A P Carter Park
Park
24 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Morehouse Parish Courthouse · Photo: Billy Hathorn · CC BY 3.0COutdoors
Outdoors in Bastrop
Bastrop has 76 acres of parks, 8.2 for every 1,000 residents
88% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.2 miles of mapped trail cross Bastrop. 1% of Bastrop’s land is conserved, about 69 acres.
Ahead of 33% of U.S. towns · #61 of 162 in Louisiana. What drives it
Conserved land
1%
69 acres · of 8.6 sq mi of land
Trails
0.2 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
76 ac
8.2 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
88%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Bastrop?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Bastrop have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Bastrop is ahead of 33% of U.S. towns, #61 of 162 in Louisiana. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
C
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Bastrop’s overall grade.
Conserved land1% of the land · typical LA town 1% · U.S. 4%CTrails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · LA 0.1 · U.S. 0.4C−Park land8.2 acres of park per 1,000 residents (76 acres) · LA 5 · U.S. 13C+Parks close to home88% of residents within a half mile of a park · LA 53% · U.S. 72%B+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 33%
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Louisiana towns of 2,500+ (162)Ahead of 63%
Few Louisiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Bastrop’s 1% is ahead of 63% of Louisiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 21% of them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C− 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
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Forrest Park
Park
10 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Emilea Park
Park
4 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
69 conserved acres
1% of Bastrop’s land. Who manages Bastrop’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city68 ac
Local Park · 68 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ap Carter Park Local Park | Town or city | 22 | Open |
| Dotson Park Local Park | Town or city | 18 | Open |
| East Madison Park Local Park | Town or city | 9 | Open |
| Forrest Park Local Park | Town or city | 8 | Open |
| Gp Griffin Park Local Park | Town or city | 6 | Open |
| Ralph George Park Local Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
| Emilea Park Local Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
Biking & sports
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Courts & fields
6Baseball
4Tennis
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →5 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
When to get out
May is the best month for walking in Bastrop
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) | 10.2 | 11.0 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 13.8 | 14.3 | 14.1 | 13.3 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 10.0 |
| High (°F) | 56 | 60 | 68 | 76 | 83 | 90 | 93 | 93 | 88 | 78 | 67 | 58 |
| Rain (in) | 5.5 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 5.5 |
September is the driest month (3.4 in) and August the warmest (highs of 93 °F). 6.0 inches fall in April, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 93 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Bastrop →
Questions about parks and trails in Bastrop
How much of Bastrop 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.
Are dogs allowed on Bastrop’s trails?
A P Carter Park and Forrest Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Bastrop?
958 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Bastrop or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 76 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Bastrop have?
Ahead of 33% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #61 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 Bastrop 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 →