Wilson Park
Park
35 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Elliott-Donaldson House · Photo: rossograph · CC BY-SA 4.0C+Outdoors
Outdoors in Okolona
Few parks or trails are on the map in Okolona
36% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 1.5 miles of mapped trail cross Okolona, 0.2 per square mile of land. 35 acres are parks and preserves, 15 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 41% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
3%
144 acres · of 7.2 sq mi of land
Trails
1.5 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Park land
35 ac
15 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
36%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Okolona?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Okolona have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Okolona is ahead of 41% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
C+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Okolona’s overall grade.
Conserved land3% of the land · typical MS town 2% · U.S. 4%B−Trails0.2 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (2 mi) · MS 0.1 · U.S. 0.4C+Park land15 acres of park per 1,000 residents (35 acres) · MS 8 · U.S. 13BParks close to home36% of residents within a half mile of a park · MS 46% · U.S. 72%C
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 41%
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Few Mississippi towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Okolona’s 3% is ahead of 57% of Mississippi towns, while its trails per square mile lead 63% of them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ to B−. 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
144 conserved acres
3% of Okolona’s land. Who manages Okolona’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
USDA easements (NRCS)144 ac
Conservation Easement · 144 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 144 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
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
4Baseball
2Tennis
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →4 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
When to get out
May is the best month for walking in Okolona
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) | 10.1 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 13.9 | 14.4 | 14.2 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.3 | 9.9 |
| High (°F) | 53 | 57 | 66 | 74 | 82 | 88 | 91 | 91 | 86 | 76 | 64 | 55 |
| Rain (in) | 5.0 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 5.8 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 5.8 |
September is the driest month (3.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 5.8 inches fall in December, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Okolona →
Questions about parks and trails in Okolona
How much of Okolona is conserved land?
3% 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 Okolona’s trails?
Wilson Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Okolona?
17,728 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Okolona or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 35 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Okolona have?
Ahead of 41% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade. 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 Okolona 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 →