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Pearl River State Wildlife Management Area

Pearl River State Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Pearl River State Wildlife Management Area is a park in Mississippi, at a recorded elevation of 90 m. Spencer Hill stands 150 m to the southeast, 24 miles off. Natchez Trace Parkway passes 0.9 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
90 m

How to reach it

Coordinates32.54875, -89.90786

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Pearl River State Wildlife Management Area: 0.5 mi
  • Pearl River State Waterfowl Refuge: 3.0 mi
  • Coal Bluff Park: 7.9 mi
  • Fairview Community Park: 8.4 mi
  • Red Bud Park: 9.1 mi
Museums: 17
Historic sites: 11
  • Boyd Mounds: 11.4 mi
  • 9/11 memorial: 13.3 mi
  • Plaque: 13.4 mi
  • Brahear's Stand: 13.6 mi
  • Old Trace Trail: 13.6 mi
Artworks: 6
  • Children Playing: 14.1 mi
  • Weird sculpture: 14.4 mi
  • Bull Statue: 14.8 mi
  • Flower: 16.0 mi
  • Bicycle Sculpture: 16.3 mi
Peaks: 5
  • Ware Hill: 15.0 mi
  • Red Hill: 22.3 mi
  • Island Hill: 22.4 mi
  • Pocahontas Mound: 22.8 mi
  • Spencer Hill: 23.7 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Gardens: 2
  • Fairview Community Garden: 8.1 mi
  • Grenada Street Folk Garden: 24.1 mi
Attractions: 2
  • Canton Tourism: 8.7 mi
  • Enter Locked Escape Rooms: 15.1 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Gatorland Beach: 16.5 mi
  • Belhaven Beach: 21.5 mi
Cliffs: 2
Nature reserves: 1
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pearl River State Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spencer HillSE 134°150 m23.7 mi
Ware HillSSE 161°141 m15.0 mi
Red HillSSW 211°124 m22.3 mi
Island HillE 96°119 m22.4 mi
Pocahontas MoundWSW 256°74 m22.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3919:12
June solstice05:5319:3520:11
September equinox06:4918:2518:58
December solstice06:5816:2116:59

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F454856637178818075645347
Precip in5.14.95.76.14.74.04.63.84.14.34.65.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Canton 4N, 11 mi away.

  • Southern Cricket Frog3 obs
  • American Alligator3 obs
  • Sora2 obs
  • Purple Gallinule2 obs
  • White Ibis2 obs
  • Bluegill2 obs
  • American sweetgum2 obs
  • beefsteak plant2 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/357981538

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