Mississippi Armed Forces Museum
Mississippi Armed Forces Museum is a museum in Mississippi, at a modelled elevation of 92 m. Red Hill stands 122 m to the west, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Wounded Combat Veterans, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. 84 named places lie within 25 miles, 9 of them named summits.
The story
The Mississippi Armed Forces Museum is located at Camp Shelby, approximately 12 miles (19 km) south of Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The Armed Forces Museum serves as the military history museum for the State of Mississippi. It is a member of the Army Museum System.
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Dates from 1984.
Wikidata Q15253665, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
84 named places within 25 miles
- Dewitt Sullivan Park: 5.8 mi
- Peoples Park: 5.9 mi
- Tatum Park: 7.7 mi
- Sunrise Park: 8.1 mi
- Chain Garden: 8.4 mi
- Black Creek Hill: 11.0 mi
- Sheep Stomp Hill: 11.1 mi
- Anderson Hill: 11.9 mi
- Lee Hill: 13.6 mi
- Red Hill: 15.7 mi
- Wounded Combat Veterans: 0.0 mi
- Gold Star Families Memorial Monument: 0.0 mi
- Bonhomie: 8.0 mi
- Last Bare Knuckle Prize Fight: 9.3 mi
- Veterans Fountain: 9.8 mi
- Palmers Crossing Heritage Museum: 6.0 mi
- Sarah Gillespie Museum: 8.4 mi
- Hattiesburg Pocket Museum: 9.7 mi
- Eureka School Museum: 10.2 mi
- African American Military History Museum: 10.2 mi
- Bland Bluff: 16.6 mi
- Fairhope Bluff: 17.9 mi
- Reeds Bluff: 19.8 mi
- Gin House Bluff: 21.9 mi
- Red Bluff: 23.7 mi
- Rose Garden: 10.9 mi
- Medicine Wheel Garden: 11.1 mi
- Longfield Sandbar: 19.5 mi
- Breakover Sandbar: 19.9 mi
- Lofty Return: 10.9 mi
- Riverside: 12.5 mi
- Dizzy Dean Rest Area: 23.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mississippi Armed Forces Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hill | W 273° | 122 m | 15.7 mi |
| Lee Hill | W 276° | 111 m | 13.6 mi |
| Sheep Stomp Hill | WNW 284° | 109 m | 11.1 mi |
| Black Creek Hill | W 271° | 99 m | 11.0 mi |
| Anderson Hill | WNW 284° | 96 m | 11.9 mi |
| Deadman Hill | ESE 116° | 85 m | 21.6 mi |
| Taylor Hill | ESE 120° | 83 m | 22.1 mi |
| Thompson Hill | ESE 109° | 71 m | 23.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:37 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 19:29 | 20:05 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:23 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 06:52 | 16:23 | 16:59 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 53 | 60 | 66 | 74 | 80 | 82 | 82 | 77 | 67 | 57 | 51 |
| Precip in | 5.8 | 4.9 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 4.4 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hattiesburg Chain Muni AP, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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