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Howell Park
Park
112 acres4.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge, LA parks, trails & bike paths
About 3.1% of Baton Rouge is conserved land, roughly 1,736 acres. There are about 28 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Howell Park (4.5 mi), Forest Community Park (2.2 mi), and City-Brooks Community Park (2.1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Baton Rouge, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Baton Rouge outdoors
Conserved land
3.1%
1,736 of 56,501 acres
Trails
28 mi
0.3 mi per sq mi · 22 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
66
8 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
82.3 mi
39.9 mi lanes · 31.7 mi off-road paths
Conserved land is a share of the whole town area. Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Tap a number or a place below to zoom in© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Parks & preserves with trails
Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
2
Forest Community Park
Managed by BREC
108 acres2.2 mi of trail
Old Oak Forest TrailPoplar Pine LoopForest Trail
Dog rules not recorded
3
City-Brooks Community Park
Managed by BREC
157 acres2.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
4
Independence Park
Park
95 acres1.6 mi of trail
Walking Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
North Sherwood Forest Community Park
Managed by BREC
36 acres1.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Milton J. Womack Park
Managed by BREC
21 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
7
Anna Jordan Park
Park
51 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
A. Z. Young Park
Park
3 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo State Welcome Center Parking Garage
All 66 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 66 parks & preserves
Howell Park112 acres · 4.5 mi of trail
Forest Community Park108 acres · 2.2 mi of trail · BREC
City-Brooks Community Park157 acres · 2.1 mi of trail · BREC
Independence Park95 acres · 1.6 mi of trail
North Sherwood Forest Community Park36 acres · 1.2 mi of trail · BREC
Milton J. Womack Park21 acres · 0.5 mi of trail · BREC
Anna Jordan Park51 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
A. Z. Young Park3 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Flannery Road Park17 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Goodwood Park4 acres · 0.3 mi of trail · BREC
Who protects the land
1,736 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 3 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 4 of 98 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes39.9 mi
- Off-road bike paths31.7 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes10.7 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis132
- Baseball49
- Basketball34
- Beach volleyball18
- Football17
- Soccer10
- Skate park2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Nearby
Baton Rouge and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baton Rouge | 3.1% | 27.5 mi | 66 |
| St. George | 2.7% | 16.7 mi | 22 |
| Merrydale | 1.2% | 0.2 mi | 1 |
| Gardere | 14% | 0.7 mi | 2 |
| Monticello | 1.7% | 0.2 mi | 2 |
| Brownfields | 3.3% | 0.7 mi | 2 |
| Port Allen | 2.9% | 2.2 mi | 1 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Baton Rouge's trails yet. Muddy, icy, a bridge out, where to park: a quick post helps the next person.
Sources: trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US). Measured against the Census town boundary.
How we measure
"Trails" are OpenStreetMap paths, bridleways, public tracks and unpaved footways, plus footways inside a park or preserve or on a named trail route. Sidewalks are left out. Areas are counted on a 46.8-meter grid, so overlapping parcels count once. "Conserved" includes conservation easements, which protect land from development but are usually private property. Trailheads are the nearest marked trailhead, public parking lot or information board within about 150 meters of a preserve. Dog rules come from OpenStreetMap when someone has tagged them; otherwise we show what's typical for the land manager, or say the rules aren't recorded.