Maritime and Seafood Industry Museuem
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Maritime and Seafood Industry Museuem is a museum in Mississippi, at a modelled elevation of 9 m. Carrol Hill stands 47 m to the north-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Coast Guard Station Barracks, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 77 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Maritime & Seafood Industry Museum (MSIM) was established in 1986 to preserve and interpret the maritime history and heritage of Biloxi and the Mississippi Gulf Coast. It accomplishes this mission through an array of exhibits on shrimping, oystering, recreational fishing, wetlands, managing marine resources, charter boats, marine blacksmithing, wooden boat building, net-making, catboats/Biloxi skiff, shrimp peeling machine and numerous historic photographs and objects. The Wade Guice Hurricane Museum within the museum, featuring 1,400 square feet (130 m2) of exhibit space and a state of the art theatre. The Museum has brought life to local maritime history and heritage by replicating two 65-ft two-masted Biloxi Schooners. In August 2005, the Museum was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. Nine years later, a newly constructed museum opened to the public.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1986.
Wikidata Q6765771, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 76.6 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 28.1 mi off the Beach Boulevard Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Point Cadet Plaza and Splash Pad: 0.1 mi
- Gulf Marine State Park: 0.2 mi
- Clay Point Park: 0.8 mi
- Danella Park: 0.9 mi
- McDonnel Field: 1.2 mi
- Coast Guard Station Barracks: 0.0 mi
- Hurricane Camille Memorial: 1.4 mi
- USS Biloxi Memorial: 1.5 mi
- Hurricane Katrina Memorial: 1.6 mi
- Fort Maurepas Park: 2.0 mi
- Red Bluff: 0.1 mi
- Red Bluff: 5.2 mi
- Northwest Bluff: 10.6 mi
- Martins Bluff: 14.7 mi
- Cumbest Bluff: 21.7 mi
- Ocean Springs Mosiac Wall: 1.6 mi
- D'Iberville statue: 2.0 mi
- Crooked Feather: 2.0 mi
- Astronaut Fred Haise, Biloxian: 2.5 mi
- Statue: 20.2 mi
- Pleasant Reed Interpretive Center: 0.8 mi
- City of Biloxi Center For Ceramics: 0.8 mi
- Mississippi Aviation Heritage Museum: 11.9 mi
- TrainTastic: 12.1 mi
- Land Trust of Mississippi Coastal Plain Weeks Bayou Site: 2.6 mi
- Cedar Point Site: 4.9 mi
- Marine Education Center: 4.9 mi
- Grand Bay Natural Wildlife Refuge: 24.1 mi
- Great Sand Hill: 16.4 mi
- Ladnier Hill: 19.3 mi
- Carrol Hill: 19.5 mi
- Easen Hill: 22.1 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 2.2 mi
- Blossman Memorial: 2.4 mi
- Ship Island Excursions: 13.9 mi
- World’s “Largest Rocker”: 17.1 mi
- Pascagoula River Rest Area Eastbound: 14.4 mi
- Pascagoula River Rest Area Westbound: 14.6 mi
- Picnic Area: 12.8 mi
- Round Island Lighthouse: 18.1 mi
- Brewton: 20.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Maritime and Seafood Industry Museuem. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrol Hill | NNE 27° | 47 m | 19.5 mi |
| Ladnier Hill | NNE 28° | 42 m | 19.3 mi |
| Easen Hill | NNE 30° | 26 m | 22.1 mi |
| Great Sand Hill | SW 230° | 1 m | 16.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:36 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 19:26 | 20:01 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:22 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 06:49 | 16:23 | 17:00 |
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, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/165926889
Day trips start here
- D'Iberville · 3 mi
- Biloxi · 4 mi
- Ocean Springs · 4 mi
- Gulfport · 13 mi
- Gautier · 15 mi
- Pascagoula · 19 mi
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