Landen L Alexander Park
Park
14 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Jackx3 (Uploads) · Public domainC+Outdoors
Outdoors in Brusly
Brusly has 15 acres of parks, 5.7 for every 1,000 residents
2.5 miles of mapped trail cross Brusly, 1.1 per square mile of land. 56% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 44% of U.S. towns · #33 of 162 in Louisiana. What drives it
Conserved land
1%
14 acres · of 2.2 sq mi of land
Trails
2.5 mi
1.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
15 ac
5.7 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
56%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
1.1 mi
1.1 mi paths
What kind of outdoors town is Brusly?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Brusly have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Brusly is ahead of 44% of U.S. towns, #33 of 162 in Louisiana. Trail miles hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
C+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Brusly’s overall grade.
Conserved land1% of the land · typical LA town 1% · U.S. 4%CTrails1.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (3 mi) · LA 0.1 · U.S. 0.4A−Park land5.7 acres of park per 1,000 residents (15 acres) · LA 5 · U.S. 13CParks close to home56% of residents within a half mile of a park · LA 53% · U.S. 72%B−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 44%
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Louisiana towns of 2,500+ (162)Ahead of 80%
Few Louisiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Brusly’s 1% is ahead of 51% of Louisiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 98% 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
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Saint James Park
Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
14 conserved acres
1% of Brusly’s land. Who manages Brusly’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city14 ac
Local Park · 14 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Park Local Park | Town or city | 14 | Open |
Biking & sports
1.1 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
1.1 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
7Baseball
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →3 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
When to get out
The best walking months in Brusly: 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 | 89 | 81 | 71 | 64 |
| Rain (in) | 6.1 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 5.8 | 6.4 | 5.8 | 6.1 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 5.3 |
November is the driest month (4.1 in) and August the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 6.4 inches fall in June, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Brusly →
Questions about parks and trails in Brusly
How much of Brusly 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.
Are dogs allowed on Brusly’s trails?
Landen L Alexander Park and Saint James Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Brusly?
1.1 miles of bike routes are on the map: 1.1 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Brusly?
3,161 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Brusly or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 15 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Brusly have?
Ahead of 44% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #33 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 Brusly 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 →