Photo: Dofftoubab · CC BY-SA 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Nellieburg
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Ahead of 3% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Nellieburg have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Nellieburg is ahead of 3% of U.S. towns. 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 Nellieburg’s under 1% is ahead of 10% of Mississippi towns, while its trails per square mile lead 7% 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
under 1% of Nellieburg’s land. Who manages Nellieburg’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 | 6 | Open |
1 lakes & rivers
May is the best month for walking in Nellieburg
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 | 11.0 | 11.9 | 12.9 | 13.8 | 14.3 | 14.1 | 13.3 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 10.0 |
| High (°F) | 57 | 62 | 70 | 77 | 84 | 90 | 92 | 91 | 87 | 78 | 67 | 60 |
| Rain (in) | 5.6 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 5.3 |
September is the driest month (3.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 5.7 inches fall in April, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Nellieburg →
Nellieburg and its neighbors
Nellieburg has the second most mapped trails of the 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nellieburg | under 1% | under 0.1 | under 1 | under 1% | D− |
| Meridian | 12% | 0.2 | 104 | 47% | B+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Nellieburg
How much of Nellieburg 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.
Is there public land near Nellieburg?
6,020 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Nellieburg or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Nellieburg have?
Ahead of 3% 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 Nellieburg 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 →