Bonhomie
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. 72 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
- 100.3 mi off the Great River Road, National
72 named places within 25 miles
- 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
- Sarah Gillespie Museum: 1.8 mi
- Palmers Crossing Heritage Museum: 2.9 mi
- Hattiesburg Pocket Museum: 3.0 mi
- African American Military History Museum: 3.5 mi
- Eureka School Museum: 3.5 mi
- 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
- 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
- Bland Bluff: 22.8 mi
- Fairhope Bluff: 24.0 mi
- Lofty Return: 2.9 mi
- Medicine Wheel Garden: 3.2 mi
- Riverside: 4.8 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Hill | NNE 12° | 124 m | 24.7 mi |
| Hub HIll | WSW 238° | 123 m | 23.2 mi |
| Red Hill | WSW 243° | 122 m | 11.8 mi |
| Lee Hill | WSW 240° | 111 m | 9.6 mi |
| Sheep Stomp Hill | WSW 238° | 109 m | 6.5 mi |
| Black Creek Hill | SW 224° | 99 m | 8.3 mi |
| Anderson Hill | WSW 243° | 96 m | 7.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:37 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 19:30 | 20:05 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:23 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 06:53 | 16:23 | 16:59 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 53 | 60 | 66 | 73 | 80 | 82 | 81 | 77 | 68 | 58 | 51 |
| Precip in | 6.5 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 6.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hattiesburg 5SW, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/8398183210
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