Pearl River State Wildlife Management Area
Nature preserve
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
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Outdoors in Pearlington
49% of Pearlington’s land is conserved: 2,846 acres
1.7 miles of mapped trail cross Pearlington, 0.2 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 28% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
49%
2,846 acres · of 9.1 sq mi of land
Trails
1.7 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
2
2 boat launches
What kind of outdoors town is Pearlington?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Pearlington have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Pearlington is ahead of 28% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Pearlington’s overall grade.
Conserved land49% of the land · typical MS town 2% · U.S. 4%A+Trails0.2 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (2 mi) · MS 0.1 · U.S. 0.4C+Park land0.0 acres of park per 1,000 residents (0 acres) · MS 8 · U.S. 13DParks close to home0% of residents within a half mile of a park · MS 46% · U.S. 72%D−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 28%
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Few Mississippi towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Pearlington’s 49% is ahead of 100% of Mississippi towns, while its trails per square mile lead 56% of them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from D 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
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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
2,846 conserved acres
49% of Pearlington’s land. Who manages Pearlington’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Other state land2,549 ac
State land board300 ac
State Conservation Area · 2,549 acState Resource Management Area · 300 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hancock County Marsh Coastal Reserve State Conservation Area | Other state land | 2,549 | Restricted |
| Mississippi 16th Section Public School Trust Lands State Resource Management Area | State land board | 300 | Open |
Things to do
2 places to go in Pearlington
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Boat launches in Pearlington
Logtown Boat Launch
DirectionsPlus 1 boat launch without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Trails & water
2 lakes & rivers
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
History along the way
History →2 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
When to get out
The best walking months in Pearlington: 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) | 61 | 65 | 71 | 77 | 84 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 87 | 80 | 70 | 63 |
| Rain (in) | 5.6 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 6.5 | 7.4 | 6.7 | 5.3 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.8 |
October is the driest month (3.8 in) and August the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 7.4 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Pearlington →
Questions about parks and trails in Pearlington
How much of Pearlington is conserved land?
49% 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 Pearlington’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 Pearlington?
427 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Pearlington or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Pearlington have?
Ahead of 28% 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 Pearlington 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 →