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Welcome to Pleasant Gardens ...

Pleasant Gardens is located in McDowell County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Pleasant Gardens: Pleasant Gdns. (or less commonly used: Pleasant Gardns., Pleasant Grdens. or Pleasant Grdns.)

Pleasant Gardens is 1,370 feet [418 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Pleasant Gardens lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Pleasant Gardens: 828

Communities Also Named Pleasant Gardens ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Pleasant Gardens - it's located in Indiana.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pleasant Gardens.

Communities near Pleasant Gardens ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Pleasant Gardens.

  • Black Mountain
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Marion
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Spruce Pine
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Glen Alpine
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Lake Lure
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Montreat
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Old Fort
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Chimney Rock
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Village of Chimney Rock Village
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Village of Chimney Rock Village is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village of Chimney Rock Village
    • Estimated population in 2015: 108 people
  • Glenwood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Glenwood is located in McDowell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Pleasant Gardens. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Pleasant Gardens.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Pleasant Gardens. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pleasant Gardens.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Pleasant Gardens. See our Newspapers Page for Pleasant Gardens.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pleasant Gardens ...

Looking for more information about Pleasant Gardens? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Pleasant Gardens, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Pleasant Gardens.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including McDowell, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pleasant Gardens - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.