Old Natchez Trace Park
Old Natchez Trace Park is a park in Mississippi, at a recorded elevation of 122 m. Lebanon Mountain stands 242 m to the north-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Trace State Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Natchez Trace Parkway passes 7.5 miles off. 57 named places lie within 25 miles, 18 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 122 m
How to reach it
- 7.5 mi off the Natchez Trace Parkway, National
- 16.2 mi off the Brice's Crossroads Battlefield-Chief Tishomingo Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Black Belt Overlook · 9 mi
- Old Town Overlook · 11 mi
- Twentymile Bottom Overlook, Milepost 278.4 · 23 mi
57 named places within 25 miles
- Trace State Park: 0.3 mi
- Pontotoc Court Square: 5.7 mi
- Terry Chewe Municipal Park: 6.2 mi
- Howard Stafford Park: 7.1 mi
- Ballard Park: 7.7 mi
- Dozier Hill: 3.3 mi
- Bart Hill: 12.3 mi
- Luke Hill: 12.5 mi
- Buncombe Hill: 13.8 mi
- Grubb Hill: 14.7 mi
- Oren Dunn City Museum: 7.7 mi
- Natchez Trace Visitors Center: 11.9 mi
- Elvis Presley Birthplace & Museum: 12.6 mi
- Chickasaw Council House: 9.2 mi
- Tupelo Battlefield Memorial: 9.3 mi
- Elvis Presley: 12.7 mi
- Lochinvar: 6.7 mi
- F-105 Thunderchief: 12.6 mi
- Elvis: 11.4 mi
- Magnolia Botanical Garden: 12.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Old Natchez Trace Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lebanon Mountain | NNE 24° | 242 m | 23.7 mi |
| Geeville Mountain | NNE 27° | 218 m | 24.6 mi |
| Rockpile Hill | NNE 19° | 216 m | 24.1 mi |
| Davis Hill | NNE 12° | 200 m | 21.8 mi |
| Briar Mountain | N 2° | 194 m | 15.2 mi |
| Grubb Hill | N 2° | 193 m | 14.7 mi |
| Sweden Hill | NNE 16° | 190 m | 21.2 mi |
| Sapling Mountain | NNE 16° | 188 m | 20.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:34 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 19:34 | 20:11 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:21 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 06:59 | 16:12 | 16:50 |
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 | 47 | 55 | 63 | 72 | 79 | 82 | 82 | 76 | 64 | 53 | 46 |
| Precip in | 4.8 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 5.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tupelo Rgnl AP, 7 mi away.
- Yellow-rumped Warbler9 obs
- Red-bellied Woodpecker6 obs
- Golden-crowned Kinglet5 obs
- Hermit Thrush4 obs
- White-tailed Deer4 obs
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet4 obs
- Canada Goose3 obs
- Blue Jay3 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/357966312
Day trips start here
- Tupelo · 10 mi
- Mississippi Hills · 17 mi
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