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Hillside National Wildlife Refuge

Hillside National Wildlife Refuge from directly overhead

Hillside National Wildlife Refuge is a park in Mississippi, at a recorded elevation of 32 m. The nearest named place is Tchula Park, a park 10 miles away. Natchez Trace Parkway passes 37 miles off. 12 named places lie within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
32 m

How to reach it

Coordinates33.05013, -90.25425

12 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 7
  • Tchula Park: 10.3 mi
  • Morgan Brake National Wildlife Refuge: 13.5 mi
  • Wardell Leak Recreational Complex: 15.3 mi
  • Greentree State Waterfowl Production Area: 16.5 mi
  • Holmes County State Park: 19.4 mi
Museums: 3
Ghost towns: 2

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:4019:13
June solstice05:5319:3720:14
September equinox06:5018:2718:59
December solstice07:0116:2116:59

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Dec.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495259687682858579695851
Precip in5.75.65.96.65.74.44.04.53.34.34.65.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yazoo City 5 NNE, 13 mi away.

  • Roseate Spoonbill4 obs
  • Bald Eagle2 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird2 obs
  • Alligatorweed2 obs
  • Dwarf Palmetto2 obs
  • Common Gallinule2 obs
  • Anhinga1 obs
  • Mallard1 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/357965527

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