Buccaneer State Park
Buccaneer State Park is a park in Mississippi, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Great Sand Hill stands 1 m to the east, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Clermont Harbor Beach, a beach 1.0 miles away. Beach Boulevard Scenic Byway passes 0.5 miles off. 98 named places lie within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the Beach Boulevard Scenic Byway
- 6.3 mi off the NASA Scenic Byway to Space
- 21.6 mi off the Louisiana Scenic Bayou Byway
- 44.8 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
98 named places within 25 miles
- Elwood Memorial Park: 1.3 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr. Park: 4.5 mi
- Commagere Park: 4.9 mi
- Carol Vegas Park: 5.3 mi
- McDonald Park: 5.3 mi
- Pass Christian Hurricane Camille Memorial: 10.4 mi
- Hawk at War Memorial Park: 10.4 mi
- Pass Christian Hurricane Katrina Memorial: 10.4 mi
- Pass Christian Independance Hall Pillar: 10.4 mi
- The Star Spangled Banner: 10.4 mi
- Cajun Encounters: 16.0 mi
- Pearl River Eco Tours: 16.5 mi
- Ship Island Excursions: 19.9 mi
- World’s “Largest Rocker”: 20.5 mi
- St. Tammany Fishing Pier: 23.7 mi
- Waveland Civic Center and Ground Zero Museum: 2.2 mi
- INFINITY Science Center: 12.3 mi
- Pearl River Museum: 21.8 mi
- TrainTastic: 22.0 mi
- Mississippi Aviation Heritage Museum: 22.3 mi
- Clermont Harbor Beach: 1.0 mi
- Lakeshore Beach: 2.0 mi
- Olimpic Beach: 21.5 mi
- Hell Pass Coast: 24.2 mi
- Mississippi Welcome Center: 12.1 mi
- Slidell I-10 Rest Area & Visitor's Center: 18.5 mi
- Logtown: 13.0 mi
- Gainesville: 15.2 mi
- White Kitchen Preserve: 16.6 mi
- Great Sand Hill: 20.1 mi
- Crosby Arboretum: 22.6 mi
- Mural at Katiecakes: 24.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Buccaneer State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Sand Hill | E 95° | 1 m | 20.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:38 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 19:28 | 20:03 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:24 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 06:51 | 16:26 | 17:02 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–Jun.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 51 | 54 | 60 | 66 | 74 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 78 | 69 | 59 | 52 |
| Precip in | 5.8 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 6.5 | 7.7 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waveland, 2 mi away.
- Yaupon Holly16 obs
- saw greenbrier13 obs
- Chinese Tallow12 obs
- Bald Eagle11 obs
- Peach-Colored Fly Agaric11 obs
- Gulf Marsh Fiddler Crab11 obs
- American sweetgum10 obs
- southern magnolia10 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1103558108
Day trips start here
- Waveland · 2 mi
- Bay St. Louis · 5 mi
- Gulfport · 22 mi
- Picayune · 24 mi
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