8% of Leakesville’s land is conserved: 308 acres
1 acre is park or preserve, 0.2 per 1,000 residents. 16% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 1.6 miles of mapped trail cross Leakesville, 0.3 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 28% of U.S. towns · #61 of 101 in Mississippi. What drives it
How much outdoors does Leakesville have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Leakesville is ahead of 28% of U.S. towns, #61 of 101 in Mississippi. Conserved land holds 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 Leakesville’s 8% is ahead of 82% of Mississippi towns, while its trails per square mile lead 75% 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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308 conserved acres
8% of Leakesville’s land. Who manages Leakesville’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 | 308 | Open |
1 places to go in Leakesville
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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.
The best walking months in Leakesville: 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 | 13.7 | 14.2 | 14.0 | 13.3 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.5 | 10.1 |
| High (°F) | 61 | 66 | 72 | 79 | 85 | 90 | 92 | 92 | 88 | 80 | 70 | 63 |
| Rain (in) | 6.1 | 4.8 | 5.7 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 6.3 | 5.6 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 5.6 |
October is the driest month (3.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 6.3 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Leakesville →
Questions about parks and trails in Leakesville
How much of Leakesville is conserved land?
8% 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 Leakesville?
25 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Leakesville or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Leakesville have?
Ahead of 28% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #61 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 Leakesville 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 →