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Parking Area

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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. 42 named places lie within 25 miles, 4 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
Mississippi Department of Transportation

How to reach it

Coordinates31.80528, -89.05254

42 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 30
  • 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
Peaks: 4
  • Old Meeting House Hill: 10.3 mi
  • Rocky Mount: 14.2 mi
  • Buffalo Hill: 15.3 mi
  • Moss Hill: 23.0 mi
Museums: 2
Historic sites: 2
  • Confederate Soldier: 8.9 mi
  • Skirmish at Rocky Creek: 17.2 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 359°176 m23.0 mi
Rocky MountN 354°140 m14.2 mi
Buffalo HillSW 220°124 m15.3 mi
Old Meeting House HillSSW 199°90 m10.3 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, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/461599036

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