Harper-McCaughan Elementary School (historical)
Harper-McCaughan Elementary School (historical) is a historic site in Mississippi, at a recorded elevation of 6 m. Great Sand Hill stands 1 m to the south-southeast, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Long Beach Schools, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Beach Boulevard Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 6 m
How to reach it
- 10.5 mi off the Beach Boulevard Scenic Byway
- 60.3 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 18.1 mi off the NASA Scenic Byway to Space
Named places within 25 miles
- Harper McCaughan Town Green Park: 0.0 mi
- War Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
- West Side Park: 2.6 mi
- Preservation Oaks Beach Park: 2.9 mi
- 28th Street Park: 3.7 mi
- Long Beach Schools: 0.0 mi
- Long Beach WWII Memorial: 0.1 mi
- City of Long Beach Centennial 1905-2005: 0.1 mi
- Friendship Oak: 0.8 mi
- Hurricane Camille Memorial: 2.5 mi
- TrainTastic: 5.9 mi
- Mississippi Aviation Heritage Museum: 6.1 mi
- Waveland Civic Center and Ground Zero Museum: 14.1 mi
- City of Biloxi Center For Ceramics: 16.8 mi
- Pleasant Reed Interpretive Center: 16.9 mi
- Astronaut Fred Haise, Biloxian: 15.1 mi
- Ocean Springs Mosiac Wall: 18.9 mi
- Crooked Feather: 19.3 mi
- D'Iberville statue: 19.5 mi
- Northwest Bluff: 17.6 mi
- Red Bluff: 17.7 mi
- Red Bluff: 22.7 mi
- Land Trust of Mississippi Coastal Plain Weeks Bayou Site: 20.2 mi
- Cedar Point Site: 22.3 mi
- Marine Education Center: 22.4 mi
- Ship Island Excursions: 3.7 mi
- World’s “Largest Rocker”: 7.3 mi
- Clermont Harbor Beach: 17.1 mi
- Lakeshore Beach: 17.9 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 19.7 mi
- Blossman Memorial: 20.0 mi
- Great Sand Hill: 8.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Harper-McCaughan Elementary School (historical). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Sand Hill | SSE 147° | 1 m | 8.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:37 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 19:27 | 20:02 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:23 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 06:50 | 16:25 | 17:01 |
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 | 56 | 61 | 68 | 75 | 80 | 83 | 83 | 79 | 70 | 60 | 55 |
| Precip in | 5.8 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 7.4 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 5.9 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gulfport Naval CTR, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/357974991
Day trips start here
- Gulfport · 6 mi
- Bay St. Louis · 12 mi
- Biloxi · 14 mi
- Waveland · 15 mi
- D'Iberville · 16 mi
- Ocean Springs · 21 mi
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