Varnado, D.A. and Son Store · Photo: Z28scrambler · CC BY-SA 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Franklinton
0.1 miles of mapped trail cross Franklinton. 32% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 18 acres are parks and preserves, 5.1 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 16% of U.S. towns · #118 of 162 in Louisiana. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Franklinton?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Franklinton have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Franklinton is ahead of 16% of U.S. towns, #118 of 162 in Louisiana. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; conserved land comes closest.
Few Louisiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Franklinton’s 1% is ahead of 58% of Louisiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 20% of them.
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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34 conserved acres
1% of Franklinton’s land. Who manages Franklinton’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklinton Ball Park Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 18 | Open |
| Bogue Chitto State Scenic River State Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 15 | Restricted |
0.0 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.
7 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Franklinton: 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 | 14.0 | 13.3 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 10.5 | 10.2 |
| High (°F) | 61 | 66 | 72 | 78 | 85 | 90 | 92 | 92 | 88 | 80 | 70 | 63 |
| Rain (in) | 6.2 | 5.2 | 5.9 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 6.3 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 5.6 |
November is the driest month (4.1 in) and July the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 6.8 inches fall in August, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Franklinton →
Questions about parks and trails in Franklinton
How much of Franklinton 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 Franklinton?
1,787 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Franklinton or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 18 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Franklinton have?
Ahead of 16% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #118 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 Franklinton 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 →