The Oaks House Museum
The Oaks House Museum is a museum in Mississippi, at a modelled elevation of 104 m. Indian Mound Hill stands 170 m to the east-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Mississippi Museum of Civil Rights, a museum 0.5 miles away. Natchez Trace Parkway passes 7.0 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
in Jackson, also known as The Oaks
Dates from 1856.
Wikidata Q7754598, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 7.0 mi off the Natchez Trace Parkway, National
- 16.1 mi off the Grand Gulf - Raymond Scenic Byway
- 38.6 mi off the Great River Road, National
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Smith Park: 0.6 mi
- Jackson Art Park: 1.0 mi
- Laurel Park: 1.1 mi
- Jaycee Park: 1.3 mi
- Poindexter Park: 1.3 mi
- Mississippi Museum of Civil Rights: 0.5 mi
- Smith Robertson Museum and Cultural Center: 0.6 mi
- Old Capitol Museum: 0.7 mi
- Eudora Welty House: 0.7 mi
- Arts Center of Mississippi: 0.9 mi
- W. J. Davis: 0.7 mi
- Merci Train: 0.7 mi
- Fallen Fire Fighters’ Memorial: 0.8 mi
- Woodmen Of The World: 0.8 mi
- Firefighter Memorial: 6.4 mi
- Fallen Fire Fighters Memorial: 0.8 mi
- Bicycle Sculpture: 8.0 mi
- Bull Statue: 8.5 mi
- Flower: 8.9 mi
- Weird sculpture: 10.7 mi
- Le Fleur Bluff: 1.3 mi
- Stewarts Bluff: 6.2 mi
- Tucker Bluff: 7.4 mi
- Mound Bluff: 23.0 mi
- Beatties Bluff: 24.6 mi
- Bailey Hill: 2.8 mi
- Red Hill: 5.0 mi
- Pocahontas Mound: 12.9 mi
- Ware Hill: 20.6 mi
- Indian Mound Hill: 23.7 mi
- Grenada Street Folk Garden: 2.3 mi
- Terry Arboretum: 16.1 mi
- Fairview Community Garden: 16.2 mi
- Enter Locked Escape Rooms: 8.1 mi
- Mississippi River Basin Model: 8.1 mi
- Canton Tourism: 22.6 mi
- Belhaven Beach: 1.4 mi
- Gatorland Beach: 6.4 mi
- Lynwood: 22.5 mi
- Beatties Bluff: 24.6 mi
- Pocahontas Mounds Roadside Park: 12.9 mi
- Pearl River State Waterfowl Refuge: 20.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Oaks House Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Mound Hill | ESE 115° | 170 m | 23.7 mi |
| Ware Hill | E 83° | 141 m | 20.6 mi |
| Red Hill | ESE 121° | 124 m | 5.0 mi |
| Bailey Hill | SSW 208° | 111 m | 2.8 mi |
| Pocahontas Mound | NNW 330° | 74 m | 12.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:40 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 19:35 | 20:11 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:27 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 06:59 | 16:23 | 17:00 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 47 | 51 | 59 | 66 | 74 | 80 | 83 | 83 | 78 | 67 | 56 | 50 |
| Precip in | 5.1 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jackson Hawkins FLD, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/1431242373
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