Pocahontas Mounds Roadside Park
Pocahontas Mounds Roadside Park is a rest area in Mississippi, at a recorded elevation of 71 m. Red Hill stands 124 m to the southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Pocahontas Mound, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. Natchez Trace Parkway passes 5.5 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
park in Hinds County, Mississippi, United States of America
Wikidata Q49544438, joined on its GNIS feature id.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 71 m
How to reach it
- 5.5 mi off the Natchez Trace Parkway, National
- 17.7 mi off the Grand Gulf - Raymond Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Reunion Park: 7.3 mi
- Presidential Hills Park: 7.3 mi
- Robinson Park: 8.5 mi
- Kid's Towne Park: 8.5 mi
- Flower Fountain: 8.6 mi
- Medgar and Myrlie Evers House: 9.9 mi
- Montgomery Historic House Museum: 9.9 mi
- Mississippi Agriculture & Forestry Museum: 11.9 mi
- Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame & Museum: 12.0 mi
- Mississippi Crafts Center: 12.1 mi
- Plaque: 10.8 mi
- 9/11 memorial: 10.8 mi
- Old Trace Trail: 12.0 mi
- Brahear's Stand: 12.1 mi
- Boyd Mounds: 12.9 mi
- Flower: 8.5 mi
- Bicycle Sculpture: 9.2 mi
- Children Playing: 9.2 mi
- Weird sculpture: 9.3 mi
- Bull Statue: 11.2 mi
- Mound Bluff: 10.3 mi
- Le Fleur Bluff: 13.9 mi
- Beatties Bluff: 14.5 mi
- Stewarts Bluff: 18.3 mi
- Tucker Bluff: 19.5 mi
- Pocahontas Mound: 0.0 mi
- Bailey Hill: 14.5 mi
- Red Hill: 17.5 mi
- Mississippi River Basin Model: 11.4 mi
- Enter Locked Escape Rooms: 11.4 mi
- Canton Tourism: 17.7 mi
- Plumville: 13.8 mi
- Beatties Bluff: 14.5 mi
- Liverpool: 20.9 mi
- Grenada Street Folk Garden: 11.5 mi
- Fairview Community Garden: 14.8 mi
- Gatorland Beach: 12.8 mi
- Belhaven Beach: 13.1 mi
- Pearl River State Waterfowl Refuge: 20.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pocahontas Mounds Roadside Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hill | SE 142° | 124 m | 17.5 mi |
| Bailey Hill | SSE 159° | 111 m | 14.5 mi |
| Pocahontas Mound | NE 38° | 74 m | 0.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:41 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 19:36 | 20:12 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:27 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:00 | 16:23 | 17:00 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 47 | 51 | 59 | 66 | 74 | 80 | 83 | 83 | 78 | 67 | 56 | 50 |
| Precip in | 5.1 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jackson Hawkins FLD, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1167672022
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