Photo: Infrogmation of New Orleans · CC BY-SA 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Elmwood
63% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 1.1 miles of mapped trail cross Elmwood, 0.3 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 17% of U.S. towns · #110 of 162 in Louisiana. What drives it
How much outdoors does Elmwood have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Elmwood is ahead of 17% of U.S. towns, #110 of 162 in Louisiana. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
Few Louisiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Elmwood’s under 1% is ahead of 5% of Louisiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 68% of them.
Water is 7% of Elmwood’s area (0 of 4 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read under 1%.
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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1 places to go in Elmwood
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1 named trail
1.2 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
The best walking months in Elmwood: 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 | 13.6 | 14.1 | 13.9 | 13.2 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 10.6 | 10.2 |
| High (°F) | 63 | 67 | 73 | 79 | 85 | 90 | 92 | 91 | 88 | 81 | 71 | 65 |
| Rain (in) | 5.3 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 7.2 | 7.6 | 6.9 | 5.4 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.7 |
October is the driest month (3.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 7.6 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Elmwood →
Elmwood and its neighbors
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| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elmwood | under 1% | 0.3 | under 1 | 63% | C− |
| Bridge City | under 1% | 0.6 | 1 | 68% | C |
| Avondale | 8% | 0.5 | 8 | 51% | B |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Elmwood
How much of Elmwood 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.
Where can I bike in Elmwood?
1.2 miles of bike routes are on the map: 1.2 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Elmwood?
5,157 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Elmwood or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Elmwood have?
Ahead of 17% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #110 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 Elmwood 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 →