Farmer's Market
Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Infrogmation of New Orleans · CC BY-SA 3.0DOutdoors
Outdoors in Port Gibson
Few parks or trails are on the map in Port Gibson
1 acre is park or preserve, 0.6 per 1,000 residents. 49% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 7% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 1.8 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
1 ac
0.6 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
49%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Port Gibson?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Port Gibson have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Port Gibson is ahead of 7% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; the share of residents near a park comes closest.
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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Port Gibson’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical MS town 2% · U.S. 4%DTrails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · MS 0.1 · U.S. 0.4DPark land0.6 acres of park per 1,000 residents (1 acre) · MS 8 · U.S. 13DParks close to home49% 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 7%
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Few Mississippi towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Port Gibson’s under 1% is ahead of 5% of Mississippi towns, while its trails per square mile lead 7% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Port Gibson. 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 D. 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.
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
2Tennis
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →17 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
Buena Vista Cotton GinSite · listed 1974
About itChamberlain-Hunt Academy Historic DistrictBuilding · listed 1979
About itIdlewildBuilding · listed 1979
About itJewish CemeterySite · listed 1979
About itWintergreen CemeterySite · listed 1979
About itBuilding at 801 Chinquepin StreetBuilding · listed 1979
About itCatholic CemeterySite · listed 1979
About itClaremontBuilding · listed 1979
About itCollinaBuilding · listed 1979
About itDrake Hill Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 1979
About itGolden West CemeterySite · listed 1979
About itMarket Street-Suburb Ste. Mary Historic DistrictBuilding · listed 1979
About it5 more on the History page.
When to get out
May is the best month for walking in Port Gibson
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) | 58 | 63 | 70 | 77 | 84 | 90 | 92 | 92 | 88 | 79 | 68 | 60 |
| Rain (in) | 6.2 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 5.5 |
September is the driest month (3.6 in) and August the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 6.2 inches fall in January, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Port Gibson →
Questions about parks and trails in Port Gibson
How much of Port Gibson 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 Port Gibson’s trails?
Farmer's Market doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Port Gibson?
20 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Port Gibson or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Port Gibson have?
Ahead of 7% 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 Port Gibson 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 →