Bayou Blue Rec Walking area
Park
12 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Residence Plantation House · Photo: Z28scrambler · CC BY-SA 3.0DOutdoors
Outdoors in Bayou Blue
Few parks or trails are on the map in Bayou Blue
6% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 13 acres are parks and preserves, 1.1 per 1,000 residents. 2.8 miles of mapped trail cross Bayou Blue, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 10% of U.S. towns · #138 of 162 in Louisiana. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
41 acres · of 23.3 sq mi of land
Trails
2.8 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
13 ac
1.1 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
6%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.7 mi
0.7 mi lanes
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Bayou Blue have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Bayou Blue is ahead of 10% of U.S. towns, #138 of 162 in Louisiana. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; trail miles come closest.
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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Bayou Blue’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical LA town 1% · U.S. 4%C−Trails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (3 mi) · LA 0.1 · U.S. 0.4CPark land1.1 acres of park per 1,000 residents (13 acres) · LA 5 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to home6% of residents within a half mile of a park · LA 53% · U.S. 72%D
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 10%
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Louisiana towns of 2,500+ (162)Ahead of 15%
Few Louisiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Bayou Blue’s under 1% is ahead of 26% of Louisiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 45% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Bayou Blue. 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 still be D. 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
The longest trail network is Bayou Blue Rec Walking area, with 0.4 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
41 conserved acres
under 1% of Bayou Blue’s land. Who manages Bayou Blue’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Other state land41 ac
State Resource Management Area · 41 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Division Of State Lands State Resource Management Area | Other state land | 41 | Open |
Biking & sports
0.7 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.7 mi
painted or protected bike lanes
Courts & fields
4Baseball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Bayou Blue: 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 | 14.0 | 13.9 | 13.2 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 10.6 | 10.2 |
| High (°F) | 64 | 68 | 73 | 79 | 85 | 90 | 91 | 91 | 88 | 81 | 72 | 66 |
| Rain (in) | 5.2 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 7.2 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 5.8 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.6 |
November is the driest month (3.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 7.6 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Bayou Blue →
Questions about parks and trails in Bayou Blue
Where can I hike in Bayou Blue?
The longest trail networks: Bayou Blue Rec Walking area, 0.4 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Bayou Blue 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.
Are dogs allowed on Bayou Blue’s trails?
Bayou Blue Rec Walking area doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Bayou Blue?
0.7 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.7 of painted or protected lanes.
Is there public land near Bayou Blue?
1,059 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Bayou Blue or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 53 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Bayou Blue have?
Ahead of 10% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #138 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 Bayou Blue 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 →