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Veterans Memorial Rose Garden

Veterans Memorial Rose Garden from directly overhead

Veterans Memorial Rose Garden is a garden in Mississippi, at a modelled elevation of 83 m. Noxubee Hills stands 191 m to the west-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Entrance Sign, a historic site 0.6 miles away. Natchez Trace Parkway passes 20 miles off. 92 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.

What to expect

Access
Yes
Fee
No

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates33.47003, -88.78013

Overlooks nearby

92 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 44
  • University Estates Community Park: 0.7 mi
  • Bell Island: 1.2 mi
  • The Junction: 1.3 mi
  • The Junction: 1.3 mi
  • Fire Station Park: 1.7 mi
Historic sites: 25
  • Entrance Sign: 0.6 mi
  • Monument to Former Residence Halls: 0.9 mi
  • Entrance Sign: 1.0 mi
  • Vietnam War Memorial: 1.1 mi
  • World War I Memorial: 1.1 mi
Cliffs: 8
Museums: 5
Artworks: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Peaks: 2
  • Reid Hill: 16.9 mi
  • Noxubee Hills: 23.3 mi
Gardens: 1
  • MSU Community Garden: 1.5 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Longview Opry: 9.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Veterans Memorial Rose Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Noxubee HillsWSW 249°191 m23.3 mi
Reid HillNNW 342°128 m16.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3419:07
June solstice05:4619:3220:09
September equinox06:4418:2118:53
December solstice06:5616:1416:52

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F444755637279828176645346
Precip in5.56.25.46.14.24.64.54.23.73.94.45.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — State Univ, under a mile away.

  • Green Sunfish131 obs
  • Gulf Fritillary111 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle108 obs
  • Western Honey Bee92 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird77 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel77 obs
  • Riley's 13-Year Cicada74 obs
  • Hackberry Emperor66 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/583366299

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