Few parks or trails are on the map in Latimer
0.2 miles of mapped trail cross Latimer.
Ahead of 5% of U.S. towns · #97 of 101 in Mississippi. What drives it
How much outdoors does Latimer have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Latimer is ahead of 5% of U.S. towns, #97 of 101 in Mississippi. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; conserved land comes closest.
Few Mississippi towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Latimer’s 1% is ahead of 35% of Mississippi towns, while its trails per square mile lead 15% 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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100 conserved acres
1% of Latimer’s land. Who manages Latimer’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| De Soto National Forest National Forest | U.S. Forest Service | 100 | Open |
1 named trail
The best walking months in Latimer: 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) | 61 | 64 | 70 | 76 | 83 | 88 | 90 | 90 | 87 | 79 | 69 | 63 |
| Rain (in) | 5.7 | 4.3 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 6.7 | 7.8 | 6.8 | 5.7 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 5.0 |
October is the driest month (3.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 7.8 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Latimer →
Questions about parks and trails in Latimer
How much of Latimer is conserved land?
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 Latimer?
60,162 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Latimer or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 95 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Latimer have?
Ahead of 5% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #97 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 Latimer 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 →