Uniontown
Uniontown is a ghost town in Mississippi, at a modelled elevation of 54 m. Blue Hill stands 139 m to the east, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Mud Creek, a picnic site 0.7 miles away. Natchez Trace Parkway runs past it. 56 named places lie within 25 miles, 7 of them named summits.
ghost town in Jefferson County, Mississippi, United States
How to reach it
- On the Natchez Trace Parkway, National
- 6.4 mi off the Lower Mississippi Historic Scenic Byway, National
- 11.6 mi off the Bienville Trace Scenic Byway
- 13.0 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
56 named places within 25 miles
- Coles Creek: 3.3 mi
- Willie May Latham-Taylor Recreation Park: 8.1 mi
- Natchez Trace Parkway exhibit shelter: 11.1 mi
- Saint Joseph Historic District: 11.5 mi
- Lake Bruin State Park: 14.0 mi
- Mount Locust: 5.1 mi
- Stanton Hall: 19.0 mi
- Melrose: 19.3 mi
- William Johnson House: 19.4 mi
- Sunken Trace: 19.4 mi
- Petit Gulf Hills: 9.5 mi
- Catledge Mounds: 10.4 mi
- Windsor Mounds: 13.2 mi
- Foster Mounds: 14.5 mi
- Lookout Point: 16.1 mi
- Windsor Ruins: 12.8 mi
- Windsor Ruins: 12.8 mi
- Elizabeth Female Academy: 14.6 mi
- Forks of the Road: 18.7 mi
- Forks of the Road: 18.7 mi
- Mud Creek: 0.7 mi
- Coles Creek: 3.3 mi
- Turpin Creek Picnic Area: 8.3 mi
- Turpin Creek Picnic Site: 9.6 mi
- Old Greenville: 2.1 mi
- Rodney: 7.3 mi
- Selsertown: 9.8 mi
- Grand Gulf: 20.3 mi
- Irwin Russell Memorial Museum: 17.6 mi
- Natchez Museum of African American History and Culture: 19.3 mi
- Magnolia Hall: 19.4 mi
- Rosalie Mansion and Gardens: 19.6 mi
- Loess Bluff: 9.1 mi
- Thompsons Bluff: 22.9 mi
- North Fork Coles Creek: 2.4 mi
- Laura's Garden: 19.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Uniontown. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Hill | E 89° | 139 m | 16.4 mi |
| Lookout Point | NNE 28° | 77 m | 16.1 mi |
| Catledge Mounds | N 359° | 68 m | 10.4 mi |
| Petit Gulf Hills | N 355° | 58 m | 9.5 mi |
| Foster Mounds | SW 220° | 55 m | 14.5 mi |
| Bayou Pierre Mounds | NE 34° | 54 m | 17.7 mi |
| Windsor Mounds | NNE 12° | 53 m | 13.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:44 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 19:38 | 20:14 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:31 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:01 | 16:29 | 17:06 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 47 | 51 | 58 | 65 | 73 | 80 | 82 | 82 | 77 | 67 | 56 | 49 |
| Precip in | 6.3 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 5.4 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST Joseph 3 N, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Day trips start here
- Port Gibson · 18 mi
- Natchez · 19 mi
- Vidalia · 20 mi
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