Photo: Infrogmation of New Orleans · CC BY-SA 3.0Poydras has 334 acres of parks, 148 for every 1,000 residents
7% of Poydras’ land is conserved, about 181 acres. 12% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 2.4 miles of mapped trail cross Poydras, 0.6 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 67% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Poydras?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Poydras have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Poydras is ahead of 67% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
Few Louisiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Poydras’ 7% is ahead of 93% of Louisiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 87% of them.
Water is 8% of Poydras’ area (0 of 4 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 7%.
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.
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
181 conserved acres
7% of Poydras’ land. Water is left out: Poydras has 3.9 square miles of land and 0.4 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Poydras’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Bernrd State Park District 1 State Park | State parks | 181 | Open |
1 places to go in Poydras
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Poydras: 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 | 72 | 77 | 84 | 89 | 90 | 90 | 87 | 80 | 71 | 65 |
| Rain (in) | 5.2 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 6.9 | 7.7 | 6.6 | 5.5 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.5 |
October is the driest month (3.7 in) and July 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 Poydras →
Poydras and its neighbors
Poydras has the second most mapped trails of the 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poydras | 7% | 0.6 | 148 | 12% | B+ |
| New Orleans | 29% | 0.5 | 10 | 93% | A− |
| Violet | under 1% | 0.4 | 1 | 6% | D |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Poydras
How much of Poydras is conserved land?
7% 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 Poydras’ trails?
Saint Bernard State Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Poydras?
1,525 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Poydras or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 334 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Poydras have?
Ahead of 67% 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 Poydras 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 →