Old Fort Public Use Area
Old Fort Public Use Area is a park in Mississippi, at a recorded elevation of 67 m. Little Mountain stands 145 m to the east, 1.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Lakeview Public Use Area, a park 0.3 miles away. Great River Road passes 61 miles off. 42 named places lie within 25 miles, 5 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 67 m
How to reach it
- 61.3 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 38.3 mi off the Natchez Trace Parkway, National
42 named places within 25 miles
- Lakeview Public Use Area: 0.3 mi
- Wolf Creek Public Use Area: 0.9 mi
- South Abutment Public Use Area: 1.0 mi
- Grenada Lake Park: 1.2 mi
- Hugh White State Park: 1.9 mi
- Little Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Bald Hill: 16.2 mi
- Sandy Mountain: 21.4 mi
- Spyglass Hill: 23.8 mi
- Persimmon Hill: 24.7 mi
- Confederate fort: 0.5 mi
- Confederate redoubt: 0.7 mi
- Gun: 3.1 mi
- Jet: 3.5 mi
- Lee Tartt Nature Preserve: 2.4 mi
- Christ Centered Cross: 4.8 mi
- Carver Bluff: 6.7 mi
- garden spot: 19.4 mi
- Merrill Museum: 21.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Old Fort Public Use Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Mountain | E 80° | 145 m | 1.7 mi |
| Sandy Mountain | E 99° | 138 m | 21.4 mi |
| Spyglass Hill | N 356° | 117 m | 23.8 mi |
| Bald Hill | ESE 104° | 92 m | 16.2 mi |
| Persimmon Hill | NNW 341° | 90 m | 24.7 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 | 18:24 | 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, 4 mi away.
- American White Pelican5 obs
- Great Blue Heron5 obs
- American Gizzard Shad5 obs
- Great Egret5 obs
- Jackson's slender Caesar5 obs
- Black Vulture4 obs
- Creek Chub4 obs
- Flathead Catfish4 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 node/357962534
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