Photo: Infrogmation of New Orleans · CC BY-SA 3.0Few parks or trails are on the map in River Ridge
9 acres are parks and preserves, 0.7 per 1,000 residents. 66% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.7 miles of mapped trail cross River Ridge, 0.3 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 24% of U.S. towns · #88 of 162 in Louisiana. What drives it
How much outdoors does River Ridge have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, River Ridge is ahead of 24% of U.S. towns, #88 of 162 in Louisiana. The share of residents near a park holds 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 River Ridge’s 1% is ahead of 31% of Louisiana towns, while its trails per square mile lead 63% of them.
Water is 21% of River Ridge’s area (1 of 4 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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9 conserved acres
1% of River Ridge’s land. Water is left out: River Ridge has 2.8 square miles of land and 0.8 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages River Ridge’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi River Trail Local Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
| Little Farms Playground Local Park | County | 3 | Open |
| Jesse Owens Playground Local Park | County | 2 | Open |
1 places to go in River Ridge
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
2.7 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.
The best walking months in River Ridge: 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) | 63 | 67 | 73 | 79 | 85 | 90 | 92 | 92 | 88 | 81 | 71 | 65 |
| Rain (in) | 5.4 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 7.2 | 7.6 | 6.9 | 5.3 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.8 |
November is the driest month (3.8 in) and August the warmest (highs of 92 °F). 7.6 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 92 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in River Ridge →
River Ridge and its neighbors
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Questions about parks and trails in River Ridge
How much of River Ridge 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.
Where can I bike in River Ridge?
2.7 miles of bike routes are on the map: 2.7 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near River Ridge?
4,532 acres of parks and open public land lie inside River Ridge or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 9 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does River Ridge have?
Ahead of 24% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #88 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 River Ridge 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 →