Photo: Infrogmation of New Orleans · CC BY-SA 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Meraux
3 acres are parks and preserves, 0.4 per 1,000 residents. 21% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.7 miles of mapped trail cross Meraux, 0.2 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 11% of U.S. towns · #135 of 162 in Louisiana. What drives it
How much outdoors does Meraux have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Meraux is ahead of 11% of U.S. towns, #135 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 Meraux’s under 1% is ahead of 16% of Louisiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 53% of them.
Water is 14% of Meraux’s area (1 of 5 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read under 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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3 conserved acres
under 1% of Meraux’s land. Water is left out: Meraux has 4.1 square miles of land and 0.7 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Meraux’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Borgnemouth Park Local Park | Not recorded | 3 | Open |
2.6 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
The best walking months in Meraux: 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) | 62 | 66 | 71 | 77 | 84 | 89 | 90 | 90 | 87 | 80 | 71 | 64 |
| Rain (in) | 5.3 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 6.8 | 7.7 | 6.5 | 5.4 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.6 |
October is the driest month (3.7 in) and August the warmest (highs of 90 °F). 7.7 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 90 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Meraux →
Meraux 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meraux | under 1% | 0.2 | under 1 | 21% | D |
| Violet | under 1% | 0.4 | 1 | 6% | D |
| Chalmette | 5% | 0.3 | 9 | 48% | B− |
| New Orleans | 29% | 0.5 | 10 | 93% | A− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Meraux
How much of Meraux 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.
Where can I bike in Meraux?
2.6 miles of bike routes are on the map: 2.6 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Meraux?
2,684 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Meraux or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 3 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Meraux have?
Ahead of 11% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #135 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 Meraux 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 →