Yockanookany Roadside Park
Yockanookany Roadside Park is a park in Mississippi, at a recorded elevation of 97 m. Ware Hill stands 141 m to the south, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Choctaw Boundary Historical Site, a park 2.3 miles away. Natchez Trace Parkway runs past it. 39 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 97 m
How to reach it
- On the Natchez Trace Parkway, National
- 61.7 mi off the Great River Road, National
Overlooks nearby
39 named places within 25 miles
- Choctaw Boundary Historical Site: 2.3 mi
- Leake County Water Park: 3.0 mi
- Coal Bluff Park: 5.1 mi
- Pearl River State Wildlife Management Area: 11.5 mi
- Pearl River State Wildlife Management Area: 11.8 mi
- Boyd Mounds: 22.8 mi
- 9/11 memorial: 24.7 mi
- Plaque: 24.7 mi
- Canton Train Museum: 16.4 mi
- Montgomery Historic House Museum: 24.8 mi
- Island Hill: 17.2 mi
- Ware Hill: 22.3 mi
- Pearl River State Waterfowl Refuge: 14.4 mi
- Canton Tourism: 16.2 mi
- Fairview Community Garden: 19.1 mi
- Valena: 21.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Yockanookany Roadside Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ware Hill | S 189° | 141 m | 22.3 mi |
| Island Hill | SE 126° | 119 m | 17.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:38 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 19:34 | 20:11 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:25 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 06:58 | 16:20 | 16:58 |
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 | 45 | 49 | 56 | 63 | 71 | 78 | 81 | 81 | 76 | 64 | 54 | 47 |
| Precip in | 5.7 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 6.3 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 5.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carthage, 15 mi away.
- Blue Jay1 obs
- Dark-eyed Junco1 obs
- Mississippi Slimy Salamander1 obs
- Western Honey Bee1 obs
- American sweetgum1 obs
- loblolly pine1 obs
- roundleaf greenbrier1 obs
- lyreleaf sage1 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/357981493
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