Learned Park
Park
17 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Billy Hathorn at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0DOutdoors
Outdoors in Ferriday
Ferriday has 20 acres of parks, 6.5 for every 1,000 residents
55% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 15% of U.S. towns · #122 of 162 in Louisiana. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
3 acres · of 1.6 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
20 ac
6.5 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
55%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Ferriday?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Ferriday have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Ferriday is ahead of 15% of U.S. towns, #122 of 162 in Louisiana. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; the share of residents near a park comes closest.
D
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Ferriday’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical LA town 1% · U.S. 4%C−Trails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · LA 0.1 · U.S. 0.4DPark land6.5 acres of park per 1,000 residents (20 acres) · LA 5 · U.S. 13C+Parks close to home55% 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 15%
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Louisiana towns of 2,500+ (162)Ahead of 25%
Few Louisiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Ferriday’s under 1% is ahead of 23% of Louisiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 8% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Ferriday. 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
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
3 conserved acres
under 1% of Ferriday’s land. Who manages Ferriday’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city3 ac
Local Park · 3 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Bowie Park Local Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
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
5Tennis
4Baseball
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →3 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
When to get out
The best walking months in Ferriday: 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 | 13.8 | 14.2 | 14.0 | 13.3 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.5 | 10.1 |
| High (°F) | 59 | 63 | 71 | 77 | 85 | 90 | 92 | 93 | 89 | 80 | 69 | 61 |
| Rain (in) | 6.1 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 5.1 | 5.4 |
September is the driest month (3.7 in) and August the warmest (highs of 93 °F). 6.1 inches fall in January, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 93 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Ferriday →
Questions about parks and trails in Ferriday
How much of Ferriday 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 Ferriday’s trails?
Learned Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Ferriday?
412 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Ferriday or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 20 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Ferriday have?
Ahead of 15% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #122 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 Ferriday 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 →