Photo: Billy Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Benton
42% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 10 acres are parks and preserves, 3.8 per 1,000 residents. 0.3 miles of mapped trail cross Benton, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 19% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Benton have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Benton is ahead of 19% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; the share of residents near a park comes closest.
Few Louisiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Benton’s 1% is ahead of 37% of Louisiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 45% of them.
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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9 conserved acres
1% of Benton’s land. Who manages Benton’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benton Dixie League Park Local Park | Town or city | 9 | Open |
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
May is the best month for walking in Benton
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 | 76 | 84 | 90 | 94 | 94 | 88 | 78 | 67 | 59 |
| Rain (in) | 4.7 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 5.1 |
August is the driest month (3.1 in) and the warmest (highs of 94 °F). 5.2 inches fall in April, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 94 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Benton →
Questions about parks and trails in Benton
How much of Benton 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.
Is there public land near Benton?
199 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Benton or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 10 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Benton have?
Ahead of 19% 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 Benton 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 →