Laurel Park
Laurel Park is a park in Mississippi, at a modelled elevation of 82 m. Indian Mound Hill stands 170 m to the east-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Belhaven Beach, a beach 0.5 miles away. Natchez Trace Parkway passes 7.2 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Jackson
How to reach it
- 7.2 mi off the Natchez Trace Parkway, National
- 17.0 mi off the Grand Gulf - Raymond Scenic Byway
- 39.2 mi off the Great River Road, National
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Riverside Park: 1.3 mi
- Lakeland Park: 1.4 mi
- Flynt Park: 1.5 mi
- Smith Park: 1.7 mi
- Jaycee Park: 1.8 mi
- Eudora Welty House: 0.5 mi
- Mississippi Museum of Natural Science: 0.6 mi
- Mississippi Children's Museum: 0.8 mi
- The Oaks House Museum: 1.1 mi
- Mississippi Agriculture & Forestry Museum: 1.3 mi
- Merci Train: 1.7 mi
- W. J. Davis: 1.7 mi
- Fallen Fire Fighters’ Memorial: 1.8 mi
- Woodmen Of The World: 1.8 mi
- Firefighter Memorial: 6.3 mi
- Fallen Fire Fighters Memorial: 1.8 mi
- Bicycle Sculpture: 7.2 mi
- Bull Statue: 7.6 mi
- Flower: 8.2 mi
- Weird sculpture: 9.9 mi
- Le Fleur Bluff: 2.2 mi
- Stewarts Bluff: 7.0 mi
- Tucker Bluff: 8.1 mi
- Mound Bluff: 22.7 mi
- Beatties Bluff: 24.0 mi
- Bailey Hill: 3.7 mi
- Red Hill: 4.7 mi
- Pocahontas Mound: 12.8 mi
- Ware Hill: 19.7 mi
- Indian Mound Hill: 23.2 mi
- Grenada Street Folk Garden: 3.1 mi
- Fairview Community Garden: 15.2 mi
- Terry Arboretum: 17.1 mi
- Enter Locked Escape Rooms: 7.1 mi
- Mississippi River Basin Model: 9.0 mi
- Canton Tourism: 21.7 mi
- Belhaven Beach: 0.5 mi
- Gatorland Beach: 5.3 mi
- Lynwood: 21.9 mi
- Beatties Bluff: 24.0 mi
- Pocahontas Mounds Roadside Park: 12.8 mi
- Pearl River State Waterfowl Refuge: 19.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Laurel Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Mound Hill | ESE 118° | 170 m | 23.2 mi |
| Ware Hill | E 85° | 141 m | 19.7 mi |
| Red Hill | SE 133° | 124 m | 4.7 mi |
| Bailey Hill | SW 215° | 111 m | 3.7 mi |
| Pocahontas Mound | NW 325° | 74 m | 12.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:40 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 19:35 | 20:11 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:27 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 06:59 | 16:23 | 17:00 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 47 | 51 | 59 | 66 | 74 | 80 | 83 | 83 | 78 | 67 | 56 | 50 |
| Precip in | 5.1 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jackson Hawkins FLD, 4 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel136 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle59 obs
- Green Anole58 obs
- Hackberry Emperor52 obs
- Pipevine Swallowtail50 obs
- Twin-flagged Jumping Spider45 obs
- Northern Cardinal36 obs
- Western Honey Bee36 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/429982738
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