Oil and Gas Park
Park
33 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Richard Byrd · CC BY 2.0B−Outdoors
Outdoors in Jennings
Jennings has 5.7 miles of mapped trails, 0.5 for every square mile of land
1% of Jennings’ land is conserved, about 93 acres. 98 acres are parks and preserves, 10 per 1,000 residents. 65% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 48% of U.S. towns · #27 of 162 in Louisiana. What drives it
Conserved land
1%
93 acres · of 10.6 sq mi of land
Trails
5.7 mi
0.5 per sq mi of land
Park land
98 ac
10 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
65%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Jennings?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Jennings have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Jennings is ahead of 48% of U.S. towns, #27 of 162 in Louisiana. Trail miles hold the grade up; conserved land pulls it down.
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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Jennings’ overall grade.
Conserved land1% of the land · typical LA town 1% · U.S. 4%CTrails0.5 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (6 mi) · LA 0.1 · U.S. 0.4B+Park land10 acres of park per 1,000 residents (98 acres) · LA 5 · U.S. 13B−Parks close to home65% of residents within a half mile of a park · LA 53% · U.S. 72%B−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 48%
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Louisiana towns of 2,500+ (162)Ahead of 84%
Few Louisiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Jennings’ 1% is ahead of 66% of Louisiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 84% of them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ to B. 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.
Peters Street Playground
Park
10 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
North Cutting Park
Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
93 conserved acres
1% of Jennings’ land. Who manages Jennings’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city93 ac
Local Park · 54 acLocal Recreation Area · 40 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jennings Recreation Center Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 38 | Open |
| Oil And Gas Park Local Park | Town or city | 34 | Open |
| Peters Street Playground Local Park | Town or city | 10 | Open |
| West End Park Local Park | Town or city | 5 | Open |
| War Memorial Park Local Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
| Houssiere Park Local Recreation Area | Town or city | 2 | Open |
| North Cutting Park Local Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
Things to do
4 places to go in Jennings
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Jennings
4 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Biking & sports
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Courts & fields
13Tennis
12Baseball
1Basketball
1Football
1Skate park
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →13 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
Jennings Carnegie Public LibraryBuilding · listed 1982
About itJennings Post OfficeBuilding · listed 1982
About itDerouen HouseBuilding · listed 1991
About itTwitchell HouseBuilding · listed 1993
About itFunk HouseBuilding · listed 1993
About itIlgenhurstBuilding · listed 1993
About itT. C. Mahaffey HouseBuilding · listed 1993
About itAngelusBuilding · listed 1993
About itF. R. Jaenke HouseBuilding · listed 1993
About itJ. E. Foster HouseBuilding · listed 1994
About itStrand TheatreBuilding · listed 1998
About itCamp Hamilton HouseBuilding · listed 2004
About it1 more on the History page.
When to get out
The best walking months in Jennings: 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) | 62 | 66 | 72 | 78 | 85 | 90 | 92 | 92 | 89 | 81 | 71 | 64 |
| Rain (in) | 6.2 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 6.3 | 5.8 | 6.1 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.9 |
March is the driest month (3.6 in) and August the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 6.3 inches fall in June, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Jennings →
Questions about parks and trails in Jennings
How much of Jennings 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 Jennings’ trails?
Oil and Gas Park and Peters Street Playground don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Jennings?
230 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Jennings or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 98 of them inside the city line.
How much outdoors does Jennings have?
Ahead of 48% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #27 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 Jennings 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 →