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Sarah Gillespie Museum

Sarah Gillespie Museum from directly overhead

Sarah Gillespie Museum is a museum in Mississippi, at a modelled elevation of 53 m. Buffalo Hill stands 124 m to the north, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Chain Garden, a park 0.1 miles away. 75 named places lie within 25 miles, 7 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
William Carey University

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates31.30514, -89.28983

75 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 49
  • Chain Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Federation Park: 0.6 mi
  • Hope Park: 0.8 mi
  • Duncan Lake Park: 0.8 mi
  • Magnolia Fitness / Leisure Park: 0.9 mi
Peaks: 7
  • Sheep Stomp Hill: 8.2 mi
  • Anderson Hill: 8.8 mi
  • Black Creek Hill: 10.1 mi
  • Lee Hill: 11.3 mi
  • Red Hill: 13.5 mi
Museums: 6
Historic sites: 6
Gardens: 2
  • Rose Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Medicine Wheel Garden: 3.2 mi
Cliffs: 2
Artworks: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Longfield Sandbar: 24.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sarah Gillespie Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buffalo HillN 10°124 m23.2 mi
Hub HIllWSW 237°123 m24.9 mi
Red HillWSW 241°122 m13.5 mi
Lee HillWSW 238°111 m11.3 mi
Sheep Stomp HillSW 236°109 m8.2 mi
Black Creek HillSW 224°99 m10.1 mi
Anderson HillWSW 239°96 m8.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3719:09
June solstice05:5419:3020:05
September equinox06:4618:2318:55
December solstice06:5316:2216:59

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Dec.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495360667480828277675751
Precip in5.84.95.65.44.45.95.74.74.13.73.75.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hattiesburg Chain Muni AP, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/6069624672

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