Mount Pleasant New York Map

About Mount Pleasant, New York

Mount Pleasant is a locality in Ulster County, New York, United States. Mount Pleasant is located at 42.0484°N, 74.2890°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 12457, 10594.

Mount Pleasant occupies a rugged corridor where the earth rises in resolute folds of shale and dense timber. It lies 7.5 miles south-southwest of Edgewood, NY (from Edgewood, NY: bearing 212°T), and is situated 8.8 miles west of Woodstock. Esopus Creek carves a brisk, clear path through the terrain, its waters mirroring the shifting light as they tumble over moss-slicked stones and gravel bars. To the west, the silhouettes of the Catskill Mountains dominate the horizon, their jagged peaks providing a permanent, shadowed backdrop to the dense woodlands of the Slide Mountain Wilderness. The air here holds a crisp, earthen weight, particularly when the mist clings to the low-lying depressions of Cross Mountain Hollow, softening the sharp edges of the hemlocks and maples that define the local canopy.

Mount Pleasant maintains a quiet endurance, functioning as a landscape shaped by the interplay of forest stewardship and the persistent pull of the high country. Residents often find their rhythm aligned with the seasons, whether traversing the nearby Phoenicia Trail or observing the changing surface of the Ashokan Reservoir East Basin, which sits as a vast, still presence in the neighboring expanse. The economy remains tethered to the land’s natural offerings and the steady, unpretentious flow of visitors who seek the shelter of these deep woods. Life in Mount Pleasant unfolds without the urgency of the lowlands, marked instead by the steady labor of maintaining homesteads and the quiet observation of the wild, untamed ridges that define the character of the region.

About This Mount Pleasant Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mount Pleasant, New York. Coordinates: 42.048425, -74.289036. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Mount Pleasant includes the ZIP code (12457, 10594), telephone area code (845, 914), county seat of Ulster County (Kingston), and school district assignment.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.