Few parks or trails are on the map in Hide-A-Way Lake
3 acres are parks and preserves, 1.1 per 1,000 residents. 44% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 9% of U.S. towns · #92 of 101 in Mississippi. What drives it
How much outdoors does Hide-A-Way Lake have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Hide-A-Way Lake is ahead of 9% of U.S. towns, #92 of 101 in Mississippi. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; the share of residents near a park comes closest.
Few Mississippi towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Hide-A-Way Lake’s under 1% is ahead of 13% of Mississippi towns, while its trails per square mile lead 6% of them.
Water is 16% of Hide-A-Way Lake’s area (0 of 2 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read under 1%.
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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3 conserved acres
under 1% of Hide-A-Way Lake’s land. Water is left out: Hide-A-Way Lake has 1.5 square miles of land and 0.3 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Hide-A-Way Lake’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hide A Way Park Private Park | Private owners | 3 | Open |
1 lakes & rivers
The best walking months in Hide-A-Way Lake: 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) | 10.4 | 11.1 | 11.9 | 12.9 | 13.7 | 14.1 | 13.9 | 13.2 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 10.6 | 10.2 |
| High (°F) | 62 | 66 | 72 | 78 | 85 | 90 | 91 | 91 | 88 | 80 | 70 | 64 |
| Rain (in) | 5.9 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 6.6 | 7.0 | 6.4 | 5.0 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 5.2 |
October is the driest month (3.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 7.0 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Hide-A-Way Lake →
Hide-A-Way Lake and its neighbors
Hide-A-Way Lake has the second most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hide-A-Way Lake | under 1% | under 0.1 | 1 | 44% | D |
| Picayune | 6% | 0.1 | 14 | 68% | B− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Hide-A-Way Lake
How much of Hide-A-Way Lake 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 Hide-A-Way Lake?
173 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Hide-A-Way Lake or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 3 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Hide-A-Way Lake have?
Ahead of 9% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #92 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 Hide-A-Way Lake 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 →