Bosco Plantation House · Photo: Rswood · CC BY-SA 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Richwood
10% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 6% of U.S. towns · #151 of 162 in Louisiana. What drives it
How much outdoors does Richwood have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Richwood is ahead of 6% of U.S. towns, #151 of 162 in Louisiana. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; conserved land comes closest.
Few Louisiana towns conserve much land (a typical one, 1%; the U.S., 4%), so Richwood’s 1% is ahead of 43% of Louisiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 8% of them.
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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13 conserved acres
1% of Richwood’s land. Who manages Richwood’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 13 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
May is the best month for walking in Richwood
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) | 10.2 | 11.0 | 11.9 | 12.9 | 13.8 | 14.3 | 14.1 | 13.3 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 10.0 |
| High (°F) | 57 | 62 | 70 | 77 | 84 | 90 | 93 | 94 | 88 | 79 | 68 | 59 |
| Rain (in) | 5.6 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 6.1 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 5.5 |
September is the driest month (3.5 in) and August the warmest (highs of 94 °F). 6.1 inches fall in April, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 94 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Richwood →
Richwood and its neighbors
Richwood has the second most mapped trails of the 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richwood | 1% | under 0.1 | under 1 | 10% | D |
| Monroe | 3% | 0.6 | 20 | 79% | B+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Richwood
How much of Richwood 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.
Is there public land near Richwood?
1,659 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Richwood or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Richwood have?
Ahead of 6% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #151 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 Richwood 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 →