Maurepas Swamp Wildlife Management Area
Managed by Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
19 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Z28scrambler · CC BY-SA 3.0DOutdoors
Outdoors in French Settlement
Few parks or trails are on the map in French Settlement
0.6 miles of mapped trail cross French Settlement, 0.2 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 6% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
under 1%
0 acres · of 2.7 sq mi of land
Trails
0.6 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.1 mi
What kind of outdoors town is French Settlement?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does French Settlement have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, French Settlement is ahead of 6% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; trail miles come closest.
D
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of French Settlement’s overall grade.
Conserved landunder 1% of the land · typical LA town 1% · U.S. 4%DTrails0.2 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · LA 0.1 · U.S. 0.4C+Park land0.0 acres of park per 1,000 residents (0 acres) · LA 5 · U.S. 13DParks close to home0% of residents within a half mile of a park · LA 53% · U.S. 72%D−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 6%
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Few Louisiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so French Settlement’s under 1% is ahead of 5% of Louisiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 60% of them.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in French Settlement. 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 D. 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
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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.
Biking & sports
0.1 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.1 mi
shoulders & shared lanes
History along the way
History →4 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 French Settlement: 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) | 62 | 66 | 73 | 79 | 86 | 90 | 92 | 92 | 89 | 81 | 71 | 64 |
| Rain (in) | 5.9 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 5.9 | 6.8 | 6.4 | 6.7 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 5.3 |
November is the driest month (4.0 in) and July the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 6.8 inches fall in June, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in French Settlement →
Questions about parks and trails in French Settlement
How much of French Settlement 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 French Settlement’s trails?
Maurepas Swamp Wildlife Management Area doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in French Settlement?
0.1 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.1 of shoulders and shared lanes.
Is there public land near French Settlement?
1,581 acres of parks and open public land lie inside French Settlement or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does French Settlement have?
Ahead of 6% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade. 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 French Settlement 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 →