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Parking area is a rest area in Mississippi, at a modelled elevation of 104 m. Moss Hill stands 176 m to the north, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Parking Area, a rest area 3.2 miles away. 41 named places lie within 25 miles, 4 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
Mississippi Department of Transportation

How to reach it

Coordinates31.85089, -89.04992

41 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 29
  • Station Park: 4.6 mi
  • Sybil McDonal Memorial Park: 4.9 mi
  • Trinity Playground: 10.0 mi
  • Northwood Park: 10.3 mi
  • Seventh Avenue Park: 10.6 mi
Peaks: 4
  • Rocky Mount: 11.1 mi
  • Old Meeting House Hill: 13.3 mi
  • Buffalo Hill: 17.9 mi
  • Moss Hill: 19.9 mi
Museums: 2
Historic sites: 2
  • Confederate Soldier: 11.8 mi
  • Skirmish at Rocky Creek: 19.8 mi
Attractions: 2
Rest areas: 1
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Moss HillN 358°176 m19.9 mi
Rocky MountN 351°140 m11.1 mi
Buffalo HillSW 214°124 m17.9 mi
Old Meeting House HillSSW 195°90 m13.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3619:08
June solstice05:5219:3020:06
September equinox06:4518:2218:54
December solstice06:5316:2016:57

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F475259657379828177665650
Precip in6.15.15.55.14.35.55.45.53.93.54.15.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laurel, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/315672052

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