B.B. King Museum
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B.B. King Museum is a museum in Mississippi, at a modelled elevation of 37 m. Prentiss Mound stands 30 m to the south, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Nathaniel 'Slim' Jack, a historic site 0.1 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 45 miles off. 54 named places lie within 25 miles.
The story
The B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center is a museum in Indianola, Mississippi dedicated to the Delta blues and music legend B.B. King.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 2008.
Wikidata Q4833765, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 45.2 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 22.7 mi off the Mississippi Delta Great River Road
- 22.7 mi off the Great River Road, National
54 named places within 25 miles
- BB King Park: 0.3 mi
- Fletcher Park: 0.5 mi
- Minnie Cox Park: 0.6 mi
- Bethune Center Park: 1.2 mi
- MS State Park: 15.4 mi
- Birthplace of the Frog: An Exhibit of Jim Henson’s Delta Boyhood: 14.5 mi
- Highway 61 Blues Museum: 14.8 mi
- Martin & Sue King Railroad Museum: 20.8 mi
- Jaketown Museum: 20.8 mi
- Catfish Museum and Welcome Center: 20.9 mi
- Nathaniel 'Slim' Jack: 0.1 mi
- Club Ebony - Indianola: 0.2 mi
- Charley Patton: 6.5 mi
- YANKY-72 Crash Site: 11.5 mi
- YANKY-72 Cross: 11.7 mi
- Dockery Farms: 19.4 mi
- Bologna Performing Arts Center: 21.2 mi
- River Road Queen Welcome Center: 24.7 mi
- Inwood: 8.0 mi
- Colony Town: 13.6 mi
- Prentiss Mound: 10.6 mi
- The Hazel and Jimmy Sanders Sculpture Garden: 21.2 mi
- Greenville Cypress Preserve: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of B.B. King Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prentiss Mound | S 174° | 30 m | 10.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:42 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 19:40 | 20:16 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:28 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 16:21 | 16:59 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 48 | 56 | 64 | 73 | 79 | 82 | 82 | 77 | 66 | 54 | 47 |
| Precip in | 5.1 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 6.2 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 5.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Moorhead, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1085900440
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