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Broussard Sports Complex at St. Julien Park
Park
93 acres1.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Broussard
Broussard, LA parks, trails & bike paths
About 1.7% of Broussard is conserved land, roughly 195 acres. There are about 2.5 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Broussard Sports Complex at St. Julien Park (1.1 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Broussard, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Broussard outdoors
Conserved land
1.7%
195 of 11,620 acres
Trails
2.5 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
7
14 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.0 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.
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Cypress Island Reserve
Managed by The Nature Conservancy
249 acres
Dogs on leashMapped in OpenStreetMap
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
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Arceneaux Park
Park
30 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Cypress Meadows Commons Area
Park
6 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Playgrounds in Broussard
Unnamed playground in Arceneaux Park
Unnamed playground
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
195 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. Public access isn't recorded for 1 of 2 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball17
- Tennis6
- Basketball3
- Soccer3
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Broussard
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Private Conservation 164 acLocal Park 31 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cypress IslandPrivate Conservation | Land trusts & nonprofits | 164 | Access unknown |
| Arceneaux ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 31 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Main Street Historic DistrictDistrict
Nearby
Broussard and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broussard | 1.7% | 2.5 mi | 7 |
| Lafayette | 2.9% | 27.1 mi | 37 |
| Youngsville | 1.1% | 7.2 mi | 3 |
| Cade | 0.7% | 4.2 mi | 0 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Broussard'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 22.4-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.