Mississippi trails · 706d Dowling Bayou Trail
706d Dowling Bayou Trail
A 4.4-mile out-and-back in Mississippi, with 6 ft of climbing. Reaches Dowling Bayou Greentree Reservoir. Managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
Elevation profile
Essentially flat — no sustained climb anywhere along its 4.4 miles.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Dowling Bayou Greentree Reservoir (lake)
Getting there
MCCANN BAYOU TH — parking nearby, restroom, water, fee site. About 1 h 13 min drive (29 mi, 6 of them unpaved) from Yazoo City. 32.91678, -90.74726 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:41 a.m., the sun rises at 7:06 a.m. and sets at 6:31 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 6:56 p.m. (CDT) — 11 h 25 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 8.9-mile round trip takes roughly 3 h 17 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 10:23 a.m. — 8 h 08 min before sunset.