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Fort Pillow State Historic Area

Fort Pillow State Historic Area from directly overhead

Fort Pillow State Historic Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 94 m. Millstone Mountain stands 121 m to the east, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Fort Pillow State Park, a park 1.0 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 197 miles off. 77 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
94 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.63675, -89.84008

77 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 51
  • Fort Pillow State Park: 1.0 mi
  • McGavock-Grider Memorial Park: 8.0 mi
  • Irma Belcher Park: 8.2 mi
  • Hale Avenue Historic District: 8.6 mi
  • Rodney Anders Memorial Park: 8.6 mi
Museums: 10
  • Mississippi County Museum: 8.6 mi
  • Tipton County Museum: 11.5 mi
  • Hampson Archeological Museum State Park: 12.3 mi
  • Alex Haley Museum and Interpretive Center: 15.0 mi
  • Alex Haley Museum and Interpretive Center: 15.0 mi
Historic sites: 7
Peaks: 2
Attractions: 2
  • Lights of the Delta: 22.0 mi
  • Johnny Cash Boyhood Home: 22.9 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Blytheville Prayer Garden: 20.5 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Millstone MountainE 94°121 m8.4 mi
Chickasawba MoundNNW 346°79 m21.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3819:11
June solstice05:4519:4120:19
September equinox06:4818:2418:58
December solstice07:0616:1116:50

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374150596876797871604941
Precip in4.44.65.35.35.84.34.43.63.63.84.95.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Covington 3 SW, 10 mi away.

  • Summer Tanager8 obs
  • Eastern Wood-Pewee6 obs
  • Christmas fern6 obs
  • Carolina Wren5 obs
  • mayapple5 obs
  • northern spicebush5 obs
  • Fowler's Toad5 obs
  • common jewelweed4 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356859147

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