Soda Lake Wildlife Management Area
Managed by Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
D−Outdoors
Outdoors in Blanchard
Few parks or trails are on the map in Blanchard
15% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 3% of U.S. towns · #157 of 162 in Louisiana. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 3.5 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Near a park
15%
of residents within ½ mile
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Blanchard have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Blanchard is ahead of 3% of U.S. towns, #157 of 162 in Louisiana. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; the share of residents near a park comes closest.
D−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Blanchard’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical LA town 1% · U.S. 4%DTrails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · LA 0.1 · U.S. 0.4DPark land0.0 acres of park per 1,000 residents (0 acres) · LA 5 · U.S. 13DParks close to home15% 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 3%
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Louisiana towns of 2,500+ (162)Ahead of 3%
Few Louisiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Blanchard’s under 1% is ahead of 5% of Louisiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 8% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Blanchard. 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 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
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
5Tennis
2Baseball
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Blanchard: 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) | 10.2 | 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) | 4.5 | 4.3 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 5.1 |
August is the driest month (3.1 in) and the warmest (highs of 94 °F). 5.2 inches fall in March, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 94 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Blanchard →
Questions about parks and trails in Blanchard
How much of Blanchard 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 Blanchard’s trails?
Soda Lake Wildlife Management Area doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Blanchard?
748 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Blanchard or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Blanchard have?
Ahead of 3% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #157 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 Blanchard 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 →