Maurepas Swamp Wildlife Management Area
Managed by Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
1,138 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yetWebsite ↗
San Francisco Plantation House · Photo: Russell Lee · Public domainCOutdoors
Outdoors in Garyville
Few parks or trails are on the map in Garyville
7 acres are parks and preserves, 3.5 per 1,000 residents. 42% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 1.9 miles of mapped trail cross Garyville, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 28% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
3%
290 acres · of 14.3 sq mi of land
Trails
1.9 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
7 ac
3.5 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
42%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
6.2 mi
6.2 mi paths
Lakes & rivers
1
What kind of outdoors town is Garyville?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Garyville have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Garyville is ahead of 28% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
C
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Garyville’s overall grade.
Conserved land3% of the land · typical LA town 1% · U.S. 4%B−Trails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (2 mi) · LA 0.1 · U.S. 0.4CPark land3.5 acres of park per 1,000 residents (7 acres) · LA 5 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to home42% of residents within a half mile of a park · LA 53% · U.S. 72%C+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 28%
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Few Louisiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Garyville’s 3% is ahead of 89% of Louisiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 49% of them.
Water is 11% of Garyville’s area (2 of 16 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 3%.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C− 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
290 conserved acres
3% of Garyville’s land. Water is left out: Garyville has 14.3 square miles of land and 1.8 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Garyville’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State fish & wildlife278 ac
Town or city7 ac
State natural resources5 ac
State Conservation Area · 278 acLocal Park · 7 acState Other or Unknown · 5 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 4 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maurepas Swamp Wildlife Management Area State Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 278 | Restricted |
| Ezekiel Jackson Park Local Park | Town or city | 7 | Open |
| Garyville Timbermill Museum State Other or Unknown | State natural resources | 5 | Unknown |
Trails & water
1 lakes & rivers
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Biking & sports
6.2 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
6.2 mi
off-road bike paths
History along the way
History →4 places on the National Register, one a National Historic Landmark
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
When to get out
The best walking months in Garyville: 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) | 63 | 67 | 73 | 79 | 86 | 90 | 92 | 92 | 88 | 81 | 71 | 65 |
| Rain (in) | 5.7 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 5.8 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 6.8 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.9 |
November is the driest month (3.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 7.4 inches fall in June, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Garyville →
Next door
Garyville and its neighbors
Tap a town to see its outdoors.
Questions about parks and trails in Garyville
How much of Garyville is conserved land?
3% 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 Garyville’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 Garyville?
6.2 miles of bike routes are on the map: 6.2 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Garyville?
385 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Garyville or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 7 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Garyville have?
Ahead of 28% 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 Garyville 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 →