Colfax Town Park
Park
4 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Billy Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0C−Outdoors
Outdoors in Colfax
Colfax has 7 acres of parks, 6.0 for every 1,000 residents
88% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 19% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 1.5 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
7 ac
6.0 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
88%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Colfax?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Colfax have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Colfax is ahead of 19% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
C−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Colfax’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical LA town 1% · U.S. 4%DTrails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · LA 0.1 · U.S. 0.4DPark land6.0 acres of park per 1,000 residents (7 acres) · LA 5 · U.S. 13CParks close to home88% 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 19%
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Few Louisiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Colfax’s under 1% is ahead of 5% of Louisiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 8% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Colfax. 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 range from D to C. 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.
Colfax Walking Trail
Park
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Things to do
1 places to go in Colfax
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Colfax
Church Private PLayground
DirectionsBiking & sports
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Courts & fields
2Baseball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →5 places 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.
When to get out
The best walking months in Colfax: 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) | 10.3 | 11.0 | 11.9 | 12.9 | 13.7 | 14.2 | 14.0 | 13.3 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.5 | 10.1 |
| High (°F) | 60 | 64 | 71 | 78 | 85 | 91 | 93 | 94 | 89 | 80 | 69 | 61 |
| Rain (in) | 5.7 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 5.9 |
August is the driest month (3.9 in) and the warmest (highs of 94 °F). 5.9 inches fall in December, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 94 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Colfax →
Questions about parks and trails in Colfax
How much of Colfax 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 Colfax’s trails?
Colfax Town Park and Colfax Walking Trail don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Colfax?
22,601 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Colfax or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 7 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Colfax have?
Ahead of 19% 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 Colfax 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 →