Photo: JonathanTheLibrarian · CC BY-SA 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Collins
3 acres are parks and preserves, 1.4 per 1,000 residents. 4.5 miles of mapped trail cross Collins, 0.6 per square mile of land. 30% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 22% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Collins have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Collins is ahead of 22% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold 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 Collins’ under 1% is ahead of 17% of Mississippi towns, while its trails per square mile lead 96% 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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13 conserved acres
under 1% of Collins’ land. Who manages Collins’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi 16th Section Public School Trust Lands State Resource Management Area | State land board | 13 | Open |
5 places to go in Collins
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
4 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
1 boat launch without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
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.
2 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Collins: April and May
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) | 10.3 | 11.0 | 11.9 | 12.9 | 13.8 | 14.2 | 14.0 | 13.3 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.5 | 10.1 |
| High (°F) | 60 | 64 | 71 | 78 | 84 | 90 | 92 | 92 | 88 | 79 | 69 | 61 |
| Rain (in) | 5.8 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 5.6 |
October is the driest month (3.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 5.8 inches fall in January, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Collins →
Questions about parks and trails in Collins
How much of Collins 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.
Is there public land near Collins?
9 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Collins or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 3 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Collins have?
Ahead of 22% 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 Collins 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 →