RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> Commonwealth of Pennsylvania >> Luzerne County >> Pleasant View SummitIndex...

Welcome to Pleasant View Summit ...

Pleasant View Summit is located in Luzerne County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Pleasant View Summit: Pleasant Vw. Summit

Pleasant View Summit is 1,980 feet [604 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Pleasant View Summit: 570 & 272<3>

Communities near Pleasant View Summit ...

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

  • Scranton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Wilkes-Barre
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Dunmore
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Dunmore is located in Lackawanna County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunmore
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,836 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dunmore <4>
  • Kingston
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Nanticoke
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Old Forge
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Pittston
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Blakely
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Taylor
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Taylor is located in Lackawanna County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,879 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Taylor <4>
  • Moosic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Moosic is located in Lackawanna County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moosic
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,813 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moosic <4>

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 View Summit. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Pleasant View Summit.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Pleasant View Summit. 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 View Summit.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pleasant View Summit ...

Looking for more information about Pleasant View Summit? 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 View Summit, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Pleasant View Summit.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Luzerne, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pleasant View Summit - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 570 code has been Overlayed with the 272 area code. New phone numbers in the Pleasant View Summit area will be assigned with one of these codes: 570 or 272. As a result, placing a call in the Pleasant View Summit area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.