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Camargo

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Camargo is a ghost town in Mississippi, at a modelled elevation of 68 m. Witch Dance Hill stands 158 m to the west-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Magnolia Botanical Garden, a garden 7.8 miles away. Natchez Trace Parkway passes 11 miles off. 65 named places lie within 25 miles, 5 of them named summits.

ghost town in Mississippi, United States

How to reach it

Coordinates34.07080, -88.64860

65 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 41
  • Wilson Park: 7.9 mi
  • Carlos Moore Park: 10.7 mi
  • McAlpine Lake Park: 10.8 mi
  • Gilmore Walking Track: 10.8 mi
  • Frisco Park: 10.9 mi
Museums: 7
  • Amory Regional Museum: 11.5 mi
  • Amory Regional Museum: 11.5 mi
  • Elvis Presley Birthplace & Museum: 13.2 mi
  • Oren Dunn City Museum: 13.9 mi
  • Natchez Trace Visitors Center: 18.3 mi
Peaks: 5
  • Colberts Hill: 8.4 mi
  • Witch Dance Hill: 17.2 mi
  • Ross Hill: 18.5 mi
  • Bynum Mounds: 20.9 mi
  • Dozier Hill: 21.5 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Historic sites: 4
Attractions: 2
  • F-105 Thunderchief: 13.6 mi
  • Lochinvar: 22.8 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Magnolia Botanical Garden: 7.8 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Elvis: 13.2 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Witch Dance HillWSW 244°158 m17.2 mi
Ross HillWSW 251°156 m18.5 mi
Dozier HillNW 319°155 m21.5 mi
Bynum MoundsSW 235°98 m20.9 mi
Colberts HillSE 144°70 m8.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3419:07
June solstice05:4419:3320:10
September equinox06:4318:2018:53
December solstice06:5716:1116:50

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434655637279828176645345
Precip in5.25.35.65.55.34.84.64.03.84.34.66.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Verona EXP STN, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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