Few parks or trails are on the map in Brownsville
0.3 miles of mapped trail cross Brownsville, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 4% of U.S. towns · #155 of 162 in Louisiana. What drives it
How much outdoors does Brownsville have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Brownsville is ahead of 4% of U.S. towns, #155 of 162 in Louisiana. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; trail miles come closest.
Few Louisiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Brownsville’s under 1% is ahead of 5% of Louisiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 40% 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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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.
May is the best month for walking in Brownsville
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 | 77 | 84 | 90 | 93 | 94 | 89 | 79 | 67 | 59 |
| Rain (in) | 5.5 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 6.2 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 5.5 |
September is the driest month (3.5 in) and August the warmest (highs of 94 °F). 6.2 inches fall in April, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 94 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Brownsville →
Brownsville and its neighbors
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| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brownsville | under 1% | 0.1 | under 1 | under 1% | D− |
| West Monroe | 6% | 0.3 | 33 | 82% | B+ |
| Bawcomville | under 1% | 0.7 | under 1 | under 1% | D |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Brownsville
How much of Brownsville 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.
Is there public land near Brownsville?
1,694 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Brownsville or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Brownsville have?
Ahead of 4% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #155 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 Brownsville 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 →