99% of residents live within a half mile of a park in New Sarpy
6 acres are parks and preserves, 4.5 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 28% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is New Sarpy?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does New Sarpy have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, New Sarpy is ahead of 28% of U.S. towns. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
Few Louisiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so New Sarpy’s 1% is ahead of 41% of Louisiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 8% of them.
Water is 19% of New Sarpy’s area (0 of 2 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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6 conserved acres
1% of New Sarpy’s land. Water is left out: New Sarpy has 1.4 square miles of land and 0.3 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages New Sarpy’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Sarpy Park Local Park | Town or city | 4 | Open |
| West Harding Local Park | Town or city | 1 | Open |
1.3 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 New Sarpy: 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 | 86 | 90 | 92 | 92 | 88 | 81 | 71 | 65 |
| Rain (in) | 5.4 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 7.2 | 5.2 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.8 |
November is the driest month (3.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 7.4 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in New Sarpy →
New Sarpy and its neighbors
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Questions about parks and trails in New Sarpy
How much of New Sarpy 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 New Sarpy?
1.3 miles of bike routes are on the map: 1.3 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near New Sarpy?
1,190 acres of parks and open public land lie inside New Sarpy or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 6 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does New Sarpy have?
Ahead of 28% 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 New Sarpy 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 →