Howard Technology Park
Park
17 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Amos Deason House · Photo: Librarylady2726 · CC BY-SA 3.0C−Outdoors
Outdoors in Ellisville
Ellisville has 32 acres of parks, 7.1 for every 1,000 residents
2.4 miles of mapped trail cross Ellisville, 0.2 per square mile of land. 58% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 24% of U.S. towns · #69 of 101 in Mississippi. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
2 acres · of 10.4 sq mi of land
Trails
2.4 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Park land
32 ac
7.1 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
58%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
3
What kind of outdoors town is Ellisville?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Ellisville have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Ellisville is ahead of 24% of U.S. towns, #69 of 101 in Mississippi. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; the share of residents near a park comes closest.
C−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Ellisville’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical MS town 2% · U.S. 4%DTrails0.2 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (2 mi) · MS 0.1 · U.S. 0.4B−Park land7.1 acres of park per 1,000 residents (32 acres) · MS 8 · U.S. 13C+Parks close to home58% of residents within a half mile of a park · MS 46% · U.S. 72%B−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 24%
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Mississippi towns of 2,500+ (101)Ahead of 32%
Few Mississippi towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Ellisville’s under 1% is ahead of 4% of Mississippi towns, while its trails per square mile lead 70% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Ellisville. 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 C− 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.
Centennial Plaza
Managed by Jones County Junior College
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Who protects it
2 conserved acres
under 1% of Ellisville’s land. Who manages Ellisville’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city2 ac
Local Park · 2 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Park Local Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
Things to do
5 places to go in Ellisville
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Ellisville
5 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Trails & water
3 lakes & rivers
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Biking & 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
8Tennis
3Baseball
3Soccer
2Football
1Basketball
1Softball
1Multi-sport
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →3 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 2 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
When to get out
The best walking months in Ellisville: 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) | 10.3 | 11.0 | 11.9 | 12.9 | 13.8 | 14.2 | 14.0 | 13.3 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.5 | 10.1 |
| High (°F) | 60 | 64 | 72 | 78 | 85 | 90 | 92 | 92 | 88 | 79 | 69 | 62 |
| Rain (in) | 5.8 | 5.4 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 4.3 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 5.2 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 5.6 |
October is the driest month (3.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 5.8 inches fall in January, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Ellisville →
Next door
Ellisville and its neighbors
Ellisville has the second most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellisville | under 1% | 0.2 | 7 | 58% | C− |
| Laurel | 1% | 0.3 | 12 | 65% | C+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Ellisville
How much of Ellisville is conserved land?
under 1% of its land, against a typical 2% for a Mississippi town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Are dogs allowed on Ellisville’s trails?
Howard Technology Park and Community Bank Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Ellisville?
7,032 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Ellisville or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 32 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Ellisville have?
Ahead of 24% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #69 of 101 in Mississippi. 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 Ellisville 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 →