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Oil City, LA, Municipal Complex IMG 5205Photo: Billy Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Outdoors in Oil City

Few parks or trails are on the map in Oil City

5% of Oil City’s land is conserved, about 67 acres.

Conserved land
5%
67 acres · of 1.9 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Who protects it

67 conserved acres

5% of Oil City’s land. Who manages Oil City’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

State land board65 ac
State parks2 ac
State Other or Unknown · 67 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 2 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
State Lands
State Other or Unknown
State land board65Unknown
Caddo Pine Island Oil-historical Museum
State Other or Unknown
State parks2Open
Things to do

1 places to go in Oil City

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Beaches in Oil City
Caddo Lake Swimming Beach
Directions
History along the way

2 places on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).

History →
Trees City Office and Bank BuildingBuilding · listed 1986
About it
Oil City SchoolBuilding · listed 2017
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Oil City: 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)10.211.011.913.013.814.314.113.312.311.310.410.0
High (°F)576269778490949488786759
Rain (in)4.54.45.15.14.84.23.53.03.64.64.25.1

August is the driest month (3.0 in) and the warmest (highs of 94 °F). 5.1 inches fall in March, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 94 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Oil City →

Questions about parks and trails in Oil City

Is there public land near Oil City?

193 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Oil City or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 2 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Oil City neighbors.

Town Square →
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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 →