Few parks or trails are on the map in Bawcomville
2.1 miles of mapped trail cross Bawcomville, 0.7 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 13% of U.S. towns · #131 of 162 in Louisiana. What drives it
How much outdoors does Bawcomville have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Bawcomville is ahead of 13% of U.S. towns, #131 of 162 in Louisiana. Trail miles hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
Few Louisiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Bawcomville’s under 1% is ahead of 17% of Louisiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 89% of them.
Water is 15% of Bawcomville’s area (1 of 4 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read under 1%.
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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2 conserved acres
under 1% of Bawcomville’s land. Water is left out: Bawcomville has 3.2 square miles of land and 0.6 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Bawcomville’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 2 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
May is the best month for walking in Bawcomville
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 | 12.9 | 13.8 | 14.3 | 14.1 | 13.3 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 10.0 |
| High (°F) | 57 | 61 | 69 | 77 | 84 | 90 | 93 | 94 | 89 | 79 | 67 | 59 |
| Rain (in) | 5.5 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 6.2 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 5.5 |
August is the driest month (3.6 in) and the warmest (highs of 94 °F). 6.2 inches fall in April, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 94 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Bawcomville →
Questions about parks and trails in Bawcomville
How much of Bawcomville is conserved land?
under 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.
Is there public land near Bawcomville?
1,675 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Bawcomville or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Bawcomville have?
Ahead of 13% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #131 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 Bawcomville 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 →