Pointe aux Chenes State Wildlife Management Area
Nature preserve
362 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
B−Outdoors
Outdoors in Montegut
14% of Montegut’s land is conserved: 387 acres
26 acres are parks and preserves, 20 per 1,000 residents. 0.3 miles of mapped trail cross Montegut, 0.1 per square mile of land. 45% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 53% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
14%
387 acres · of 4.2 sq mi of land
Trails
0.3 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
26 ac
20 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
45%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Montegut?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Montegut have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Montegut is ahead of 53% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
B−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Montegut’s overall grade.
Conserved land14% of the land · typical LA town 1% · U.S. 4%A−Trails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · LA 0.1 · U.S. 0.4CPark land20 acres of park per 1,000 residents (26 acres) · LA 5 · U.S. 13BParks close to home45% of residents within a half mile of a park · LA 53% · U.S. 72%C+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 53%
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Few Louisiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Montegut’s 14% is ahead of 98% of Louisiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 35% of them.
Water is 7% of Montegut’s area (0 of 5 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 13%.
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.
Who protects it
387 conserved acres
14% of Montegut’s land. Water is left out: Montegut has 4.2 square miles of land and 0.3 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Montegut’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State fish & wildlife362 ac
Regional agency26 ac
State Conservation Area · 362 acLocal Park · 26 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pointe Aux Chenes Wildlife Management Area State Conservation Area | State fish & wildlife | 362 | Restricted |
| Montegut Recreation Center Local Park | Regional agency | 26 | Open |
Things to do
1 places to go in Montegut
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Montegut
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
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
3Baseball
2Tennis
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
Montegut SchoolBuilding · listed 1993
About itWhen to get out
The best walking months in Montegut: 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 | 12.8 | 13.6 | 14.0 | 13.9 | 13.2 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 10.6 | 10.3 |
| High (°F) | 64 | 67 | 73 | 78 | 84 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 88 | 81 | 72 | 66 |
| Rain (in) | 5.2 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 6.9 | 7.7 | 7.3 | 6.1 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.4 |
February is the driest month (3.6 in) and August the warmest (highs of 91 °F). 7.7 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 91 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Montegut →
Next door
Montegut and its neighbors
Montegut has the second most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montegut | 14% | 0.1 | 20 | 45% | B− |
| Chauvin | under 1% | 0.1 | 2 | 13% | D |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Montegut
How much of Montegut is conserved land?
14% 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 Montegut’s trails?
Pointe aux Chenes State Wildlife Management Area and Montegut Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Montegut?
1,415 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Montegut or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 26 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Montegut have?
Ahead of 53% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade. 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 Montegut 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 →