Hooper Road Park
Managed by BREC
32 acres0.6 mi of trail
Intermediate Loop
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
B−Outdoors
Outdoors in Brownfields
Brownfields has 91 acres of parks, 21 for every 1,000 residents
The biggest trail networks: Hooper Road Park (0.6 mi). 0.7 miles of mapped trail cross Brownfields, 0.2 per square mile of land. 51% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 48% of U.S. towns · #29 of 162 in Louisiana. What drives it
Conserved land
3%
87 acres · of 4.1 sq mi of land
Trails
0.7 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Park land
91 ac
21 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
51%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Brownfields have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Brownfields is ahead of 48% of U.S. towns, #29 of 162 in Louisiana. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
B−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Brownfields’ overall grade.
Conserved land3% of the land · typical LA town 1% · U.S. 4%B−Trails0.2 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · LA 0.1 · U.S. 0.4C+Park land21 acres of park per 1,000 residents (91 acres) · LA 5 · U.S. 13B+Parks 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 48%
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Louisiana towns of 2,500+ (162)Ahead of 83%
Few Louisiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Brownfields’ 3% is ahead of 91% of Louisiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 54% of them.
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 Hooper Road Park, with 0.6 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Laurens Henry Cohn, Sr. Memorial Plant Arboretum
Managed by BREC
13 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
87 conserved acres
3% of Brownfields’ land. Who manages Brownfields’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
County45 ac
Town or city42 ac
Local Park · 87 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hooper Road Park Local Park | County | 32 | Open |
| Cohn Nature Preserve Local Park | Town or city | 28 | Open |
| James Watson Park Local Park | Town or city | 14 | Open |
| Cohn Arboretum Local Park | County | 13 | Open |
Trails & water
1 named trail and 1 lakes & rivers
Named trails
Open to bikes · 0.6 miUnpaved · 0.6 mi
Intermediate Loop0.6 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
When to get out
The best walking months in Brownfields: 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 | 13.7 | 14.1 | 13.9 | 13.2 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 10.6 | 10.2 |
| High (°F) | 62 | 66 | 73 | 79 | 86 | 90 | 92 | 92 | 88 | 81 | 71 | 64 |
| Rain (in) | 6.3 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 6.2 | 5.8 | 6.0 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 5.5 |
November is the driest month (4.1 in) and August the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 6.3 inches fall in January, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Brownfields →
Next door
Brownfields and its neighbors
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brownfields | 3% | 0.2 | 21 | 51% | B− |
| Central | 3% | 0.1 | 34 | 35% | C+ |
| Baker | 2% | under 0.1 | 8 | 94% | C+ |
| Baton Rouge | 3% | 0.3 | 9 | 80% | B− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Brownfields
Where can I hike in Brownfields?
The longest trail networks: Hooper Road Park, 0.6 miles; Laurens Henry Cohn, Sr. Memorial Plant Arboretum, 0.1 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Brownfields is conserved land?
3% 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 Brownfields’ trails?
Hooper Road Park and Laurens Henry Cohn, Sr. Memorial Plant Arboretum don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Brownfields?
5,686 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Brownfields or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 91 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Brownfields have?
Ahead of 48% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #29 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 Brownfields 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 →