Museum · Mississippi
DeSoto County Museum
DeSoto County Museum is a museum in Mississippi, at a modelled elevation of 118 m. The nearest named place is Hernando Sports and Track, a park 0.2 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 144 miles off.
What to expect
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
Coordinates34.82340, -89.98771
- 143.7 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 13.2 mi off the Mississippi Delta Great River Road
- 13.0 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 38.5 mi off the Crowley's Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Beale Street Landing · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Hernando Sports and Track: 0.2 mi
- Church Park: 0.2 mi
- Addison Basketball Park: 0.5 mi
- Conger Park: 0.6 mi
- Lee's Summit Park: 1.2 mi
Attractions
- Private Presley: 15.5 mi
- Graceland: 15.5 mi
- Elvis: The Entertainer Career Museum: 15.5 mi
- Lisa Marie Jet: 15.6 mi
- Hound Dog II Jet: 15.6 mi
Historic sites
- Statue of Liberation Through Christ: 17.6 mi
- Spanish War Memorial: 20.9 mi
- Memphis Martyrs: 21.6 mi
- Yellow Fever Memorial: 21.6 mi
- Ashburn-Coppock Park: 21.6 mi
Museums: 27
- Tate County Genealogical: 14.3 mi
- Elvis Automobile Museum: 15.5 mi
- Graceland Mansion: 15.5 mi
- TigerMan Karate Dojo and Museum: 16.6 mi
- Chucalissa Museum: 18.4 mi
Beaches: 18
- Desoto Woods FootPath: 8.3 mi
- West Snake Beach: 24.1 mi
- West Junction shore: 24.1 mi
- West Potato Beach: 24.3 mi
- West Houston shore beach: 24.4 mi
Artworks: 13
- Crystal Shrine Grotto: 20.7 mi
- Ramesses the Great Statue: 20.9 mi
- sundial: 21.3 mi
- Upstander: 21.9 mi
- I Have Been to the Mountaintop: 22.1 mi
Gardens: 6
- Meditation Garden: 15.5 mi
- Dixon Gardens: 19.9 mi
- Memphis Botanic Garden: 20.3 mi
- Emeriti Grove: 20.8 mi
- Clara Conway Memorial Gardens: 22.4 mi
Nature reserves: 5
- Lichterman Nature Center: 19.8 mi
- Audubon Park: 20.4 mi
- Germantown Greenway: 22.8 mi
- Ducks Unlimited National Headquarters: 23.6 mi
- Robbins-Halle Nature Preserve: 24.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 15.1 mi
Cliffs: 1
- Chickasaw Bluff Number Four: 22.7 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:39 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:40 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:25 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 16:14 | 16:53 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 44 | 52 | 61 | 70 | 77 | 80 | 80 | 74 | 62 | 51 | 43 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 6.3 | 5.5 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 5.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hernando, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/686953345
Day trips start here
- Southaven · 10 mi
- Olive Branch · 13 mi
- Memphis · 23 mi
- West Memphis · 25 mi
- Bartlett · 27 mi
- Marion · 29 mi
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