Little Caillou Park
Park
6 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Louisiana Sea Grant College Program Louisiana State University · CC BY 2.0DOutdoors
Outdoors in Chauvin
Few parks or trails are on the map in Chauvin
13% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 6 acres are parks and preserves, 2.4 per 1,000 residents. 0.6 miles of mapped trail cross Chauvin, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 9% of U.S. towns · #140 of 162 in Louisiana. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 4.8 sq mi of land
Trails
0.6 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
6 ac
2.4 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
13%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Chauvin have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Chauvin is ahead of 9% of U.S. towns, #140 of 162 in Louisiana. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; trail miles come closest.
D
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Chauvin’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical LA town 1% · U.S. 4%DTrails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · LA 0.1 · U.S. 0.4CPark land2.4 acres of park per 1,000 residents (6 acres) · LA 5 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to home13% 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 9%
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Louisiana towns of 2,500+ (162)Ahead of 14%
Few Louisiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Chauvin’s under 1% is ahead of 5% of Louisiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 49% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Chauvin. 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 still be 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.
Trails & water
1 lakes & rivers
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
When to get out
The best walking months in Chauvin: 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 | 12.8 | 13.6 | 14.0 | 13.9 | 13.2 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 10.6 | 10.3 |
| High (°F) | 64 | 67 | 73 | 78 | 84 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 88 | 81 | 72 | 66 |
| Rain (in) | 5.2 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 6.9 | 7.7 | 7.2 | 6.1 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.4 |
February is the driest month (3.6 in) and August the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 7.7 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Chauvin →
Next door
Chauvin and its neighbors
Chauvin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chauvin | under 1% | 0.1 | 2 | 13% | D |
| Montegut | 14% | 0.1 | 20 | 45% | B− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Chauvin
How much of Chauvin 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 Chauvin’s trails?
Little Caillou Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Chauvin?
1,148 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Chauvin or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 6 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Chauvin have?
Ahead of 9% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #140 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 Chauvin 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 →