Henderson Park
Park
7 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Jennifer Smits · Public domainC−Outdoors
Outdoors in Pass Christian
5% of Pass Christian’s land is conserved: 271 acres
0.1 miles of mapped trail cross Pass Christian. 17% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 20 acres are parks and preserves, 3.2 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 19% of U.S. towns · #79 of 101 in Mississippi. What drives it
Conserved land
5%
271 acres · of 8.2 sq mi of land
Trails
0.1 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
20 ac
3.2 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
17%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
1 boat launch
What kind of outdoors town is Pass Christian?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Pass Christian have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Pass Christian is ahead of 19% of U.S. towns, #79 of 101 in Mississippi. Conserved land holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
C−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Pass Christian’s overall grade.
Conserved land5% of the land · typical MS town 2% · U.S. 4%BTrails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · MS 0.1 · U.S. 0.4DPark land3.2 acres of park per 1,000 residents (20 acres) · MS 8 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to home17% 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 19%
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Mississippi towns of 2,500+ (101)Ahead of 22%
Few Mississippi towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Pass Christian’s 5% is ahead of 74% of Mississippi towns, while its trails per square mile lead 14% of them.
Water is 46% of Pass Christian’s area (7 of 15 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 3%.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Pass Christian. 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.
War Memorial Park
Park
5 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
271 conserved acres
5% of Pass Christian’s land. Water is left out: Pass Christian has 8.2 square miles of land and 7.0 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Pass Christian’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Other state land266 ac
Town or city5 ac
State Conservation Area · 266 acLocal Park · 5 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayou Portage Coastal Reserve State Conservation Area | Other state land | 266 | Restricted |
| War Memorial Park Local Park | Town or city | 5 | Open |
Things to do
2 places to go in Pass Christian
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Pass Christian
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Boat launches in Pass Christian
1 boat launch without a name on the map.
Trails & water
1 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
21Tennis
4Baseball
3Basketball
2Football
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). The map also marks 5 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
When to get out
The best walking months in Pass Christian: 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) | 60 | 64 | 70 | 76 | 83 | 88 | 90 | 90 | 86 | 79 | 69 | 62 |
| Rain (in) | 5.6 | 4.5 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 6.6 | 7.6 | 6.7 | 5.3 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 5.0 |
October is the driest month (3.6 in) and August the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 7.6 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Pass Christian →
Next door
Pass Christian and its neighbors
Pass Christian 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pass Christian | 5% | under 0.1 | 3 | 17% | C− |
| Long Beach | under 1% | 0.1 | 1 | 20% | D |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Pass Christian
How much of Pass Christian is conserved land?
5% 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 Pass Christian’s trails?
Henderson Park and War Memorial Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Pass Christian?
3,071 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Pass Christian or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 20 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Pass Christian have?
Ahead of 19% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #79 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 Pass Christian 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 →