Photo: Joe C Furr · CC BY-SA 3.026% of Terry’s land is conserved: 649 acres
11 acres are parks and preserves, 6.9 per 1,000 residents. 78% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.9 miles of mapped trail cross Terry, 0.2 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 64% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Terry?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Terry have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Terry is ahead of 64% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
Few Mississippi towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Terry’s 26% is ahead of 98% of Mississippi towns, while its trails per square mile lead 71% of them.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
649 conserved acres
26% of Terry’s land. Who manages Terry’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi 16th Section Public School Trust Lands State Resource Management Area | State land board | 649 | Open |
2 places to go in Terry
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
4 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
May is the best month for walking in Terry
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 | 14.1 | 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) | 5.7 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 5.6 |
October is the driest month (3.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 5.7 inches fall in January, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Terry →
Terry and its neighbors
Terry 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry | 26% | 0.2 | 7 | 78% | B |
| Byram | 5% | 0.1 | under 1 | 1% | C− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Terry
Where can I hike in Terry?
The longest trail networks: Village Square, 0.2 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Terry is conserved land?
26% 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 Terry’s trails?
County Park and Village Square don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Terry?
393 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Terry or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 11 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Terry have?
Ahead of 64% 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 Terry neighbors.
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 →