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Heipsy Hills

Heipsy Hills, seen from above at true elevation

Heipsy Hills rises to 154 m in Mississippi. Lebanon Mountain stands 242 m to the east, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Banana Hill, a peak 4.3 miles away. Great River Road passes 62 miles off. 63 named places lie within 25 miles, 42 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in Mississippi, United States of America

Wikidata Q31612825, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
154 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.61593, -89.09923

63 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 42
Parks: 16
  • William M. Sanders: 5.5 mi
  • Cooper Park: 9.8 mi
  • Park Along the River and Mississippi Arboretum: 9.9 mi
  • Alabama Street Park: 9.9 mi
  • Union County Courthouse Park Area: 10.0 mi
Museums: 2
  • Tippah County Historical Museum: 11.7 mi
  • Ida B Wells-Barnett Museum: 22.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • S-1: 21.8 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Civil War Earthworks at Tallahatchie Crossing: 22.4 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Heipsy Hills. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lebanon MountainE 98°242 m21.3 mi
Tippah HillsE 91°228 m21.0 mi
Wicker MountainNE 36°223 m14.7 mi
Kitchen MountainE 91°222 m21.6 mi
Geeville MountainE 97°218 m22.6 mi
Rockpile HillE 96°216 m19.1 mi
Lindsey MountainNNE 31°214 m13.8 mi
Hamer HillNNW 335°214 m18.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3519:08
June solstice05:4519:3620:13
September equinox06:4518:2218:55
December solstice07:0016:1116:50

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394251606876797872615042
Precip in5.15.55.75.65.35.04.63.94.03.64.16.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hickory Flat, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 693446 — Heipsy Hills, Benton County, Mississippi.

OpenStreetMap element node/357984989

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