Fort Maurepas Park
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Fort Maurepas Park is a historic site in Mississippi, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Carrol Hill stands 47 m to the north-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is D'Iberville statue, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 79 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Fort Maurepas, later known as Old Biloxi, was a fort developed in colonial French Louisiana (New France) in April 1699 along the Gulf of Mexico (at present-day Ocean Springs, Mississippi). Fort Maurepas was designated temporarily as the capital of Louisiana (New France) in 1699. The capital was moved from Ocean Springs to Mobile (in present-day Alabama) in 1710, then to New Orleans in 1723 on the Mississippi River. Government buildings in the latter city were still under construction.
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Wikidata Q49490632, joined on its GNIS feature id.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1 m
How to reach it
- 78.6 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 29.6 mi off the Alabama's Coastal Connection, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Childrens Park: 0.3 mi
- Dr. Thomas D. McIlwain Harbor Green: 0.4 mi
- Children's Playground: 0.5 mi
- Shearwater Park: 0.5 mi
- Rosetti Park: 0.6 mi
- Seaman Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Blossman Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Coast Guard Station Barracks: 2.0 mi
- Hurricane Camille Memorial: 3.3 mi
- USS Biloxi Memorial: 3.4 mi
- Land Trust of Mississippi Coastal Plain Weeks Bayou Site: 0.9 mi
- Marine Education Center: 3.3 mi
- Cedar Point Site: 3.3 mi
- Grand Bay Natural Wildlife Refuge: 22.2 mi
- Grand Bay Natural Wildlife Refuge: 23.2 mi
- Red Bluff: 1.9 mi
- Red Bluff: 3.5 mi
- Northwest Bluff: 11.8 mi
- Martins Bluff: 12.8 mi
- Cumbest Bluff: 19.8 mi
- D'Iberville statue: 0.0 mi
- Crooked Feather: 0.7 mi
- Ocean Springs Mosiac Wall: 0.8 mi
- Astronaut Fred Haise, Biloxian: 4.4 mi
- Statue: 18.6 mi
- Maritime and Seafood Industry Museuem: 2.0 mi
- Pleasant Reed Interpretive Center: 2.7 mi
- City of Biloxi Center For Ceramics: 2.7 mi
- Mississippi Aviation Heritage Museum: 13.7 mi
- TrainTastic: 13.9 mi
- Ladnier Hill: 17.8 mi
- Carrol Hill: 17.9 mi
- Great Sand Hill: 18.3 mi
- Easen Hill: 20.5 mi
- Pascagoula River Rest Area Eastbound: 12.5 mi
- Pascagoula River Rest Area Westbound: 12.7 mi
- Mississippi Welcome Center: 23.9 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 0.3 mi
- Blossman Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Ship Island Excursions: 15.8 mi
- World’s “Largest Rocker”: 18.7 mi
- Picnic Area: 10.8 mi
- Round Island Lighthouse: 16.5 mi
- Brewton: 18.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fort Maurepas Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrol Hill | NNE 24° | 47 m | 17.9 mi |
| Ladnier Hill | NNE 24° | 42 m | 17.8 mi |
| Easen Hill | NNE 27° | 26 m | 20.5 mi |
| Great Sand Hill | SW 232° | 1 m | 18.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:35 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 19:26 | 20:01 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:22 | 18:53 |
| 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, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/317696492
Day trips start here
- Ocean Springs · 2 mi
- D'Iberville · 4 mi
- Biloxi · 6 mi
- Gautier · 13 mi
- Gulfport · 15 mi
- Pascagoula · 17 mi
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