Centenary College · Public domainFew parks or trails are on the map in Jackson
3 acres are parks and preserves, 0.8 per 1,000 residents. 28% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.6 miles of mapped trail cross Jackson, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 12% of U.S. towns · #133 of 162 in Louisiana. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Jackson?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Jackson have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Jackson is ahead of 12% of U.S. towns, #133 of 162 in Louisiana. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; trail miles come closest.
Few Louisiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Jackson’s under 1% is ahead of 15% of Louisiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 50% 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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3 conserved acres
under 1% of Jackson’s land. Who manages Jackson’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centenary And Jackson State Historic Sites State Historic or Cultural Area | State parks | 3 | Open |
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.
5 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Jackson: 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 | 65 | 72 | 78 | 85 | 90 | 92 | 92 | 88 | 80 | 70 | 63 |
| Rain (in) | 6.5 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 5.4 |
September is the driest month (4.2 in) and August the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 6.5 inches fall in January, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Jackson →
Questions about parks and trails in Jackson
How much of Jackson 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.
Is there public land near Jackson?
1,275 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Jackson or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 3 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Jackson have?
Ahead of 12% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #133 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 Jackson 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 →