George County High Point Trip Report

four points

Date: January 12, 2001
Author: Fred Dale

Start at Lucedale, MS. From the intersection with U.S. 98 near Lucedale, go N on Hwy. 63 1.8 mi. to Crenshaw Rd. Turn R (E); there's also a sign for Rocky Creek Nursery. Go 0.9 mi. to the nursery, where the unsigned Henry Eubanks Rd. comes in from the south. Stop. On your L (N) is a woods lane under an electric line which effectively makes the intersection 4-way. Turn into this lane. This is POINT #1.

Now, go S on Henry Eubanks Rd. 0.4 mi. to a brick home on the L, mailbox #1110. POINT #2 is just in front of the equipment shed you see across the fence behind the house (actually SE) near the huge oak.

For both of these (points 1 and 2) - topo chart

Go back to hwy. 63 the way you came, turn N and go 0.55 mi. to Clyde Eubanks Rd. (just before Sand Hill Church); turn L. Go W 0.3 mi. to mailbox #1119, and turn North onto a gravel road. POINT # 3 is on the W side of the yard of the home, just across the fence, which the lady of the house told me is electric (it didn't shock).

Go back to 63, turn N. Go 0.85 mi. to mailbox # 5147, on the left. Ask permission, and walk or drive W then N along field's edge, to access a beautiful oak hillside overlooking the pastures. This is the extra tiny POINT #4. It overlooks a closed depression, fairly common from Baldwin Co. to Harrison Co., though similar in uncertain origin to the Carolina Bays; some say aeolian in origin.

For both of these (points 3 and 4) - topo chart

Coordinates:

point 1 (30 deg 58.56' N, 88 deg 31.41' W) - GPS
point 2 (30 deg 58' 15" N, 88 deg 31' 13" W) - map derived
point 3 (30 deg 59.39' N, 88 deg 32.86' W) - GPS
point 4 (30 deg 59' 50" N, 88 deg 32' 53" W) - map derived