1
Freedom Ridge Park
Park
76 acres3.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Ridgeland
Ridgeland, MS parks, trails & bike paths
About 7.6% of Ridgeland is conserved land, roughly 1,353 acres. There are about 5.9 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Freedom Ridge Park (3.2 mi), Hite-Wolcott Park (1 mi), and Friendship park (0.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Ridgeland, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Ridgeland outdoors
Conserved land
7.6%
1,353 of 17,895 acres
Trails
5.9 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi · 5 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
7
55 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
23.0 mi
4.6 mi lanes · 16.3 mi off-road paths
Conserved land is a share of the whole town area. Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Tap a number or a place below to zoom in© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Parks & preserves with trails
Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
2
Hite-Wolcott Park
Park
32 acres1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Friendship park
Park
12 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Natchez Trace Trail
Park
753 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 7 parks & preserves
- Old Trace Park35 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Natchez Trace Parkway Information Cabin2 ac · Directions
- North Jetty Park2 ac
Who protects the land
1,353 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 161 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes4.6 mi
- Off-road bike paths16.3 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes2.1 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis40
- Baseball16
- Pickleball8
- Soccer2
- Basketball1
- Football1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Ridgeland and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Ridgeland's trails yet. Muddy, icy, a bridge out, where to park: a quick post helps the next person.
Sources: trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US). Measured against the Census town boundary.
How we measure
"Trails" are OpenStreetMap paths, bridleways, public tracks and unpaved footways, plus footways inside a park or preserve or on a named trail route. Sidewalks are left out. Areas are counted on a 21.2-meter grid, so overlapping parcels count once. "Conserved" includes conservation easements, which protect land from development but are usually private property. Trailheads are the nearest marked trailhead, public parking lot or information board within about 150 meters of a preserve. Dog rules come from OpenStreetMap when someone has tagged them; otherwise we show what's typical for the land manager, or say the rules aren't recorded.