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Bonhomie

Bonhomie from directly overhead

Bonhomie is a historic site in Mississippi, at a modelled elevation of 61 m. Buffalo Hill stands 124 m to the north-northeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Tatum Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Great River Road passes 100 miles off. 75 named places lie within 25 miles, 7 of them named summits.

The story

suburb in Forrest County, Mississippi, United States

Wikidata Q122571964, matched on coordinates and name (299 m apart).

What the record says

Material
metal
Inscription
These buildings are the remnants of Bonhomie, a company-owned sawmill town that thrived from 1915 to 1956. The Tatum Lumber Company established a mill here in 1915, drawing laborers and their families to the area. During its heyday, Bonhomie included a do

How to reach it

Coordinates31.28689, -89.31164

75 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 50
  • Tatum Park: 0.6 mi
  • Vernon Dahmer Park: 1.4 mi
  • Chain Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Magnolia Fitness / Leisure Park: 2.3 mi
  • Federation Park: 2.3 mi
Museums: 7
Peaks: 7
  • Sheep Stomp Hill: 6.5 mi
  • Anderson Hill: 7.1 mi
  • Black Creek Hill: 8.3 mi
  • Lee Hill: 9.6 mi
  • Red Hill: 11.8 mi
Historic sites: 5
  • Last Bare Knuckle Prize Fight: 2.6 mi
  • Veterans Fountain: 4.4 mi
  • Gold Star Families Memorial Monument: 8.1 mi
  • Wounded Combat Veterans: 8.1 mi
  • Skirmish at Rocky Creek: 22.8 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Rose Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Medicine Wheel Garden: 3.2 mi
Cliffs: 2
Artworks: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buffalo HillNNE 12°124 m24.7 mi
Hub HIllWSW 238°123 m23.2 mi
Red HillWSW 243°122 m11.8 mi
Lee HillWSW 240°111 m9.6 mi
Sheep Stomp HillWSW 238°109 m6.5 mi
Black Creek HillSW 224°99 m8.3 mi
Anderson HillWSW 243°96 m7.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3719:09
June solstice05:5419:3020:05
September equinox06:4618:2318:55
December solstice06:5316:2316:59

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Dec.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495360667380828177685851
Precip in6.55.75.95.74.55.36.46.34.83.53.86.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hattiesburg 5SW, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/8398183210

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