Pearl River State Wildlife Management Area
Nature preserve
43 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Blinutne assumed (based on copyright claims). · CC BY-SA 3.0C−Outdoors
Outdoors in Pearl River
Few parks or trails are on the map in Pearl River
2 acres are parks and preserves, 0.9 per 1,000 residents. 0.2 miles of mapped trail cross Pearl River, 0.1 per square mile of land. 38% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 17% of U.S. towns · #112 of 162 in Louisiana. What drives it
Conserved land
2%
50 acres · of 3.8 sq mi of land
Trails
0.2 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
2 ac
0.9 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
38%
of residents within ½ mile
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Pearl River have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Pearl River is ahead of 17% of U.S. towns, #112 of 162 in Louisiana. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; conserved land comes closest.
C−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Pearl River’s overall grade.
Conserved land2% of the land · typical LA town 1% · U.S. 4%C+Trails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · LA 0.1 · U.S. 0.4C−Park land0.9 acres of park per 1,000 residents (2 acres) · LA 5 · U.S. 13DParks close to home38% of residents within a half mile of a park · LA 53% · U.S. 72%C
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 17%
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Louisiana towns of 2,500+ (162)Ahead of 31%
Few Louisiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Pearl River’s 2% is ahead of 76% of Louisiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 30% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Pearl River. OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers and coverage varies from town to town, so a town with unmapped parks scores low on them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from D to C−. Trails and many small parks come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so coverage varies from town to town; the half mile is a straight line from each census block, so a river or highway in the way isn’t counted against it.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
The map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
50 conserved acres
2% of Pearl River’s land. Who manages Pearl River’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State fish & wildlife48 ac
Town or city2 ac
State Conservation Area · 48 acLocal Park · 2 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pearl River Wildlife Management Area State Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 43 | Restricted |
| West Pearl River State Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 5 | Restricted |
| Pearl River Playground Local Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
Things to do
1 places to go in Pearl River
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Pearl River
Pearl River Park
DirectionsBiking & sports
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Courts & fields
2Baseball
2Tennis
1Soccer
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
Haaswood StoreBuilding · listed 2009
About itWhen to get out
The best walking months in Pearl River: April and May
NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals for the town and the daylight at its latitude. Outlined months have long days, highs of 59 to 86 °F and little rain for the place.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 10.4 | 11.1 | 11.9 | 12.9 | 13.7 | 14.1 | 13.9 | 13.2 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 10.6 | 10.2 |
| High (°F) | 62 | 66 | 72 | 78 | 85 | 90 | 91 | 91 | 88 | 80 | 71 | 64 |
| Rain (in) | 5.8 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 5.1 | 6.6 | 7.1 | 6.6 | 5.1 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.9 |
October is the driest month (3.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 7.1 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Pearl River →
Questions about parks and trails in Pearl River
How much of Pearl River is conserved land?
2% of its land, against a typical 1% for a Louisiana town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Are dogs allowed on Pearl River’s trails?
Pearl River State Wildlife Management Area doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Pearl River?
611 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Pearl River or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 2 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Pearl River have?
Ahead of 17% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #112 of 162 in Louisiana. The grade combines the share of land that is conserved, miles of mapped trail per square mile of land, park acres per 1,000 residents and the share of residents within a half mile of a park. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
Trail talk
Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Pearl River neighbors.
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Sources
Where this page comes from
Conserved and public land: USGS Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), service updated July 2026. Parks, trails, playgrounds, beaches and other places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), map data as of 2026-10-28. Land and water area: Census 2025 Gazetteer. Residents near a park: 2020 Census blocks. National Register: National Park Service. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →