Ship Island Light
Ship Island Light is a historic site in Mississippi, at a modelled elevation of 10 m. Great Sand Hill stands 1 m to the west-northwest, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Fort Massachusetts, a historic site 0.4 miles away. Beach Boulevard Scenic Byway passes 22 miles off. 96 named places lie within 25 miles.
The story
Lighthouse in Mississippi, United States.
Dates from 1853.
Wikidata Q7497930, linked from the OpenStreetMap record's article tag.
How to reach it
- 22.4 mi off the Beach Boulevard Scenic Byway
96 named places within 25 miles
- Miramar Park: 12.7 mi
- Jones Memorial Park: 12.9 mi
- Cowan Road Field: 13.0 mi
- Savarro Park: 13.1 mi
- Preservation Oaks Beach Park: 13.1 mi
- Fort Massachusetts: 0.4 mi
- Hurricane Camille Memorial: 13.3 mi
- USS Biloxi Memorial: 13.3 mi
- Hurricane Katrina Memorial: 13.4 mi
- Friendship Oak: 14.0 mi
- Mississippi Aviation Heritage Museum: 13.4 mi
- TrainTastic: 13.4 mi
- City of Biloxi Center For Ceramics: 13.7 mi
- Pleasant Reed Interpretive Center: 13.7 mi
- Maritime and Seafood Industry Museuem: 14.0 mi
- Astronaut Fred Haise, Biloxian: 13.1 mi
- Ocean Springs Mosiac Wall: 15.6 mi
- D'Iberville statue: 15.6 mi
- Crooked Feather: 16.0 mi
- Land Trust of Mississippi Coastal Plain Weeks Bayou Site: 15.7 mi
- Cedar Point Site: 16.5 mi
- Marine Education Center: 16.7 mi
- Northwest Bluff: 5.4 mi
- Red Bluff: 14.0 mi
- Ship Island Excursions: 12.8 mi
- World’s “Largest Rocker”: 19.5 mi
- Blossman Memorial: 15.9 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 15.9 mi
- Great Sand Hill: 6.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ship Island Light. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Sand Hill | WNW 288° | 1 m | 6.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:36 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 19:26 | 20:01 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:22 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 06:49 | 16:24 | 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 | 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, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaOpenStreetMap element node/7076337213
Day trips start here
- Biloxi · 14 mi
- D'Iberville · 15 mi
- Gulfport · 15 mi
- Ocean Springs · 17 mi
- Bay St. Louis · 24 mi
- Gautier · 24 mi
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