Last Bare Knuckle Prize Fight
Last Bare Knuckle Prize Fight is a historic site in Mississippi, at a modelled elevation of 123 m. Hub HIll stands 123 m to the west-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Tatum Park, a park 2.3 miles away. Great River Road passes 99 miles off. 67 named places lie within 25 miles, 7 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Inscription
- The last bare knuckle prize fight was fought here on Richburg Hill July 8, 1889. John L. Sullivan defeated Jake Kilrain in the seventy-fifth round to retain the World Heavyweight Championship.
How to reach it
- 98.6 mi off the Great River Road, National
67 named places within 25 miles
- Tatum Park: 2.3 mi
- Midtown Green: 3.3 mi
- Vernon Dahmer Park: 3.6 mi
- The District: 3.8 mi
- Centennial Green: 3.9 mi
- Sheep Stomp Hill: 4.0 mi
- Anderson Hill: 4.5 mi
- Black Creek Hill: 6.1 mi
- Lee Hill: 7.0 mi
- Red Hill: 9.2 mi
- Sarah Gillespie Museum: 4.3 mi
- Hattiesburg Pocket Museum: 5.1 mi
- Palmers Crossing Heritage Museum: 5.3 mi
- African American Military History Museum: 5.5 mi
- Eureka School Museum: 5.6 mi
- Bonhomie: 2.6 mi
- Veterans Fountain: 6.8 mi
- Gold Star Families Memorial Monument: 9.3 mi
- Wounded Combat Veterans: 9.3 mi
- Skirmish at Rocky Creek: 24.2 mi
- Lofty Return: 3.7 mi
- Medicine Wheel Garden: 3.8 mi
- Riverside: 5.7 mi
- Bland Bluff: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Last Bare Knuckle Prize Fight. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hub HIll | WSW 237° | 123 m | 20.7 mi |
| Red Hill | WSW 241° | 122 m | 9.2 mi |
| Lee Hill | WSW 236° | 111 m | 7.0 mi |
| Stony Point Hill | WSW 242° | 110 m | 24.6 mi |
| Sheep Stomp Hill | SW 230° | 109 m | 4.0 mi |
| Black Creek Hill | SSW 213° | 99 m | 6.1 mi |
| Anderson Hill | WSW 239° | 96 m | 4.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:37 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 19:30 | 20:05 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:24 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 06:53 | 16:23 | 17:00 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 53 | 60 | 66 | 73 | 80 | 82 | 81 | 77 | 68 | 58 | 51 |
| Precip in | 6.5 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 6.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hattiesburg 5SW, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/6083711276
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