Photo: Chillin662 · CC BY-SA 4.0Rosedale has 646 acres of parks, 379 for every 1,000 residents
25% of Rosedale’s land is conserved, about 874 acres. 45% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 1.7 miles of mapped trail cross Rosedale, 0.3 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 80% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Rosedale?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Rosedale have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Rosedale is ahead of 80% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
Few Mississippi towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Rosedale’s 25% is ahead of 97% of Mississippi towns, while its trails per square mile lead 81% 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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874 conserved acres
25% of Rosedale’s land. Who manages Rosedale’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great River Road State Park State Park | State parks | 631 | Open |
| Mississippi 16th Section Public School Trust Lands State Resource Management Area | State land board | 628 | Open |
4 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 Rosedale
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) | 10.1 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 13.9 | 14.4 | 14.2 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.3 | 9.9 |
| High (°F) | 51 | 56 | 65 | 74 | 82 | 89 | 91 | 91 | 86 | 76 | 63 | 54 |
| Rain (in) | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 6.0 | 4.9 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 5.8 |
September is the driest month (3.2 in) and July the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 6.0 inches fall in April, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Rosedale →
Questions about parks and trails in Rosedale
How much of Rosedale is conserved land?
25% 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 Rosedale?
717 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Rosedale or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 646 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Rosedale have?
Ahead of 80% 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 Rosedale 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 →