Oaklawn Manor · Photo: Phrangck15 · CC BY-SA 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Charenton
31 acres are parks and preserves, 22 per 1,000 residents. 67% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 31% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Charenton have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Charenton is ahead of 31% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
Few Louisiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Charenton’s 1% is ahead of 51% of Louisiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 8% 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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31 conserved acres
1% of Charenton’s land. Who manages Charenton’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Park Local Park | Town or city | 24 | Open |
| Herbert Washington Park Local Park | Town or city | 7 | Open |
1 lakes & rivers
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.
1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 2 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
The best walking months in Charenton: 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 | 13.6 | 14.1 | 13.9 | 13.2 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 10.6 | 10.2 |
| High (°F) | 63 | 66 | 72 | 78 | 85 | 89 | 91 | 91 | 88 | 81 | 71 | 65 |
| Rain (in) | 5.4 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 6.6 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.7 |
March is the driest month (4.0 in) and August the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 6.8 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Charenton →
Charenton and its neighbors
Charenton has the most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charenton | 1% | under 0.1 | 22 | 67% | C |
| Baldwin | 1% | under 0.1 | 9 | 38% | C− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Charenton
How much of Charenton 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.
Is there public land near Charenton?
2,556 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Charenton or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 31 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Charenton have?
Ahead of 31% 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 Charenton 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 →