Chickasaw Council House
Chickasaw Council House is a historic site in Mississippi, at a modelled elevation of 102 m. Briar Mountain stands 194 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Pontocola, a ghost town 0.5 miles away. Natchez Trace Parkway runs past it. 59 named places lie within 25 miles, 11 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Inscription
- Westerly on the Natchez Trace stood an Indian village "Pontatock" with its council house which, in the 1820's, became the Capitol of the Chickasaw Nation.
How to reach it
- On the Natchez Trace Parkway, National
- 22.1 mi off the Brice's Crossroads Battlefield-Chief Tishomingo Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Black Belt Overlook · 1 mi
- Old Town Overlook · 13 mi
- Twentymile Bottom Overlook, Milepost 278.4 · 26 mi
59 named places within 25 miles
- Theron Nichols Park: 7.7 mi
- Ballard park: 7.9 mi
- Old Natchez Trace Park: 9.2 mi
- Hancock Park: 9.3 mi
- Trace State Park: 9.5 mi
- Dozier Hill: 12.2 mi
- Ross Hill: 12.9 mi
- Witch Dance Hill: 13.4 mi
- Bynum Mounds: 18.1 mi
- Colberts Hill: 19.0 mi
- Pontocola: 0.5 mi
- Camargo: 11.2 mi
- Cotton Gin Port: 20.0 mi
- Van Buren: 24.0 mi
- Oren Dunn City Museum: 8.3 mi
- Elvis Presley Birthplace & Museum: 11.9 mi
- Natchez Trace Visitors Center: 14.8 mi
- Amory Regional Museum: 22.7 mi
- Tupelo Battlefield Memorial: 9.6 mi
- Elvis Presley: 11.9 mi
- Korea Veterans Memorial: 22.6 mi
- Lochinvar: 11.5 mi
- F-105 Thunderchief: 12.2 mi
- Magnolia Botanical Garden: 6.2 mi
- Elvis: 10.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Chickasaw Council House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Briar Mountain | N 351° | 194 m | 23.7 mi |
| Grubb Hill | N 351° | 193 m | 23.2 mi |
| Rakestraw Mountain | N 351° | 176 m | 24.2 mi |
| Luke Hill | NNW 347° | 160 m | 21.3 mi |
| Witch Dance Hill | SSW 203° | 158 m | 13.4 mi |
| Ross Hill | SW 215° | 156 m | 12.9 mi |
| Dozier Hill | NNW 342° | 155 m | 12.2 mi |
| Buncombe Hill | N 351° | 151 m | 22.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:34 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 19:34 | 20:11 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:21 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 06:58 | 16:12 | 16:50 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 43 | 46 | 55 | 63 | 72 | 79 | 82 | 81 | 76 | 64 | 53 | 45 |
| Precip in | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 6.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Verona EXP STN, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/9936186650
Day trips start here
- Tupelo · 10 mi
- Mississippi Hills · 27 mi
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