Clayton Wommack Park
Park
16 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD · CC BY-SA 4.0C−Outdoors
Outdoors in Ripley
Ripley has 74 acres of parks, 14 for every 1,000 residents
The biggest trail networks: Clayton Wommack Park (0.5 mi). 0.7 miles of mapped trail cross Ripley, 0.1 per square mile of land. 30% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 23% of U.S. towns · #72 of 101 in Mississippi. What drives it
Conserved land
1%
58 acres · of 11.4 sq mi of land
Trails
0.7 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
74 ac
14 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
30%
of residents within ½ mile
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Ripley have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Ripley is ahead of 23% of U.S. towns, #72 of 101 in Mississippi. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
C−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Ripley’s overall grade.
Conserved land1% of the land · typical MS town 2% · U.S. 4%CTrails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · MS 0.1 · U.S. 0.4C−Park land14 acres of park per 1,000 residents (74 acres) · MS 8 · U.S. 13B−Parks close to home30% 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 23%
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Mississippi towns of 2,500+ (101)Ahead of 29%
Few Mississippi towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Ripley’s 1% is ahead of 29% of Mississippi towns, while its trails per square mile lead 27% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Ripley. 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
The longest trail network is Clayton Wommack Park, with 0.5 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
58 conserved acres
1% of Ripley’s land. Who manages Ripley’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city58 ac
Local Recreation Area · 53 acLocal Park · 5 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fred & Elizabeth Smith Sportsplex Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 53 | Open |
| Parks & Recreation Park Local Park | Town or city | 5 | Open |
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
9Baseball
1Soccer
1Tennis
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
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
May is the best month for walking in Ripley
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 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 14.3 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.2 | 10.3 | 9.8 |
| High (°F) | 50 | 55 | 64 | 73 | 80 | 87 | 90 | 90 | 84 | 74 | 62 | 53 |
| Rain (in) | 4.9 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 6.2 |
August is the driest month (3.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 6.2 inches fall in December, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Ripley →
Questions about parks and trails in Ripley
Where can I hike in Ripley?
The longest trail networks: Clayton Wommack Park, 0.5 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Ripley is conserved land?
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 Ripley’s trails?
Clayton Wommack Park and Fred & Elizabeth Smith Sportsplex don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Ripley?
24,789 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Ripley or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 74 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Ripley have?
Ahead of 23% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #72 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 Ripley 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 →