Pleasant Reed Interpretive Center
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Pleasant Reed Interpretive Center is a museum in Mississippi, at a modelled elevation of 12 m. Carrol Hill stands 47 m to the north-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is City of Biloxi Center For Ceramics, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 76 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Pleasant Reed House was a sidehall shotgun house in Biloxi, Mississippi on the National Register of Historic Places. It was built by Pleasant Reed (1854–1932), a former slave on a Mississippi farm who moved with his family to coastal Biloxi after the American Civil War. Reed, as a freedman, worked as a laborer and carpenter and earned the money to build his own house for his rapidly growing family. The house was saved by the Biloxi chapter of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority and added to the National Register in 1979. In 2003, the House was moved to the new Frank Gehry-designed campus of the Ohr-O'Keefe Museum Of Art, where it was restored and opened to the public for tours. On August 29, 2005, the House was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. However, the original archival materials and photographs were saved by museum curators, and the museum's board of trustees voted to rebuild the Pleasant Reed House. The Pleasant Reed Interpretive Center, a replica of the original house, opened to the public on September 29, 2008. The center features exhibits on local African American history.
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Dates from 1887.
Wikidata Q7203931, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 76.0 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 27.4 mi off the Beach Boulevard Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Danella Park: 0.4 mi
- Clay Point Park: 0.6 mi
- Doris C. Busch Park: 0.8 mi
- Point Cadet Plaza and Splash Pad: 0.8 mi
- Gulf Marine State Park: 0.8 mi
- Hurricane Camille Memorial: 0.6 mi
- USS Biloxi Memorial: 0.8 mi
- Coast Guard Station Barracks: 0.8 mi
- Hurricane Katrina Memorial: 0.8 mi
- Fort Maurepas Park: 2.7 mi
- Red Bluff: 0.8 mi
- Red Bluff: 5.9 mi
- Northwest Bluff: 10.6 mi
- Martins Bluff: 15.4 mi
- Cumbest Bluff: 22.3 mi
- Astronaut Fred Haise, Biloxian: 1.7 mi
- Ocean Springs Mosiac Wall: 2.2 mi
- Crooked Feather: 2.6 mi
- D'Iberville statue: 2.7 mi
- Statue: 20.9 mi
- City of Biloxi Center For Ceramics: 0.0 mi
- Maritime and Seafood Industry Museuem: 0.8 mi
- Mississippi Aviation Heritage Museum: 11.1 mi
- TrainTastic: 11.4 mi
- Land Trust of Mississippi Coastal Plain Weeks Bayou Site: 3.3 mi
- Cedar Point Site: 5.6 mi
- Marine Education Center: 5.7 mi
- Grand Bay Natural Wildlife Refuge: 24.8 mi
- Great Sand Hill: 15.8 mi
- Ladnier Hill: 19.6 mi
- Carrol Hill: 19.8 mi
- Easen Hill: 22.4 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 2.9 mi
- Blossman Memorial: 3.1 mi
- Ship Island Excursions: 13.2 mi
- World’s “Largest Rocker”: 16.4 mi
- Pascagoula River Rest Area Eastbound: 15.2 mi
- Pascagoula River Rest Area Westbound: 15.3 mi
- Picnic Area: 13.5 mi
- Round Island Lighthouse: 18.9 mi
- Brewton: 20.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pleasant Reed Interpretive Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrol Hill | NNE 29° | 47 m | 19.8 mi |
| Ladnier Hill | NNE 30° | 42 m | 19.6 mi |
| Easen Hill | NNE 32° | 26 m | 22.4 mi |
| Great Sand Hill | SW 228° | 1 m | 15.8 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 | 06:45 | 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/561871349
Day trips start here
- D'Iberville · 3 mi
- Biloxi · 4 mi
- Ocean Springs · 5 mi
- Gulfport · 12 mi
- Gautier · 16 mi
- Pascagoula · 20 mi
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