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Chickasawhay State Wildlife Management Area

Chickasawhay State Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Chickasawhay State Wildlife Management Area is a park in Mississippi, at a recorded elevation of 93 m. Buffalo Hill stands 124 m to the west-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Thompson Creek Park, a park 3.1 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 131 miles off. 48 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
93 m

How to reach it

Coordinates31.50156, -88.83338

48 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 30
  • Thompson Creek Park: 3.1 mi
  • Richton Recreational Park: 12.4 mi
  • Maynor Creek Park: 12.6 mi
  • Maynor Creek Water Park: 12.6 mi
  • Turkey Fork Recreation Site: 13.6 mi
Cliffs: 5
Peaks: 3
  • Old Meeting House Hill: 19.8 mi
  • Silver Hill: 24.1 mi
  • Buffalo Hill: 24.6 mi
Museums: 3
Historic sites: 2
  • Confederate Soldier: 22.0 mi
  • Skirmish at Rocky Creek: 24.6 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Breakover Sandbar: 22.2 mi
  • Longfield Sandbar: 22.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Attractions: 1
  • Landrum's Homestead & Village: 17.6 mi
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Chickasawhay State Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buffalo HillWNW 292°124 m24.6 mi
Old Meeting House HillNW 305°90 m19.8 mi
Silver HillSE 145°86 m24.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3519:07
June solstice05:5219:2820:04
September equinox06:4418:2118:54
December solstice06:5116:2016:57

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485158657279818176665550
Precip in6.15.25.94.94.55.95.44.44.13.54.36.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waynesboro 2 W, 16 mi away.

  • Clouded Crimson Moth18 obs
  • Yellow-shouldered Slug Moth5 obs
  • Goatweed Leafwing4 obs
  • Saddled Prominent4 obs
  • Gray Hairstreak3 obs
  • Spiny Oak-slug Moth3 obs
  • Dark Marathyssa Moth3 obs
  • Pin-striped Vermilion Slug Moth3 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.

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OpenStreetMap element node/357988912

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