Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site
Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site is a park in Mississippi, at a recorded elevation of 140 m. Lebanon Mountain stands 242 m to the north, 4.5 miles off. Brice's Crossroads Battlefield-Chief Tishomingo Scenic Byway runs past it. 91 named places lie within 25 miles, 41 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 140 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- National Park Service
How to reach it
- On the Brice's Crossroads Battlefield-Chief Tishomingo Scenic Byway
- 8.6 mi off the Natchez Trace Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Twentymile Bottom Overlook, Milepost 278.4 · 11 mi
- Old Town Overlook · 14 mi
- Black Belt Overlook · 25 mi
91 named places within 25 miles
- Lebanon Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Sapling Mountain: 4.9 mi
- Geeville Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Sweden Hill: 5.2 mi
- Rockpile Hill: 6.0 mi
- Guntown City Park: 5.6 mi
- W.M. Browning Cretaceous Fossil Park: 7.8 mi
- Saltillo City Park: 9.6 mi
- Swift Park: 14.1 mi
- Booneville City Park: 14.7 mi
- Natchez Trace Visitors Center: 12.2 mi
- Rails & Trails Museum: 14.0 mi
- Elvis Presley Birthplace & Museum: 17.2 mi
- Oren Dunn City Museum: 18.0 mi
- Tippah County Historical Museum: 19.9 mi
- W.M. Browning Cretaceous Fossil Park Monument: 7.8 mi
- Elvis Presley: 17.3 mi
- Tupelo Battlefield Memorial: 17.3 mi
- Ridge on Honeycutt: 12.1 mi
- F-105 Thunderchief: 16.8 mi
- Elvis: 17.3 mi
- Magnolia Botanical Garden: 23.6 mi
- Danville: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lebanon Mountain | N 360° | 242 m | 4.5 mi |
| Tippah Hills | N 359° | 228 m | 7.3 mi |
| Wicker Mountain | NNW 328° | 223 m | 23.0 mi |
| Kitchen Mountain | N 4° | 222 m | 7.2 mi |
| Crum Mountain | N 359° | 221 m | 24.5 mi |
| Geeville Mountain | NNE 16° | 218 m | 5.0 mi |
| Rockpile Hill | NNW 340° | 216 m | 6.0 mi |
| Lindsey Mountain | NW 324° | 214 m | 24.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:34 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:34 | 20:11 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:20 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 06:59 | 16:10 | 16:49 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 43 | 51 | 60 | 68 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 72 | 61 | 50 | 43 |
| Precip in | 5.1 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 6.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Booneville, 13 mi away.
- eastern redcedar2 obs
- Virginia creeper2 obs
- Turkey Vulture1 obs
- Killdeer1 obs
- Northern Mockingbird1 obs
- Eastern Phoebe1 obs
- Persian silk tree1 obs
- Field madder1 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/1425065169
Day trips start here
- Booneville · 14 mi
- Mississippi Hills · 16 mi
- Tupelo · 17 mi
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