Parking Area
Parking Area is a rest area in Mississippi, at a modelled elevation of 90 m. Moss Hill stands 176 m to the north, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Station Park, a park 1.7 miles away. 40 named places lie within 25 miles, 4 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Mississippi Department of Transportation
How to reach it
40 named places within 25 miles
- Station Park: 1.7 mi
- Sybil McDonal Memorial Park: 1.9 mi
- Trinity Playground: 7.4 mi
- Northwood Park: 7.6 mi
- Seventh Avenue Park: 7.9 mi
- Old Meeting House Hill: 10.3 mi
- Rocky Mount: 14.2 mi
- Buffalo Hill: 15.3 mi
- Moss Hill: 23.0 mi
- Lauren Rogers Museum of Art: 8.8 mi
- Veterans Memorial Museum: 11.0 mi
- Confederate Soldier: 8.9 mi
- Skirmish at Rocky Creek: 17.2 mi
- Landrum's Homestead & Village: 12.3 mi
- Shubuta Red Water Artesian Well: 21.2 mi
- King Bluff: 23.5 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moss Hill | N 359° | 176 m | 23.0 mi |
| Rocky Mount | N 354° | 140 m | 14.2 mi |
| Buffalo Hill | SW 220° | 124 m | 15.3 mi |
| Old Meeting House Hill | SSW 199° | 90 m | 10.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:36 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:52 | 19:30 | 20:06 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:22 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 06:53 | 16:20 | 16:57 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 47 | 52 | 59 | 65 | 73 | 79 | 82 | 81 | 77 | 66 | 56 | 50 |
| Precip in | 6.1 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 5.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laurel, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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