Woodland Oaks Park
Park
32 acres0.5 mi of trail
Wookland Oaks Walking trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Photo: Infrogmation of New Orleans · CC BY-SA 3.0C−Outdoors
Outdoors in Harvey
Few parks or trails are on the map in Harvey
The biggest trail networks: Woodland Oaks Park (0.5 mi). 59 acres are parks and preserves, 2.8 per 1,000 residents. 0.9 miles of mapped trail cross Harvey, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 22% of U.S. towns · #91 of 162 in Louisiana. What drives it
Conserved land
1%
54 acres · of 6.5 sq mi of land
Trails
0.9 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
59 ac
2.8 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
47%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
1.0 mi
1.0 mi paths
Lakes & rivers
2
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Harvey have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Harvey is ahead of 22% of U.S. towns, #91 of 162 in Louisiana. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; the share of residents near a park comes closest.
C−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Harvey’s overall grade.
Conserved land1% of the land · typical LA town 1% · U.S. 4%CTrails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · LA 0.1 · U.S. 0.4C+Park land2.8 acres of park per 1,000 residents (59 acres) · LA 5 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to home47% 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 22%
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Louisiana towns of 2,500+ (162)Ahead of 44%
Few Louisiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Harvey’s 1% is ahead of 64% of Louisiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 51% of them.
Water is 7% of Harvey’s area (1 of 7 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 1%.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Harvey. 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 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
The longest trail network is Woodland Oaks Park, with 0.5 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Harvey Park
Park
9 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Martin Luther King Jr Park
Park
7 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
54 conserved acres
1% of Harvey’s land. Water is left out: Harvey has 6.5 square miles of land and 0.5 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Harvey’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
County54 ac
Local Park · 54 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodland West Park Local Park | County | 34 | Open |
| M. L. King Playground Local Park | County | 12 | Open |
| Harvey Playground Local Park | County | 8 | Open |
Things to do
2 places to go in Harvey
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Harvey
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Trails & water
1 named trail and 2 lakes & rivers
Named trails
Wookland Oaks Walking trail0.5 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Biking & sports
1.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
1.0 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
8Baseball
3Tennis
2Basketball
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Harvey: 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 | 72 | 78 | 85 | 90 | 91 | 91 | 88 | 80 | 71 | 65 |
| Rain (in) | 5.3 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 7.1 | 7.7 | 6.7 | 5.5 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.6 |
October is the driest month (3.7 in) and August the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 7.7 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Harvey →
Next door
Harvey and its neighbors
Harvey has the second most mapped trails of the 5 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvey | 1% | 0.1 | 3 | 47% | C− |
| Gretna | 2% | under 0.1 | 8 | 98% | C+ |
| Marrero | 1% | 0.1 | 4 | 80% | C |
| New Orleans | 29% | 0.5 | 10 | 93% | A− |
| Woodmere | 1% | 0.1 | 5 | 54% | C− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Harvey
Where can I hike in Harvey?
The longest trail networks: Woodland Oaks Park, 0.5 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Harvey 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.
Are dogs allowed on Harvey’s trails?
Woodland Oaks Park and Harvey Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Harvey?
1.0 miles of bike routes are on the map: 1.0 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Harvey?
6,313 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Harvey or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 59 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Harvey have?
Ahead of 22% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #91 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 Harvey 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 →