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Cedar Point Site

Cedar Point Site from directly overhead

Cedar Point Site is a nature reserve in Mississippi, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Carrol Hill stands 47 m to the north-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Marine Education Center, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 81 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

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State of Mississippi

How to reach it

Coordinates30.38732, -88.77783

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Clay Boyd Park: 1.4 mi
  • Mississippi Vietnam Veterans Memorial Park: 1.6 mi
  • Fort Bayou Estates Children's Park: 2.0 mi
  • Le Monye Park: 2.2 mi
  • Parker Field: 2.8 mi
Historic sites: 19
Cliffs: 10
Nature reserves: 8
  • Marine Education Center: 0.3 mi
  • Land Trust of Mississippi Coastal Plain Weeks Bayou Site: 2.4 mi
  • Grand Bay Natural Wildlife Refuge: 19.3 mi
  • Grand Bay Natural Wildlife Refuge: 20.4 mi
  • Grand Bay Natural Wildlife Refuge: 20.5 mi
Artworks: 6
Museums: 5
Peaks: 4
  • Ladnier Hill: 18.0 mi
  • Carrol Hill: 18.2 mi
  • Great Sand Hill: 20.1 mi
  • Easen Hill: 20.5 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Pascagoula River Rest Area Eastbound: 9.9 mi
  • Pascagoula River Rest Area Westbound: 10.1 mi
  • Mississippi Welcome Center: 21.1 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Blossman Memorial: 2.8 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 3.3 mi
Attractions: 2
  • Ship Island Excursions: 18.7 mi
  • World’s “Largest Rocker”: 21.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Area: 8.5 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Carrol HillNNE 13°47 m18.2 mi
Ladnier HillNNE 14°42 m18.0 mi
Easen HillNNE 18°26 m20.5 mi
Great Sand HillWSW 240°1 m20.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3519:07
June solstice05:5419:2620:01
September equinox06:4418:2218:53
December solstice06:4916:2316:59

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525561687681838379716054
Precip in5.44.45.75.75.27.18.16.95.23.74.45.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Biloxi, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/491176849

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