Wilson Park
Wilson Park is a park in Mississippi, at a modelled elevation of 97 m. Witch Dance Hill stands 158 m to the west-southwest, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Camargo, a ghost town 7.9 miles away. Natchez Trace Parkway passes 7.6 miles off. 65 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.
How to reach it
- 7.6 mi off the Natchez Trace Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Black Belt Overlook · 11 mi
- Old Town Overlook · 21 mi
65 named places within 25 miles
- Chickasaw Game Management Area: 10.8 mi
- Witch Dance Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
- Bynum Mound and Village Site: 13.0 mi
- Coontail Road Access Area: 13.5 mi
- Acker Lake Recreation Area: 14.1 mi
- Camargo: 7.9 mi
- Pontocola: 10.7 mi
- Cotton Gin Port: 12.4 mi
- Palo Alto: 22.2 mi
- Wheeling: 23.8 mi
- Witch Dance Hill: 9.6 mi
- Colberts Hill: 11.4 mi
- Ross Hill: 11.4 mi
- Bynum Mounds: 13.0 mi
- Reid Hill: 21.5 mi
- Amory Regional Museum: 15.9 mi
- Amory Regional Museum: 15.9 mi
- Oren Dunn City Museum: 17.1 mi
- Elvis Presley Birthplace & Museum: 18.5 mi
- Natchez Trace Visitors Center: 23.0 mi
- Chickasaw Council House: 10.4 mi
- Korea Veterans Memorial: 15.8 mi
- Tupelo Battlefield Memorial: 17.7 mi
- Elvis Presley: 18.5 mi
- F-105 Thunderchief: 18.9 mi
- Lochinvar: 20.6 mi
- Magnolia Botanical Garden: 11.6 mi
- Elvis: 18.1 mi
- Blocks Bluff: 24.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wilson Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Witch Dance Hill | WSW 253° | 158 m | 9.6 mi |
| Ross Hill | W 265° | 156 m | 11.4 mi |
| Dozier Hill | NNW 340° | 155 m | 22.6 mi |
| Reid Hill | SSW 198° | 128 m | 21.5 mi |
| Bynum Mounds | WSW 237° | 98 m | 13.0 mi |
| Colberts Hill | E 100° | 70 m | 11.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:34 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 19:33 | 20:10 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:20 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 06:57 | 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 | 46 | 55 | 63 | 72 | 79 | 82 | 81 | 76 | 64 | 53 | 45 |
| Precip in | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 6.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Verona EXP STN, 12 mi away.
- green antelopehorns2 obs
- American Kestrel1 obs
- Northern Mockingbird1 obs
- Persian silk tree1 obs
- Polyphemus Moth1 obs
- Eastern Elderberry Borer1 obs
- Pinkladies1 obs
- Eastern Cicada-killer Wasp1 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/486674223
Day trips start here
- Tupelo · 18 mi
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