Catfish Museum and Welcome Center
Catfish Museum and Welcome Center is a museum in Mississippi, at a modelled elevation of 34 m. Prentiss Mound stands 30 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Jaketown Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 44 miles off. 24 named places lie within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 43.9 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
24 named places within 25 miles
- Greentree State Waterfowl Production Area: 6.9 mi
- Tchula Park: 15.3 mi
- Hillside National Wildlife Refuge: 16.2 mi
- Morgan Brake National Wildlife Refuge: 16.7 mi
- Mathews Brake National Wildlife Refuge: 18.9 mi
- YANKY-72 Crash Site: 19.9 mi
- YANKY-72 Cross: 19.9 mi
- Club Ebony - Indianola: 20.8 mi
- Nathaniel 'Slim' Jack: 21.0 mi
- Charley Patton: 24.2 mi
- Jaketown Museum: 0.1 mi
- B.B. King Museum: 20.9 mi
- Oakes African American Culture Museum: 23.4 mi
- Oswego: 15.6 mi
- Colony Town: 19.8 mi
- Inwood: 22.8 mi
- Prentiss Mound: 11.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Catfish Museum and Welcome Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prentiss Mound | NW 317° | 30 m | 11.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:41 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 19:38 | 20:15 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:28 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:02 | 16:22 | 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 | 49 | 56 | 64 | 73 | 80 | 82 | 82 | 76 | 66 | 55 | 47 |
| Precip in | 5.4 | 5.1 | 5.8 | 6.0 | 5.7 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Belzoni, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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