Harper McCaughan Town Green Park
Park
4 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Fort Massachusetts · Photo: Edibobb · CC BY 3.0DOutdoors
Outdoors in Long Beach
Few parks or trails are on the map in Long Beach
19 acres are parks and preserves, 1.1 per 1,000 residents. 20% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 1.0 miles of mapped trail cross Long Beach, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 10% of U.S. towns · #90 of 101 in Mississippi. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
12 acres · of 10.2 sq mi of land
Trails
1.0 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
19 ac
1.1 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
20%
of residents within ½ mile
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Long Beach have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Long Beach is ahead of 10% of U.S. towns, #90 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 Long Beach’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical MS town 2% · U.S. 4%C−Trails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · MS 0.1 · U.S. 0.4CPark land1.1 acres of park per 1,000 residents (19 acres) · MS 8 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to home20% 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 11%
Few Mississippi towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Long Beach’s under 1% is ahead of 10% of Mississippi towns, while its trails per square mile lead 37% of them.
Water is 27% of Long Beach’s area (4 of 14 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read under 1%.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Long Beach. 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
The longest trail network is Harper McCaughan Town Green Park, with 0.4 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
12 conserved acres
under 1% of Long Beach’s land. Water is left out: Long Beach has 10.2 square miles of land and 3.7 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Long Beach’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
County12 ac
Local Recreation Area · 12 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Beach Baseball Fields Local Recreation Area | County | 12 | Open |
Things to do
1 places to go in Long Beach
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Long Beach
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
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
12Tennis
11Baseball
2Football
1Basketball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 5 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
W. J. Quarles House and CottageBuilding · listed 1980
About itWhen to get out
The best walking months in Long Beach: 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) | 59 | 63 | 69 | 75 | 82 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 86 | 79 | 68 | 62 |
| Rain (in) | 5.7 | 4.5 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 6.7 | 7.6 | 6.7 | 5.4 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 5.1 |
October is the driest month (3.6 in) and August the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 7.6 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Long Beach →
Next door
Long Beach and its neighbors
Long Beach has the second most mapped trails of the 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long Beach | under 1% | 0.1 | 1 | 20% | D |
| Gulfport | 5% | 0.2 | 7 | 55% | C+ |
| Pass Christian | 5% | under 0.1 | 3 | 17% | C− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Long Beach
Where can I hike in Long Beach?
The longest trail networks: Harper McCaughan Town Green Park, 0.4 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Long Beach 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 Long Beach’s trails?
Harper McCaughan Town Green Park and War Memorial Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Long Beach?
2,808 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Long Beach or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 19 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Long Beach have?
Ahead of 10% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #90 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 Long Beach 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 →