Photo: Credit: Courtesy of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History · Public domain7% of Aberdeen’s land is conserved: 530 acres
32 acres are parks and preserves, 6.5 per 1,000 residents. 49% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 3.2 miles of mapped trail cross Aberdeen, 0.3 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 45% of U.S. towns · #27 of 101 in Mississippi. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Aberdeen?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Aberdeen have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Aberdeen is ahead of 45% of U.S. towns, #27 of 101 in Mississippi. 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 Aberdeen’s 7% is ahead of 80% of Mississippi towns, while its trails per square mile lead 77% 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
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530 conserved acres
7% of Aberdeen’s land. Who manages Aberdeen’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 5 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canal Section Wma State Conservation Area | Not recorded | 492 | Restricted |
| Ball Park Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 26 | Open |
| Newberger Park Local Park | Town or city | 5 | Open |
| Unknown Park Local Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
2 lakes & rivers
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.
25 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
13 more on the History page.
May is the best month for walking in Aberdeen
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 | 13.9 | 14.4 | 14.2 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 9.9 |
| High (°F) | 54 | 58 | 67 | 75 | 82 | 89 | 91 | 91 | 86 | 76 | 64 | 56 |
| Rain (in) | 5.0 | 5.6 | 5.0 | 5.7 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 5.6 |
September is the driest month (3.5 in) and August the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 5.7 inches fall in April, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Aberdeen →
Questions about parks and trails in Aberdeen
How much of Aberdeen is conserved land?
7% 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.
Is there public land near Aberdeen?
85 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Aberdeen or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 32 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Aberdeen have?
Ahead of 45% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #27 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 Aberdeen 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 →