Serenity Gardens
Park
4 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Billy Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0DOutdoors
Outdoors in Bernice
Few parks or trails are on the map in Bernice
3 acres are parks and preserves, 2.5 per 1,000 residents. 27% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.6 miles of mapped trail cross Bernice, 0.2 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 12% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 3.2 sq mi of land
Trails
0.6 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Park land
3 ac
2.5 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
27%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Bernice?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Bernice have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Bernice is ahead of 12% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; trail miles come closest.
D
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Bernice’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical LA town 1% · U.S. 4%DTrails0.2 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · LA 0.1 · U.S. 0.4C+Park land2.5 acres of park per 1,000 residents (3 acres) · LA 5 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to home27% 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 12%
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Few Louisiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Bernice’s under 1% is ahead of 5% of Louisiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 57% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Bernice. 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 range from D to C−. 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 Serenity Gardens, with 0.2 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
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
1Baseball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →5 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
When to get out
May is the best month for walking in Bernice
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 | 13.0 | 13.8 | 14.3 | 14.1 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 10.0 |
| High (°F) | 56 | 60 | 68 | 76 | 83 | 90 | 93 | 93 | 88 | 78 | 66 | 58 |
| Rain (in) | 5.3 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 5.6 |
August is the driest month (3.4 in) and the warmest (highs of 93 °F). 5.6 inches fall in April, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 93 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Bernice →
Questions about parks and trails in Bernice
Where can I hike in Bernice?
The longest trail networks: Serenity Gardens, 0.2 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Bernice 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 Bernice’s trails?
Serenity Gardens doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Bernice?
7,909 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Bernice or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 3 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Bernice have?
Ahead of 12% 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 Bernice 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 →