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Mathews Brake National Wildlife Refuge

Mathews Brake National Wildlife Refuge from directly overhead

Mathews Brake National Wildlife Refuge is a park in Mississippi, at a recorded elevation of 36 m. Millers Hill stands 110 m to the east-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Morgan Brake National Wildlife Refuge, a park 9.8 miles away. 41 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
36 m

How to reach it

Coordinates33.37651, -90.26675

41 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 20
Historic sites: 8
Museums: 6
Ghost towns: 3
Peaks: 3
  • Millers Hill: 11.1 mi
  • Steen Hill: 11.8 mi
  • Prentiss Mound: 21.5 mi
Gardens: 1
  • garden spot: 23.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mathews Brake National Wildlife Refuge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Millers HillENE 75°110 m11.1 mi
Steen HillENE 68°103 m11.8 mi
Prentiss MoundWSW 255°30 m21.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:4019:13
June solstice05:5319:3820:15
September equinox06:5018:2718:59
December solstice07:0216:2016:58

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F444856647279828176655447
Precip in4.55.04.85.84.43.73.83.23.83.43.95.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Greenwood Leflore AP, 13 mi away.

  • Eastern Pondhawk4 obs
  • common water hyacinth4 obs
  • Alligatorweed3 obs
  • Banded Watersnake2 obs
  • broadleaf arrowhead2 obs
  • floating marsh pennywort2 obs
  • Magnificent Bryozoan2 obs
  • Smooth Beggarticks2 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/357965318

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