Louisiana Square
Park
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Mtortorich at English Wikipedia · CC BY 3.0COutdoors
Outdoors in Donaldsonville
Donaldsonville has 9.0 miles of mapped trails, 2.4 for every square mile of land
3 acres are parks and preserves, 0.5 per 1,000 residents. 29% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 31% of U.S. towns · #69 of 162 in Louisiana. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
9 acres · of 3.8 sq mi of land
Trails
9.0 mi
2.4 per sq mi of land
Park land
3 ac
0.5 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
29%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.6 mi
0.6 mi paths
Lakes & rivers
1
What kind of outdoors town is Donaldsonville?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Donaldsonville have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Donaldsonville is ahead of 31% of U.S. towns, #69 of 162 in Louisiana. Trail miles hold the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Donaldsonville’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical LA town 1% · U.S. 4%C−Trails2.4 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (9 mi) · LA 0.1 · U.S. 0.4A+Park land0.5 acres of park per 1,000 residents (3 acres) · LA 5 · U.S. 13DParks close to home29% 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 31%
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Louisiana towns of 2,500+ (162)Ahead of 58%
Few Louisiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Donaldsonville’s under 1% is ahead of 29% of Louisiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 100% of them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from D to B−. 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.
Who protects it
9 conserved acres
under 1% of Donaldsonville’s land. Who manages Donaldsonville’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Private owners6 ac
County3 ac
State Other or Unknown · 6 acLocal Park · 3 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boat Launch State Other or Unknown | Private owners | 6 | Open |
| Louisiana Square Park Local Park | County | 3 | Open |
Trails & water
1 lakes & rivers
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Biking & sports
0.6 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.6 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
4Baseball
3Softball
3Tennis
2Basketball
1Football
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 Donaldsonville: 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 | 13.7 | 14.1 | 13.9 | 13.2 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 10.6 | 10.2 |
| High (°F) | 63 | 67 | 73 | 79 | 86 | 90 | 92 | 92 | 88 | 81 | 71 | 65 |
| Rain (in) | 5.7 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 5.8 | 7.0 | 6.5 | 6.9 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 5.0 |
November is the driest month (4.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 7.0 inches fall in June, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Donaldsonville →
Questions about parks and trails in Donaldsonville
How much of Donaldsonville 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 Donaldsonville’s trails?
Louisiana Square doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Donaldsonville?
0.6 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.6 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Donaldsonville?
152 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Donaldsonville or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 9 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Donaldsonville have?
Ahead of 31% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #69 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 Donaldsonville 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 →