Dam Area Central Public Use Area
Dam Area Central Public Use Area is a park in Mississippi, at a recorded elevation of 65 m. Little Mountain stands 145 m to the southeast, 3.5 miles off. The nearest named place is North Abutment Public Use Area, a park 0.9 miles away. Great River Road passes 59 miles off. 50 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.
Playground, Basketball Court, Fitness Trail, etc.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 65 m
How to reach it
- 58.7 mi off the Great River Road, National
50 named places within 25 miles
- North Abutment Public Use Area: 0.9 mi
- South Abutment Public Use Area: 1.8 mi
- Grenada Lake Park: 1.9 mi
- Old Fort Public Use Area: 2.8 mi
- Wolf Creek Public Use Area: 2.9 mi
- Little Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Bald Hill: 17.9 mi
- Spyglass Hill: 21.2 mi
- Persimmon Hill: 21.9 mi
- Sandy Mountain: 22.9 mi
- Confederate redoubt: 2.3 mi
- Confederate fort: 3.0 mi
- Gun: 4.8 mi
- Jet: 5.0 mi
- Lee Tartt Nature Preserve: 3.0 mi
- Christ Centered Cross: 4.9 mi
- Carver Bluff: 6.9 mi
- garden spot: 19.7 mi
- Merrill Museum: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dam Area Central Public Use Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Mountain | SE 131° | 145 m | 3.5 mi |
| Sandy Mountain | ESE 105° | 138 m | 22.9 mi |
| Spyglass Hill | N 358° | 117 m | 21.2 mi |
| Chickasaw Hill | N 354° | 99 m | 23.3 mi |
| Bald Hill | ESE 111° | 92 m | 17.9 mi |
| Persimmon Hill | NNW 341° | 90 m | 21.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:38 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:37 | 20:14 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:25 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:01 | 16:17 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 43 | 46 | 54 | 62 | 70 | 78 | 81 | 80 | 75 | 63 | 53 | 45 |
| Precip in | 5.1 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 6.4 | 5.5 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 6.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grenada, 5 mi away.
- Western Pirate Perch10 obs
- Banded Pygmy Sunfish8 obs
- Warmouth7 obs
- Slough Darter6 obs
- Flathead Catfish5 obs
- Blue Catfish5 obs
- Bleufer5 obs
- Eyetail Bowfin5 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/636919555
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