Mississippi trails · Pigeon Roost Road Trail
Pigeon Roost Road Trail
A 3.4-mile out-and-back in Mississippi, with 290 ft of climbing. Managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
Elevation profile
The climbing leans toward the final third: 46% of the ascent falls between mile 2.3 and mile 3.4.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Getting there
Long Bridge Trail access. 33.24179, -89.09709 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On August 31, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:04 a.m., the sun rises at 6:29 a.m. and sets at 7:23 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 7:48 p.m. (CDT) — 12 h 53 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 6.8-mile round trip takes roughly 2 h 48 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 9:17 a.m. — 10 h 05 min before sunset.
Loop options
- Long Bridge Trail + Pigeon Roost Road Trail + BLUE E TRAIL — 3.4 mi loop, 374 ft gain
- Rockcrusher Road Trail + Sheep Ranch Trail + Pigeon Roost Road Trail — 7.6 mi loop, 1,033 ft gain
- Pigeon Roost Road Trail + Rockcrusher Road Trail + Blue D Trail — 1.8 mi loop, 248 ft gain
Nearby trails
- North Trail — 0.0 mi
- Charlotte'S Web Trail — 0.9 mi
- Sheep Ranch Trail — 2.6 mi
- Choctaw Lake Lakeside Trail — 3.8 mi