Coast Guard Station Barracks
Coast Guard Station Barracks is a historic site in Mississippi, at a modelled elevation of 9 m. Carrol Hill stands 47 m to the north-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Point Cadet Plaza and Splash Pad, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Beach Boulevard Scenic Byway passes 28 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Material
- metal
- Inscription
- uilt here in 1934 as part of a U.S. Coast Guard base, the barracks was an E-shaped, Spanish Colonial Revival style building made of reinforced concrete.
How to reach it
- 28.1 mi off the Beach Boulevard Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Point Cadet Plaza and Splash Pad: 0.0 mi
- Gulf Marine State Park: 0.2 mi
- Clay Point Park: 0.8 mi
- Danella Park: 0.9 mi
- McDonnel Field: 1.2 mi
- Hurricane Camille Memorial: 1.4 mi
- USS Biloxi Memorial: 1.6 mi
- Hurricane Katrina Memorial: 1.6 mi
- Fort Maurepas Park: 2.0 mi
- Seaman Memorial: 2.0 mi
- Maritime and Seafood Industry Museuem: 0.0 mi
- Pleasant Reed Interpretive Center: 0.8 mi
- City of Biloxi Center For Ceramics: 0.8 mi
- Mississippi Aviation Heritage Museum: 11.9 mi
- TrainTastic: 12.1 mi
- Ocean Springs Mosiac Wall: 1.6 mi
- D'Iberville statue: 1.9 mi
- Crooked Feather: 2.0 mi
- Astronaut Fred Haise, Biloxian: 2.5 mi
- Captain Calhoun's Anchor: 20.3 mi
- Red Bluff: 0.1 mi
- Northwest Bluff: 10.6 mi
- Martins Bluff: 14.7 mi
- Cumbest Bluff: 21.7 mi
- Land Trust of Mississippi Coastal Plain Weeks Bayou Site: 2.6 mi
- Cedar Point Site: 4.8 mi
- Marine Education Center: 4.9 mi
- Grand Bay Natural Wildlife Refuge: 24.0 mi
- Great Sand Hill: 16.4 mi
- Ladnier Hill: 19.3 mi
- Carrol Hill: 19.4 mi
- Easen Hill: 22.0 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 2.1 mi
- Blossman Memorial: 2.4 mi
- Ship Island Excursions: 14.0 mi
- World’s “Largest Rocker”: 17.1 mi
- Pascagoula River Rest Area Eastbound: 14.4 mi
- Pascagoula River Rest Area Westbound: 14.6 mi
- Round Island Lighthouse: 18.1 mi
- Brewton: 20.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Coast Guard Station Barracks. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrol Hill | NNE 27° | 47 m | 19.4 mi |
| Ladnier Hill | NNE 28° | 42 m | 19.3 mi |
| Easen Hill | NNE 30° | 26 m | 22.0 mi |
| Great Sand Hill | SW 230° | 1 m | 16.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
The recorded facing catches the sunset.
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:36 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 19:26 | 20:01 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:22 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 06:49 | 16:23 | 17:00 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 52 | 55 | 61 | 68 | 76 | 81 | 83 | 83 | 79 | 71 | 60 | 54 |
| Precip in | 5.4 | 4.4 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.2 | 7.1 | 8.1 | 6.9 | 5.2 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Biloxi, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/4753848805
Day trips start here
- D'Iberville · 3 mi
- Biloxi · 4 mi
- Ocean Springs · 4 mi
- Gulfport · 13 mi
- Gautier · 15 mi
- Pascagoula · 19 mi
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