Flint Creek Water Park
Park
700 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Woodlot · CC BY-SA 4.0C+Outdoors
Outdoors in Wiggins
Wiggins has 710 acres of parks, 165 for every 1,000 residents
39% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 2.5 miles of mapped trail cross Wiggins, 0.2 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 39% of U.S. towns · #39 of 101 in Mississippi. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
3 acres · of 10.8 sq mi of land
Trails
2.5 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Park land
710 ac
165 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
39%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.8 mi
0.8 mi paths
Lakes & rivers
2
2 beaches
What kind of outdoors town is Wiggins?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Wiggins have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Wiggins is ahead of 39% of U.S. towns, #39 of 101 in Mississippi. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
C+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Wiggins’ overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical MS town 2% · U.S. 4%DTrails0.2 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (3 mi) · MS 0.1 · U.S. 0.4B−Park land165 acres of park per 1,000 residents (710 acres) · MS 8 · U.S. 13AParks close to home39% of residents within a half mile of a park · MS 46% · U.S. 72%C
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 39%
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Mississippi towns of 2,500+ (101)Ahead of 62%
Few Mississippi towns conserve much land (a typical one, 2%; the U.S., 4%), so Wiggins’ under 1% is ahead of 4% of Mississippi towns, while its trails per square mile lead 71% of them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to B. Trails and many small parks come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so coverage varies from town to town; the half mile is a straight line from each census block, so a river or highway in the way isn’t counted against it.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
The map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
3 conserved acres
under 1% of Wiggins’ land. Who manages Wiggins’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
County3 ac
Local Park · 3 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Park Local Park | County | 3 | Open |
Things to do
5 places to go in Wiggins
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Beaches in Wiggins
2 beaches without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Playgrounds in Wiggins
3 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Trails & water
2 lakes & rivers
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Biking & sports
0.8 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.8 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
10Tennis
2Baseball
2Soccer
1Football
1Basketball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Wiggins: 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 | 11.1 | 11.9 | 12.9 | 13.7 | 14.1 | 14.0 | 13.3 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 10.5 | 10.2 |
| High (°F) | 61 | 65 | 72 | 78 | 85 | 90 | 91 | 91 | 87 | 79 | 70 | 63 |
| Rain (in) | 6.1 | 4.8 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 6.3 | 7.0 | 5.9 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 5.7 |
October is the driest month (3.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 7.0 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Wiggins →
Next door
Wiggins and its neighbors
Wiggins has the 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wiggins | under 1% | 0.2 | 165 | 39% | C+ |
| Bond | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Wiggins
Where can I hike in Wiggins?
The longest trail networks: Blaylock Park, 0.2 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Wiggins 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.
Are dogs allowed on Wiggins’ trails?
Flint Creek Water Park and Blaylock Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Wiggins?
0.8 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.8 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Wiggins?
63,821 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Wiggins or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 710 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Wiggins have?
Ahead of 39% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #39 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 Wiggins neighbors.
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Sources
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 →