University of Mississippi Museum
University of Mississippi Museum is a museum in Mississippi, at a modelled elevation of 151 m. Thacker Mountain stands 174 m to the southwest, 4.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Burns-Belfry Museum and Multicultural Center, a museum 0.2 miles away. Great River Road passes 53 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The University of Mississippi Museum and Historic Houses is a museum and two historic houses owned and operated by the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi. The museum is designed to appeal to both a popular and scholarly audience, with a collection that emphasizes objects of regional interest. In addition to collections of Southern folk art, Greek and Roman antiquities, 19th century scientific instruments, and American fine art. Part of the museum complex is Rowan Oak, a historic literary legacy that was once the home of William Faulkner, Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning author. Rowan Oak was renovated and reopened to the public in 2001 and continues to draw international visitors each year. The museum also owns the Walton-Young Historic House – once home to critic and satirist Stark Young. The Walton-Young House is not currently open to the public.
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Dates from 1939.
Wikidata Q7895820, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Operated by
- University of Mississippi
How to reach it
- 52.7 mi off the Great River Road, National
Named places within 25 miles
- The Grove: 0.5 mi
- Oxford City Pool: 0.5 mi
- Stone Park: 0.6 mi
- The Circle: 0.6 mi
- Stone Park: 0.7 mi
- Sand Hill: 3.1 mi
- Thacker Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Saddlers Hill: 4.3 mi
- Carter Mountain: 8.0 mi
- Lowe Mountain: 11.8 mi
- William Faulkner statue: 0.4 mi
- James Meredith statue: 0.6 mi
- Civil War Earthworks at Tallahatchie Crossing: 13.4 mi
- Burns-Belfry Museum and Multicultural Center: 0.2 mi
- L.Q.C. Lamar House Museum: 0.7 mi
- Bailey Woods: 0.3 mi
- Sardis Waterfowl Refuge: 9.1 mi
- The Grove: 0.4 mi
- Palmer/Salloum Tennis Center: 0.9 mi
- Point 8: 10.2 mi
- Jonathans Bluff: 20.2 mi
- S-1: 8.2 mi
- Lower Lake Beach: 15.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of University of Mississippi Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thacker Mountain | SW 231° | 174 m | 4.0 mi |
| Lowe Mountain | WSW 251° | 174 m | 11.8 mi |
| Terrapin Mountain | WSW 250° | 166 m | 12.4 mi |
| Liberty Hill | E 87° | 166 m | 13.8 mi |
| Darden Hills | ENE 64° | 152 m | 22.1 mi |
| Sand Hill | SE 130° | 141 m | 3.1 mi |
| Saddlers Hill | N 355° | 139 m | 4.3 mi |
| Rook Hill | ENE 73° | 136 m | 15.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:37 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 19:37 | 20:14 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:23 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:01 | 16:14 | 16:53 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 41 | 45 | 54 | 62 | 70 | 78 | 81 | 80 | 74 | 63 | 52 | 44 |
| Precip in | 5.1 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 6.3 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 6.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — University, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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