Photo: DanielPenfield · CC BY-SA 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Quitman
52% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 26 acres are parks and preserves, 12 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 16% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Quitman?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Quitman have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Quitman is ahead of 16% of U.S. towns. 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 Quitman’s under 1% is ahead of 5% of Mississippi towns, while its trails per square mile lead 7% of them.
Water is 12% of Quitman’s area (1 of 6 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read under 1%.
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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2 places to go in Quitman
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
1 boat launch without a name on the map.
1 lakes & rivers
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.
9 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Quitman: 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 | 13.8 | 14.2 | 14.0 | 13.3 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.5 | 10.1 |
| High (°F) | 59 | 63 | 71 | 77 | 84 | 90 | 92 | 91 | 88 | 79 | 68 | 61 |
| Rain (in) | 5.6 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 5.3 |
September is the driest month (3.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 5.9 inches fall in March, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Quitman →
Questions about parks and trails in Quitman
How much of Quitman 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 Quitman?
854 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Quitman or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 26 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Quitman have?
Ahead of 16% 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 Quitman 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 →