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Forest City Hall, Forest, LA IMG 7354Photo: Billy Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Outdoors in Forest

Few parks or trails are on the map in Forest

OpenStreetMap doesn’t show named parks or mapped trails in Forest yet. Know a trail or a town park? Anyone can add it to OpenStreetMap, and it shows up here on the next refresh.

Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 1.7 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
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
When to get out

May is the best month for walking in Forest

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)10.211.011.913.013.814.314.113.312.311.310.410.0
High (°F)566068768490929388786658
Rain (in)5.55.35.36.04.54.44.13.63.44.64.65.7

September is the driest month (3.4 in) and August the warmest (highs of 93 °F). 6.0 inches fall in April, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 93 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Forest →

Questions about parks and trails in Forest

Is there public land near Forest?

245 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Forest or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Forest 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 →