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Outdoors in DeQuincy

Few parks or trails are on the map in DeQuincy

1% of DeQuincy’s land is conserved, about 29 acres. 0.6 miles of mapped trail cross DeQuincy, 0.2 per square mile of land. 51% of residents live within a half mile of a park.

Ahead of 34% of U.S. towns · #58 of 162 in Louisiana. What drives it

Conserved land
1%
29 acres · of 3.2 sq mi of land
Trails
0.6 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Park land
29 ac
10.0 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
51%
of residents within ½ mile

What kind of outdoors town is DeQuincy?

Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.

Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does DeQuincy have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, DeQuincy is ahead of 34% of U.S. towns, #58 of 162 in Louisiana. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; park acres per resident come closest.

C
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of DeQuincy’s overall grade.
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 34%
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Louisiana towns of 2,500+ (162)Ahead of 65%

Few Louisiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so DeQuincy’s 1% is ahead of 67% of Louisiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 57% of them.

NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in DeQuincy. 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 C 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

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
Who protects it

29 conserved acres

1% of DeQuincy’s land. Who manages DeQuincy’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Town or city29 ac
Local Park · 29 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Unknown Park
Local Park
Town or city29Open
Things to do

1 places to go in DeQuincy

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Playgrounds in DeQuincy

1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.

Biking & 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
9Baseball
2Tennis

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

History along the way

4 places on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).

History →
All Saints Episcopal ChurchBuilding · listed 1983
About it
Kansas City Southern DepotBuilding · listed 1983
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Jackson HouseBuilding · listed 1986
About it
DeQuincy Colored High School GymBuilding · listed 2017
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in DeQuincy: 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)10.411.111.912.913.714.113.913.212.311.410.610.2
High (°F)616572788590929289817063
Rain (in)5.94.13.94.65.16.35.55.45.04.84.95.4

March is the driest month (3.9 in) and August the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 6.3 inches fall in June, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in DeQuincy →

Questions about parks and trails in DeQuincy

How much of DeQuincy 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 DeQuincy?

60 acres of parks and open public land lie inside DeQuincy or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 29 of them inside the city line.

How much outdoors does DeQuincy have?

Ahead of 34% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #58 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 DeQuincy neighbors.

Town Square →
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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 →