Mineral Springs Park
Park
8 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: formulanone · CC BY-SA 2.0DOutdoors
Outdoors in Iuka
Few parks or trails are on the map in Iuka
8 acres are parks and preserves, 2.5 per 1,000 residents. 25% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.8 miles of mapped trail cross Iuka, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 10% of U.S. towns · #91 of 101 in Mississippi. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 9.7 sq mi of land
Trails
0.8 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
8 ac
2.5 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
25%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Iuka?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Iuka have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Iuka is ahead of 10% of U.S. towns, #91 of 101 in Mississippi. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; trail miles come closest.
D
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Iuka’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical MS town 2% · U.S. 4%DTrails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · MS 0.1 · U.S. 0.4CPark land2.5 acres of park per 1,000 residents (8 acres) · MS 8 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to home25% of residents within a half mile of a park · MS 46% · U.S. 72%C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 10%
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Mississippi towns of 2,500+ (101)Ahead of 10%
Few Mississippi towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Iuka’s under 1% is ahead of 4% of Mississippi towns, while its trails per square mile lead 32% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Iuka. OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers and coverage varies from town to town, so a town with unmapped parks scores low on them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would still be D. 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
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
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
2Baseball
2Tennis
1Softball
1Equestrian
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →13 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
Old Tishomingo County CourthouseBuilding · listed 1973
About itChurch of Our SaviorBuilding · listed 1991
About itG. P. Hammerly HouseBuilding · listed 1991
About itJ. C. Jourdan HouseBuilding · listed 1991
About itJ. M. Coman HouseBuilding · listed 1991
About itJames H. Doan HouseBuilding · listed 1991
About itJames S. Davis HouseBuilding · listed 1991
About itMerrill-Newhardt HouseBuilding · listed 1991
About itReid HouseBuilding · listed 1991
About itStone-Reid HouseBuilding · listed 1991
About itCentral Iuka Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 1991
About itR.C. Brinkley HouseBuilding · listed 2002
About it1 more on the History page.
When to get out
The best walking months in Iuka: 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) | 10.1 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 14.3 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.2 | 10.3 | 9.8 |
| High (°F) | 51 | 55 | 64 | 73 | 80 | 87 | 90 | 89 | 84 | 74 | 62 | 53 |
| Rain (in) | 5.2 | 5.5 | 5.9 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 6.1 |
October is the driest month (3.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 6.1 inches fall in December, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Iuka →
Questions about parks and trails in Iuka
How much of Iuka 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 Iuka’s trails?
Mineral Springs Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Iuka?
10,194 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Iuka or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 8 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Iuka have?
Ahead of 10% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #91 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 Iuka 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 →