Bruce Park
Park
49 acres0.6 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Fredlyfish4 · CC BY-SA 4.0B−Outdoors
Outdoors in Bruce
Bruce has 71 acres of parks, 48 for every 1,000 residents
The biggest trail networks: Bruce Park (0.6 mi). 88% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.6 miles of mapped trail cross Bruce, 0.2 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 50% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 2.4 sq mi of land
Trails
0.6 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Park land
71 ac
48 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
88%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Bruce?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Bruce have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Bruce is ahead of 50% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
B−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Bruce’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical MS town 2% · U.S. 4%DTrails0.2 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · MS 0.1 · U.S. 0.4B−Park land48 acres of park per 1,000 residents (71 acres) · MS 8 · U.S. 13A−Parks close to home88% of residents within a half mile of a park · MS 46% · U.S. 72%B+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 50%
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Few Mississippi towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Bruce’s under 1% is ahead of 5% of Mississippi towns, while its trails per square mile lead 73% of them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ to A−. Trails and many small parks come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so coverage varies from town to town; the half mile is a straight line from each census block, so a river or highway in the way isn’t counted against it.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
The map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Pick a walk
The longest trail network is Bruce Park, with 0.6 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Harry E. Waller Park
Park
16 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Things to do
2 places to go in Bruce
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Bruce
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Biking & sports
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Courts & fields
6Baseball
2Tennis
2Soccer
1Basketball
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
May is the best month for walking in Bruce
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 | 10.3 | 9.9 |
| High (°F) | 53 | 58 | 66 | 75 | 82 | 88 | 91 | 91 | 86 | 76 | 64 | 56 |
| Rain (in) | 5.0 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.8 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 5.9 |
September is the driest month (3.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 5.9 inches fall in December, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Bruce →
Questions about parks and trails in Bruce
Where can I hike in Bruce?
The longest trail networks: Bruce Park, 0.6 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Bruce is conserved land?
under 1% 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 Bruce’s trails?
Bruce Park and Harry E. Waller Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Bruce?
79 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Bruce or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 71 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Bruce have?
Ahead of 50% 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 Bruce neighbors.
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Sources
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 →