Spyglass Hill
Spyglass Hill rises to 117 m in Mississippi. Lowe Mountain stands 174 m to the north-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Water Valley Landing Recreation Area, a park 1.4 miles away. Great River Road passes 45 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
mountain in Mississippi, United States of America
Wikidata Q31614227, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 117 m
How to reach it
- 45.1 mi off the Great River Road, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Water Valley Landing Recreation Area: 1.4 mi
- Chickasaw Hill Recreation Area: 2.7 mi
- Point Pleasant Recreation Area: 2.7 mi
- Long Branch Recreation Area: 3.3 mi
- Bynum Creek Recreation Area: 4.1 mi
- Chickasaw Hill: 2.8 mi
- Persimmon Hill: 6.6 mi
- Terrapin Mountain: 11.8 mi
- Lowe Mountain: 12.5 mi
- Thacker Mountain: 17.7 mi
- Tallahatchie Bluff: 16.6 mi
- Nelsons Bluff: 18.4 mi
- Jonathans Bluff: 18.6 mi
- Carver Bluff: 21.6 mi
- Point 8: 22.7 mi
- James Meredith statue: 21.3 mi
- William Faulkner statue: 22.1 mi
- Confederate redoubt: 23.4 mi
- Confederate fort: 24.1 mi
- University of Mississippi Museum: 21.7 mi
- Burns-Belfry Museum and Multicultural Center: 21.9 mi
- L.Q.C. Lamar House Museum: 22.4 mi
- Palmer/Salloum Tennis Center: 21.1 mi
- The Grove: 21.5 mi
- Bailey Woods: 21.4 mi
- Lee Tartt Nature Preserve: 23.9 mi
- Lower Lake Beach: 18.1 mi
- Christ Centered Cross: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Spyglass Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lowe Mountain | NNE 18° | 174 m | 12.5 mi |
| Thacker Mountain | NE 42° | 174 m | 17.7 mi |
| Terrapin Mountain | NNE 17° | 166 m | 11.8 mi |
| Little Mountain | S 172° | 145 m | 23.7 mi |
| Sand Hill | NE 52° | 141 m | 22.1 mi |
| Saddlers Hill | NE 36° | 139 m | 24.7 mi |
| Carter Mountain | NNE 22° | 123 m | 21.3 mi |
| Chickasaw Hill | NW 317° | 99 m | 2.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:38 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:38 | 20:15 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:24 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:02 | 16:16 | 16:54 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 41 | 45 | 53 | 61 | 70 | 77 | 80 | 80 | 74 | 63 | 51 | 44 |
| Precip in | 5.3 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 6.3 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 5.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Water Valley, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 678193 — Spyglass Hill, Yalobusha County, Mississippi.
OpenStreetMap element node/357948687
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