Watkins Elementary School

Watkins Elementary School is a school in Hinds, Mississippi. Watkins Elementary School is situated nearby to the reservoir Lake Hico, as well as near the aerodrome Hawkins Field.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lake Hico and Hawkins Field.

Lake Hico

Reservoir

Lake Hico was a cooling pond reservoir built on 16th section school land in Jackson, Mississippi, in the 1950s. Its primary purpose was to provide water for the adjacent Rex Brown Plant, which generates electricity with steam.

Hawkins Field

Aerodrome

Photo: USGS, Public domain.

Hawkins Field is a joint civil-military public airport in Jackson, Mississippi. It is owned by the City of Jackson and operated by the Jackson Municipal Airport Authority. Hawkins Field is situated 2 miles southwest of Watkins Elementary School.

University of Mississippi Medical Center

Hospital

University of Mississippi Medical Center is the health sciences campus of the University of Mississippi and is located in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. University of Mississippi Medical Center is situated 2 miles southeast of Watkins Elementary School.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jackson and Flowood.

Jackson

Photo: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Jackson is the capital of the state of Mississippi. While it may not offer much in terms of tourism today, Jackson can be used as a stopover for getting to other parts of the state or further.

Flowood

Town

Flowood is a city in Rankin County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 10,202 as of the 2020 census. A suburb of Jackson, Flowood is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area, and is located northeast of the state capital. Flowood is situated 4½ miles southeast of Watkins Elementary School.

Ridgeland

Ridgeland is a city in Madison County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 24,340 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Jackson metropolitan area.

Watkins Elementary School

Type: School
Also known as: “Watkins School”
Category: education
Location: Hinds, Mississippi, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

32.35681° or 32° 21′ 25″ north

Longitude

-90.19537° or 90° 11′ 43″ west

Elevation

328 feet (100 metres)

Open location code

864F9R43+PV

OpenStreetMap ID

node 357997784

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=school

GeoNames ID

4450366

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