Cut Off has 260 acres of parks, 48 for every 1,000 residents
20% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 1.8 miles of mapped trail cross Cut Off, 0.1 per square mile of land. 3% of Cut Off’s land is conserved, about 260 acres.
Ahead of 41% of U.S. towns · #41 of 162 in Louisiana. What drives it
How much outdoors does Cut Off have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Cut Off is ahead of 41% of U.S. towns, #41 of 162 in Louisiana. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
Few Louisiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Cut Off’s 3% is ahead of 87% of Louisiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 47% 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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260 conserved acres
3% of Cut Off’s land. Who manages Cut Off’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lions Park Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 250 | Open |
| Cut Off Youth Center Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 10 | Open |
1 places to go in Cut Off
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1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
The best walking months in Cut Off: 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) | 63 | 67 | 72 | 77 | 84 | 88 | 90 | 90 | 87 | 80 | 71 | 65 |
| Rain (in) | 5.3 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 7.8 | 7.2 | 6.2 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.4 |
February is the driest month (3.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 7.8 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Cut Off →
Cut Off and its neighbors
Cut Off has the second most mapped trails of the 3 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
Questions about parks and trails in Cut Off
How much of Cut Off is conserved land?
3% 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 Cut Off?
824 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Cut Off or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 260 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Cut Off have?
Ahead of 41% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #41 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 Cut Off 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 →