Louisiana's Medal of Honor Park & Museum
Park
37 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Infrogmation of New Orleans · CC BY-SA 3.0C+Outdoors
Outdoors in Belle Chasse
Belle Chasse has 6.2 miles of mapped trails, 0.8 for every square mile of land
10% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 37 acres are parks and preserves, 3.4 per 1,000 residents. 4% of Belle Chasse’s land is conserved, about 212 acres.
Ahead of 36% of U.S. towns · #54 of 162 in Louisiana. What drives it
Conserved land
4%
212 acres · of 8.2 sq mi of land
Trails
6.2 mi
0.8 per sq mi of land
Park land
37 ac
3.4 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
10%
of residents within ½ mile
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Belle Chasse have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Belle Chasse is ahead of 36% of U.S. towns, #54 of 162 in Louisiana. Trail miles hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
C+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Belle Chasse’s overall grade.
Conserved land4% of the land · typical LA town 1% · U.S. 4%BTrails0.8 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (6 mi) · LA 0.1 · U.S. 0.4B+Park land3.4 acres of park per 1,000 residents (37 acres) · LA 5 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to home10% 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 36%
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Louisiana towns of 2,500+ (162)Ahead of 67%
Few Louisiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Belle Chasse’s 4% is ahead of 92% of Louisiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 94% of them.
Water is 19% of Belle Chasse’s area (2 of 10 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 3%.
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
The longest trail network is Louisiana's Medal of Honor Park & Museum, with 0.8 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
212 conserved acres
4% of Belle Chasse’s land. Water is left out: Belle Chasse has 8.2 square miles of land and 1.9 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Belle Chasse’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Joint212 ac
Unknown Easement · 212 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 212 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 1 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
Trails & water
1 named trail
Named trails
Avenue I0.2 mi
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
4Soccer
1Softball
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Belle Chasse: 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 | 72 | 78 | 85 | 89 | 91 | 91 | 88 | 80 | 71 | 65 |
| Rain (in) | 5.2 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 7.0 | 7.7 | 6.7 | 5.5 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.6 |
October is the driest month (3.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 7.7 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Belle Chasse →
Next door
Belle Chasse and its neighbors
Belle Chasse has the most mapped trails of the 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belle Chasse | 4% | 0.8 | 3 | 10% | C+ |
| New Orleans Station | under 1% | 0.4 | under 1 | under 1% | D |
| Terrytown | 1% | 0.1 | 1 | 72% | C− |
| Timberlane | 2% | 0.3 | 2 | 65% | C+ |
| Woodmere | 1% | 0.1 | 5 | 54% | C− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Belle Chasse
Where can I hike in Belle Chasse?
The longest trail networks: Louisiana's Medal of Honor Park & Museum, 0.8 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Belle Chasse is conserved land?
4% 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 Belle Chasse’s trails?
Louisiana's Medal of Honor Park & Museum doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Belle Chasse?
5,033 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Belle Chasse or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 37 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Belle Chasse have?
Ahead of 36% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #54 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 Belle Chasse 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 →