Hancock Hill
Hancock Hill rises to 158 m in Mississippi. Woodall Mountain stands 245 m to the east-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Rogers Hill, a peak 1.3 miles away. Brice's Crossroads Battlefield-Chief Tishomingo Scenic Byway passes 24 miles off. 90 named places lie within 25 miles, 48 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Mississippi, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31612774, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 158 m
How to reach it
- 24.0 mi off the Brice's Crossroads Battlefield-Chief Tishomingo Scenic Byway
- 28.8 mi off the Natchez Trace Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
90 named places within 25 miles
- Rogers Hill: 1.3 mi
- Kimmons Hill: 1.9 mi
- Bald Hill: 4.0 mi
- Crow Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Crum Mountain: 4.9 mi
- The Franklin Courtyard: 8.9 mi
- Johns Street Park: 8.9 mi
- Corinth City Park: 9.4 mi
- Corinth Contraband Camp: 9.8 mi
- Swift Park: 13.9 mi
- Corinth Civil War Interpretive Center: 8.6 mi
- Crossroads Museum: 8.8 mi
- Black History Museum: 8.9 mi
- Corinth Coca-Cola Museum: 8.9 mi
- Verandah Curlee House: 9.0 mi
- Backbone Point: 10.4 mi
- Ridge on Honeycutt: 15.1 mi
- Big Hill Pond Fortifications: 13.4 mi
- W.M. Browning Cretaceous Fossil Park Monument: 18.8 mi
- Caboose: 8.8 mi
- C.A.R.E. Honor Garden: 8.8 mi
- Middleton Tiger Mascot Statue: 19.9 mi
- Chalybeate Spring: 23.5 mi
- Cherokee Landing Beach: 24.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hancock Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodall Mountain | ESE 102° | 245 m | 23.5 mi |
| Lebanon Mountain | SSW 193° | 242 m | 20.3 mi |
| Tippah Hills | SSW 196° | 228 m | 17.7 mi |
| Wicker Mountain | WSW 254° | 223 m | 17.6 mi |
| Kitchen Mountain | SSW 194° | 222 m | 17.6 mi |
| Crum Mountain | W 272° | 221 m | 4.9 mi |
| Barnett Knob | ESE 111° | 219 m | 21.7 mi |
| Bonds Mountain | E 84° | 219 m | 24.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:33 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:35 | 20:12 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:20 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 06:59 | 16:09 | 16:48 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 44 | 52 | 61 | 69 | 77 | 80 | 79 | 73 | 61 | 50 | 43 |
| Precip in | 4.9 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 6.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Corinth 7 SW, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 670877 — Hancock Hill, Alcorn County, Mississippi.
OpenStreetMap element node/357932827
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