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Coast Guard Station Barracks

Coast Guard Station Barracks from directly overhead

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. River Road Scenic Byway passes 77 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

Coordinates30.39367, -88.85853

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • 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
Historic sites: 23
  • 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
Cliffs: 6
Artworks: 6
Museums: 5
Nature reserves: 4
  • 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
Peaks: 4
  • Great Sand Hill: 16.4 mi
  • Ladnier Hill: 19.3 mi
  • Carrol Hill: 19.4 mi
  • Easen Hill: 22.0 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Butterfly Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Blossman Memorial: 2.4 mi
Attractions: 2
  • Ship Island Excursions: 14.0 mi
  • World’s “Largest Rocker”: 17.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Pascagoula River Rest Area Eastbound: 14.4 mi
  • Pascagoula River Rest Area Westbound: 14.6 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Area: 12.7 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Carrol HillNNE 27°47 m19.4 mi
Ladnier HillNNE 28°42 m19.3 mi
Easen HillNNE 30°26 m22.0 mi
Great Sand HillSW 230°1 m16.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

The recorded facing catches the sunset.

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3619:07
June solstice05:5519:2620:01
September equinox06:4418:2218:54
December solstice06:4916:2317:00

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Sep–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525561687681838379716054
Precip in5.44.45.75.75.27.18.16.95.23.74.45.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Biloxi, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/4753848805

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