Bayou Gauche Park
Park
8 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
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Outdoors in Bayou Gauche
More than half of Bayou Gauche’s land is conserved: 58%
58% of Bayou Gauche’s land is conserved, about 4,812 acres. 8 acres are parks and preserves, 4.2 per 1,000 residents. 51% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 57% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
58%
4,812 acres · of 12.9 sq mi of land
Trails
4.2 mi
0.3 per sq mi of land
Park land
8 ac
4.2 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
51%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
4
What kind of outdoors town is Bayou Gauche?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Bayou Gauche have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Bayou Gauche is ahead of 57% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Bayou Gauche’s overall grade.
Conserved land58% of the land · typical LA town 1% · U.S. 4%A+Trails0.3 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (4 mi) · LA 0.1 · U.S. 0.4B−Park land4.2 acres of park per 1,000 residents (8 acres) · LA 5 · U.S. 13CParks 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 57%
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Few Louisiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Bayou Gauche’s 58% is ahead of 100% of Louisiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 73% of them.
Water is 19% of Bayou Gauche’s area (3 of 16 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 48%.
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
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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.
Who protects it
4,812 conserved acres
58% of Bayou Gauche’s land. Water is left out: Bayou Gauche has 12.9 square miles of land and 2.9 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Bayou Gauche’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Land trusts & nonprofits4,237 ac
State fish & wildlife568 ac
County7 ac
Recreation or Education Easement · 4,237 acState Conservation Area · 568 acLocal Park · 7 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 4,237 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayou Des Allemands State Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 568 | Restricted |
| Bayou Gauche Park Local Park | County | 7 | Open |
Things to do
1 places to go in Bayou Gauche
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Bayou Gauche
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Trails & water
4 lakes & rivers
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
When to get out
The best walking months in Bayou Gauche: 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) | 63 | 67 | 73 | 79 | 85 | 90 | 92 | 92 | 88 | 81 | 72 | 66 |
| Rain (in) | 5.2 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 5.7 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.7 |
November is the driest month (3.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 7.5 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Bayou Gauche →
Next door
Bayou Gauche and its neighbors
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| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bayou Gauche | 58% | 0.3 | 4 | 51% | B |
| Des Allemands | 35% | 0.6 | 11 | 64% | B+ |
| Paradis | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Bayou Gauche
How much of Bayou Gauche is conserved land?
58% 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 Gauche’s trails?
Bayou Gauche Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Bayou Gauche?
696 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Bayou Gauche or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 8 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Bayou Gauche have?
Ahead of 57% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade. 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 Gauche 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 →