Photo: Chillin662 · CC BY-SA 4.0Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Moorhead
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 5 acres are parks and preserves, 3.5 per 1,000 residents. 0.5 miles of mapped trail cross Moorhead, 0.4 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 47% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Moorhead?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Moorhead have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Moorhead is ahead of 47% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park 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 Moorhead’s 1% is ahead of 25% of Mississippi towns, while its trails per square mile lead 88% 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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6 conserved acres
1% of Moorhead’s land. Who manages Moorhead’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ingram St Local Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
| Brookside Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
| Unknown Park Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
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.
May is the best month for walking in Moorhead
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) | 10.2 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 13.9 | 14.4 | 14.2 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 9.9 |
| High (°F) | 53 | 58 | 66 | 75 | 83 | 89 | 91 | 92 | 88 | 77 | 65 | 56 |
| Rain (in) | 5.1 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 6.0 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 5.7 |
September is the driest month (3.2 in) and August the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 6.0 inches fall in April, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Moorhead →
Questions about parks and trails in Moorhead
How much of Moorhead 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 Moorhead?
43 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Moorhead or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 5 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Moorhead have?
Ahead of 47% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade. 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 Moorhead 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 →