Little Texas · Photo: Z28scrambler · CC BY-SA 3.0Paulina has 8.0 miles of mapped trails, 1.7 for every square mile of land
1% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 17% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Paulina?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Paulina have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Paulina is ahead of 17% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
Few Louisiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Paulina’s under 1% is ahead of 5% of Louisiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 98% of them.
Water is 13% of Paulina’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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
0.4 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Paulina: 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 | 89 | 81 | 72 | 65 |
| Rain (in) | 5.7 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 5.8 | 7.3 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 5.4 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.8 |
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 Paulina →
Paulina and its neighbors
Paulina has the most mapped trails of the 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paulina | under 1% | 1.7 | under 1 | 1% | C− |
| Grand Point | 2% | 0.5 | 4 | 40% | C+ |
| North Vacherie | under 1% | 1.3 | under 1 | under 1% | D |
| Lutcher | 35% | 0.2 | 5 | 74% | B |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Paulina
How much of Paulina 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 Paulina?
0.4 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.4 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Paulina?
336 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Paulina or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Paulina have?
Ahead of 17% 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 Paulina 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 →