Photo: Z28scrambler · CC BY-SA 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Reserve
25 acres are parks and preserves, 3.3 per 1,000 residents. 3.5 miles of mapped trail cross Reserve, 0.2 per square mile of land. 25% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 17% of U.S. towns · #110 of 162 in Louisiana. What drives it
How much outdoors does Reserve have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Reserve is ahead of 17% of U.S. towns, #110 of 162 in Louisiana. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; trail miles come closest.
Few Louisiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Reserve’s under 1% is ahead of 20% of Louisiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 63% of them.
Water is 7% of Reserve’s area (1 of 16 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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22 conserved acres
under 1% of Reserve’s land. Water is left out: Reserve has 14.6 square miles of land and 1.1 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Reserve’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regala Park Local Park | County | 18 | Open |
| Belle Pointe Park Local Park | County | 4 | Open |
4 places to go in Reserve
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
4 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
4.4 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
3 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Reserve: 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 | 71 | 65 |
| Rain (in) | 5.7 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 5.8 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 5.0 |
November is the driest month (3.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 7.5 inches fall in June, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Reserve →
Reserve and its neighbors
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Questions about parks and trails in Reserve
How much of Reserve 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.
Are dogs allowed on Reserve’s trails?
Regala Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Reserve?
4.4 miles of bike routes are on the map: 4.4 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Reserve?
417 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Reserve or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 25 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Reserve have?
Ahead of 17% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #110 of 162 in Louisiana. 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 Reserve 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 →