Photo: Infrogmation of New Orleans · CC BY-SA 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Harahan
10% of Harahan’s land is conserved, about 126 acres. 0.3 miles of mapped trail cross Harahan, 0.1 per square mile of land. 78% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 61% of U.S. towns · #10 of 162 in Louisiana. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Harahan?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Harahan have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Harahan is ahead of 61% of U.S. towns, #10 of 162 in Louisiana. Conserved land holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
Few Louisiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Harahan’s 10% is ahead of 96% of Louisiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 52% of them.
Water is 19% of Harahan’s area (0 of 2 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 8%.
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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126 conserved acres
10% of Harahan’s land. Water is left out: Harahan has 2.0 square miles of land and 0.5 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Harahan’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi River Trail Local Park | Town or city | 113 | Open |
| Soniat Playground Local Park | Town or city | 11 | Open |
| Royland Playground Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
2.4 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Harahan: 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 | 13.6 | 14.1 | 13.9 | 13.2 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 10.6 | 10.2 |
| High (°F) | 63 | 67 | 73 | 79 | 85 | 90 | 92 | 91 | 88 | 81 | 71 | 65 |
| Rain (in) | 5.3 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 7.2 | 7.6 | 6.9 | 5.4 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.7 |
October is the driest month (3.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 7.6 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Harahan →
Harahan and its neighbors
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Questions about parks and trails in Harahan
How much of Harahan is conserved land?
10% 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.
Where can I bike in Harahan?
2.4 miles of bike routes are on the map: 2.4 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Harahan?
4,938 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Harahan or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 126 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Harahan have?
Ahead of 61% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #10 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 Harahan 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 →