Clarkco State Park
Clarkco State Park is a park in Mississippi, at a modelled elevation of 103 m. Moss Hill stands 176 m to the west, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is King Bluff, a cliff 6.1 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 146 miles off. 34 named places lie within 25 miles, 8 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 145.7 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 29.9 mi off the Black Belt Nature and Heritage Trail
34 named places within 25 miles
- Ritchey Park: 9.3 mi
- Harmon Sanders Memorial Park: 17.9 mi
- James E. Chaney Park: 18.4 mi
- Dumont Plaza: 18.5 mi
- Q V Sykes Park: 18.9 mi
- Bill Mountain: 15.3 mi
- Mount Barton: 17.2 mi
- Tunnel Hill: 18.9 mi
- Scott Mountain: 19.3 mi
- Moss Hill: 21.9 mi
- Key Brothers Aviation Museum: 16.7 mi
- Mississippi Children's Museum: 18.2 mi
- Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience (The MAX): 18.5 mi
- Meridian Museum of Art: 18.6 mi
- Mississippi Industrial Heritage Museum: 18.7 mi
- Shubuta Red Water Artesian Well: 16.3 mi
- Dentzel Carousel: 19.5 mi
- King Bluff: 6.1 mi
- Dunn's Falls: 12.0 mi
- Lauderdale County Welcome Center: 23.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Clarkco State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moss Hill | W 278° | 176 m | 21.9 mi |
| Scott Mountain | E 84° | 168 m | 19.3 mi |
| Bill Mountain | ENE 64° | 165 m | 15.3 mi |
| Mount Barton | N 356° | 154 m | 17.2 mi |
| Tunnel Hill | NNW 336° | 142 m | 18.9 mi |
| Rocky Mount | WSW 255° | 140 m | 23.6 mi |
| Betty Gap Mountain | E 100° | 132 m | 23.7 mi |
| Lingo Mountain | E 96° | 108 m | 24.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:34 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:29 | 20:05 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:21 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 06:52 | 16:18 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 47 | 51 | 58 | 64 | 72 | 78 | 80 | 80 | 76 | 64 | 54 | 49 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Quitman 2 NNE, 2 mi away.
- sassafras6 obs
- sarsaparilla vine5 obs
- American tuliptree4 obs
- Recurved Peatmoss4 obs
- American olive4 obs
- Spring Peeper3 obs
- Golden Club3 obs
- partridgeberry3 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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