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C−Outdoors
Outdoors in Addis

Few parks or trails are on the map in Addis

13% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 17 acres are parks and preserves, 2.4 per 1,000 residents. 1.1 miles of mapped trail cross Addis, 0.3 per square mile of land.

Ahead of 16% of U.S. towns · #116 of 162 in Louisiana. What drives it

Conserved land
1%
17 acres · of 4.2 sq mi of land
Trails
1.1 mi
0.3 per sq mi of land
Park land
17 ac
2.4 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
13%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.9 mi
0.9 mi paths
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Addis have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Addis is ahead of 16% of U.S. towns, #116 of 162 in Louisiana. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; trail miles come closest.

C−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Addis’ overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 16%
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Louisiana towns of 2,500+ (162)Ahead of 29%

Few Louisiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Addis’ 1% is ahead of 39% of Louisiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 65% of them.

NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Addis. OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers and coverage varies from town to town, so a town with unmapped parks scores low on them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from D to C−. 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
Who protects it

17 conserved acres

1% of Addis’ land. Who manages Addis’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Town or city17 ac
Local Park · 17 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Myhand Park
Local Park
Town or city17Open
Biking & sports

0.9 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

0.9 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
2Tennis

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

History along the way

1 place on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).

History →
Bank of AddisBuilding · listed 1992
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Addis: 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)10.411.111.912.913.714.113.913.212.311.410.610.2
High (°F)626673798690929289817164
Rain (in)6.04.64.35.15.86.55.96.24.54.64.15.2

November is the driest month (4.1 in) and August the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 6.5 inches fall in June, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Addis →

Questions about parks and trails in Addis

How much of Addis is conserved land?

1% of its land, against a typical 1% for a Louisiana town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.

Where can I bike in Addis?

0.9 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.9 of off-road paths.

Is there public land near Addis?

2,520 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Addis or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 17 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Addis have?

Ahead of 16% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #116 of 162 in Louisiana. 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 Addis neighbors.

Town Square →
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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 →