel Falls: 3.5 mi
  • Smalls falls: 12.1 mi
  • The Falls: 14.4 mi
  • Screw Auger Falls: 15.3 mi
  • Rumford Falls: 15.3 mi
Artworks: 4
Springs: 3
  • Mountain fountain: 17.3 mi
  • Mt Zircon Spring: 18.2 mi
  • King Spring: 19.6 mi
Attractions: 2
  • Light of the World Cross: 13.4 mi
  • Moose Cave: 15.9 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Coos Canyon Rest Area: 3.0 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Smalls Falls: 12.1 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Rumford Community Garden: 14.2 mi
Covered bridges: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Greenwood Town Beach: 24.7 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.1 miles of Pleasant Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Elephant MountainWNW 297°1,150 m5.1 mi
Old Blue MountainWNW 283°1,091 m3.8 mi
Jackson MountainENE 77°1,088 m8.6 mi
Little Baldpate MountainSW 230°1,086 m12.9 mi
Bemis MountainNW 318°1,085 m5.6 mi
Little Jackson MountainE 80°1,055 m7.7 mi
Beaver MountainNNE 14°955 m10.5 mi
Tumbledown MountainE 81°939 m7.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:1718:55
June solstice04:5819:4820:33
September equinox06:3018:0418:42
December solstice07:1815:1716:05

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F141626385260666456443321
Precip in3.42.73.54.54.45.44.84.34.05.94.54.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Andover 2, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 573495 — Pleasant Mountain, Oxford County, Maine.

OpenStreetMap element node/358223039

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