Photo: Infrogmation · CC BY 2.5Few parks or trails are on the map in Jefferson
21 acres are parks and preserves, 2.1 per 1,000 residents. 0.2 miles of mapped trail cross Jefferson, 0.1 per square mile of land. 1% of Jefferson’s land is conserved, about 21 acres.
Ahead of 23% of U.S. towns · #90 of 162 in Louisiana. What drives it
How much outdoors does Jefferson have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Jefferson is ahead of 23% of U.S. towns, #90 of 162 in Louisiana. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
Few Louisiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Jefferson’s 1% is ahead of 60% of Louisiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 35% of them.
Water is 17% of Jefferson’s area (1 of 3 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 1%.
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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21 conserved acres
1% of Jefferson’s land. Water is left out: Jefferson has 2.7 square miles of land and 0.6 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Jefferson’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Playground Local Park | Town or city | 20 | Open |
| Frank Lemon Playground Local Park | County | 1 | Open |
1 places to go in Jefferson
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
3.0 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.
3 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Jefferson: 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 | 91 | 91 | 88 | 80 | 71 | 65 |
| Rain (in) | 5.4 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 7.1 | 7.6 | 6.8 | 5.4 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.8 |
October is the driest month (3.8 in) and August the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 7.6 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Jefferson →
Jefferson and its neighbors
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| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson | 1% | 0.1 | 2 | 68% | C− |
| Elmwood | under 1% | 0.3 | under 1 | 63% | C− |
| New Orleans | 29% | 0.5 | 10 | 93% | A− |
| Bridge City | under 1% | 0.6 | 1 | 68% | C |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Jefferson
How much of Jefferson 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.
Where can I bike in Jefferson?
3.0 miles of bike routes are on the map: 3.0 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Jefferson?
5,296 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Jefferson or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 21 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Jefferson have?
Ahead of 23% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #90 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 Jefferson 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 →