1
City Park
Park
120 acres3.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Lafayette
Lafayette, LA parks, trails & bike paths
About 2.9% of Lafayette is conserved land, roughly 1,046 acres. There are about 27 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in City Park (3.8 mi), Girard Park (1.7 mi), and Moncus Park (1.3 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Lafayette, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Lafayette outdoors
Conserved land
2.9%
1,046 of 36,070 acres
Trails
27 mi
0.5 mi per sq mi · 18 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
37
9 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
20.6 mi
12.1 mi lanes · 3.7 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
Girard Park
Park
35 acres1.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Moncus Park
Park
91 acres1.3 mi of trail
Dogs allowedMapped in OpenStreetMap
4
Debaillon Park
Park
32 acres1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Acadiana Park
Park
26 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Beaullieu Park
Managed by Lafayette Consolidated Government
34 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
7
Thomas Park
Park
17 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
Vermilionville
Park
32 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 37 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 37 parks & preserves
City Park120 acres · 3.8 mi of trail
Girard Park35 acres · 1.7 mi of trail
Moncus Park91 acres · 1.3 mi of trail
Debaillon Park32 acres · 1 mi of trail
Acadiana Park26 acres · 0.7 mi of trail
Beaullieu Park34 acres · 0.5 mi of trail · Lafayette Consolidated Government
Thomas Park17 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
Vermilionville32 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
J. Otto Broussard Memorial Park40 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Mouton Park6 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Playgrounds in Lafayette
Showing 1–10 of 23 playgrounds
Unnamed playground in J. Otto Broussard Memorial Park
Unnamed playground in Thomas Park
Unnamed playground in Thomas Park
Unnamed playground in Beaullieu Park
Unnamed playground in Veterans Park
Unnamed playground in Debaillon Park
Unnamed playground in Debaillon Park
Unnamed playground in Debaillon Park
Unnamed playground in Moncus Park
Unnamed playground in Debaillon Park
Trails
Named trails
Unpaved 7.7 mi
Showing 1–10 of 12 trails
- Moonseed Loop2.2 mi
- Vermillion Ridge0.4 mi
- Palmetto Loop0.3 mi
- Bobcat Path0.3 mi
- Black Bear Run0.3 mi
- Nature Station Entrance Trail0.3 mi
- Live Oak Loop0.2 mi
- Crawfish Cut0.2 mi
- Barred Owl Loop0.2 mi
- Sapsucker Ridge0.2 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Cypress LakelakeMoncus Park PondpondSpreafico LakereservoirULL Training Center LakelakeWalden PondFrancois CouleeVermilion River
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
1,046 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 32 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes12.1 mi
- Off-road bike paths3.7 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes4.8 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis112
- Baseball37
- Soccer21
- Basketball19
- Football10
- Pickleball9
- Multi-sport3
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Lafayette
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Park 1,043 acHistoric or Cultural Area 8 acState Other or Unknown 3 ac
Showing 1–10 of 15 places
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| I.R. "Bud" Chalmers ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 177 | Open |
| Moore ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 131 | Open |
| Acadiana ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 116 | Open |
| City ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 100 | Open |
| Lafayette Central ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 99 | Open |
| Beaver ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 73 | Open |
| Graham Brown Memorial ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 48 | Open |
| Southside Regional ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 41 | Open |
| Debaillon ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 34 | Open |
| Girard ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 34 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Showing 1–10 of 17 places
9/11 MemorialMonument
Downtown Lafayette ArchMonument
L A F A _ E T T E signIn Parc Sans Souci · Monument
Large Orange UrnMonument
Mosaic ArchIn Simcoe Park · Monument
Mouton MonumentMonument
Schilling Eagle StatueMonument
Sterling Grove Historic DistrictDistrict
Veteran's MemorialIn Moncus Park · War memorial
Calvary CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Lafayette and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Lafayette'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 31.8-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.