Photo: Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Newton
47 acres are parks and preserves, 15 per 1,000 residents. 52% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 24% of U.S. towns · #70 of 101 in Mississippi. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Newton?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Newton have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Newton is ahead of 24% of U.S. towns, #70 of 101 in Mississippi. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
Few Mississippi towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Newton’s 1% is ahead of 34% of Mississippi towns, while its trails per square mile lead 6% 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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47 conserved acres
1% of Newton’s land. Who manages Newton’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Park Local Park | Town or city | 47 | Open |
2 places to go in Newton
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
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.
3 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
May is the best month for walking in Newton
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) | 58 | 62 | 70 | 77 | 84 | 89 | 91 | 91 | 87 | 78 | 67 | 60 |
| Rain (in) | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.9 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 5.5 |
September is the driest month (3.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 5.9 inches fall in April, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Newton →
Questions about parks and trails in Newton
How much of Newton 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 Newton?
12,030 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Newton or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 47 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Newton have?
Ahead of 24% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #70 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 Newton 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 →