Greene County High Point Trip Report

Date: March 28, 2001
Author: Fred Dale

The cohp is located as follows: From "downtown" Sand Hill, MS's stop sign on MS Hwy. 63, go N on that highway 5.0 mi. to Virgil Lane, onto which you'll turn L or west. Go about a quarter mile on this gravel road. You'll see yellow Nat'l Forest signs on the right when you enter public land. There's a good place to park just up ahead on the right, where the road makes a sharp left curve. Using the topo., walk N a few hundred yards before turning west, thereby staying out of the privately-held pasture that occupies the area SE of the hp. Enroute, you'll descend with, then cross westward, a N-flowing intermittent forest stream, before beginning the uphill walk. After turning west, about 500 yards and about 75' of elevation gain puts you at an obvious hill top, at a fence line -- woods sparse here, sandy, with some prickly-pear cactus underfoot. This is the cohp.

The similarly-elevated pasture area (presently planted in ~2-year old pine saplings) seen off to the west- southwest does not rise to the 380' contour, and need not be privately-accessed. The property owner at Virgil Lane's end, who was busy loading heavy equipment on a flat-bed, was nice enough to point out the public land route described above, avoiding his land's use, which would only minimally abbreviate the walk anyway.

Field-confirmed GPS coordinates - (31 deg 24.95 min N, 88 deg 44.65 min W)
Topo chart