Maurepas Swamp Wildlife Management Area
Managed by Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
756 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yetWebsite ↗
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Outdoors in Lutcher
35% of Lutcher’s land is conserved: 757 acres
15 acres are parks and preserves, 4.9 per 1,000 residents. 74% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.8 miles of mapped trail cross Lutcher, 0.2 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 61% of U.S. towns · #9 of 162 in Louisiana. What drives it
Conserved land
35%
757 acres · of 3.4 sq mi of land
Trails
0.8 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Park land
15 ac
4.9 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
74%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Lutcher?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Lutcher have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Lutcher is ahead of 61% of U.S. towns, #9 of 162 in Louisiana. Conserved land holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Lutcher’s overall grade.
Conserved land35% of the land · typical LA town 1% · U.S. 4%A+Trails0.2 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · LA 0.1 · U.S. 0.4B−Park land4.9 acres of park per 1,000 residents (15 acres) · LA 5 · U.S. 13CParks close to home74% 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 61%
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Louisiana towns of 2,500+ (162)Ahead of 95%
Few Louisiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Lutcher’s 35% is ahead of 100% of Louisiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 62% of them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ to A−. 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.
Who protects it
757 conserved acres
35% of Lutcher’s land. Who manages Lutcher’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State fish & wildlife743 ac
Town or city15 ac
State Conservation Area · 743 acLocal Park · 15 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maurepas Swamp Wildlife Management Area State Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 743 | Restricted |
| Lutcher Park Local Park | Town or city | 15 | Open |
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
7Tennis
2Baseball
1Football
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →3 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
When to get out
The best walking months in Lutcher: 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) | 63 | 67 | 73 | 79 | 86 | 90 | 92 | 92 | 88 | 81 | 72 | 65 |
| Rain (in) | 5.7 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 5.9 | 7.3 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.9 |
November is the driest month (3.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 7.3 inches fall in June, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Lutcher →
Next door
Lutcher and its neighbors
Tap a town to see its outdoors.
Questions about parks and trails in Lutcher
How much of Lutcher is conserved land?
35% 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 Lutcher’s trails?
Maurepas Swamp Wildlife Management Area and Lutcher Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Lutcher?
275 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Lutcher or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 15 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Lutcher have?
Ahead of 61% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #9 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 Lutcher 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 →