Pop Stroman Memorial Park
Park
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
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Outdoors in Avondale
8% of Avondale’s land is conserved: 280 acres
2.9 miles of mapped trail cross Avondale, 0.5 per square mile of land. 35 acres are parks and preserves, 7.6 per 1,000 residents. 51% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 55% of U.S. towns · #13 of 162 in Louisiana. What drives it
Conserved land
8%
280 acres · of 5.6 sq mi of land
Trails
2.9 mi
0.5 per sq mi of land
Park land
35 ac
7.6 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
51%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.6 mi
0.6 mi paths
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Avondale have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Avondale is ahead of 55% of U.S. towns, #13 of 162 in Louisiana. Conserved land holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Avondale’s overall grade.
Conserved land8% of the land · typical LA town 1% · U.S. 4%B+Trails0.5 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (3 mi) · LA 0.1 · U.S. 0.4BPark land7.6 acres of park per 1,000 residents (35 acres) · LA 5 · U.S. 13C+Parks close to home51% of residents within a half mile of a park · LA 53% · U.S. 72%C+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 55%
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Louisiana towns of 2,500+ (162)Ahead of 93%
Few Louisiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Avondale’s 8% is ahead of 94% of Louisiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 83% of them.
Water is 7% of Avondale’s area (0 of 6 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 7%.
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
280 conserved acres
8% of Avondale’s land. Water is left out: Avondale has 5.6 square miles of land and 0.4 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Avondale’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State natural resources249 ac
State parks17 ac
County13 ac
State Other or Unknown · 249 acState Park · 17 acLocal Park · 13 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 3 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| State Lands State Other or Unknown | State natural resources | 249 | Unknown |
| Bayou Segnette State Park State Park | State parks | 17 | Open |
| Avondale Playground Local Park | County | 13 | Open |
Biking & sports
0.6 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.6 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
4Golf
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Avondale: 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) | 10.4 | 11.1 | 11.9 | 12.9 | 13.6 | 14.1 | 13.9 | 13.2 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 10.6 | 10.2 |
| High (°F) | 63 | 67 | 73 | 79 | 85 | 90 | 92 | 91 | 88 | 81 | 71 | 65 |
| Rain (in) | 5.3 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 7.2 | 7.7 | 7.0 | 5.5 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.7 |
October is the driest month (3.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 7.7 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Avondale →
Next door
Avondale and its neighbors
Avondale has the most mapped trails of the 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avondale | 8% | 0.5 | 8 | 51% | B |
| Bridge City | under 1% | 0.6 | 1 | 68% | C |
| Waggaman | 1% | 0.1 | 3 | 81% | C− |
| Elmwood | under 1% | 0.3 | under 1 | 63% | C− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Avondale
How much of Avondale is conserved land?
8% 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.
Are dogs allowed on Avondale’s trails?
Pop Stroman Memorial Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Avondale?
0.6 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.6 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Avondale?
5,497 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Avondale or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 35 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Avondale have?
Ahead of 55% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #13 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 Avondale 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 →