Few parks or trails are on the map in Aberdeen Proving Ground
7 acres are parks and preserves, 3.2 per 1,000 residents. 1% of Aberdeen Proving Ground’s land is conserved, about 73 acres. 54% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 15% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Aberdeen Proving Ground have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Aberdeen Proving Ground is ahead of 15% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; the share of residents near a park comes closest.
Maryland towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 9%; the U.S., 4%), so Aberdeen Proving Ground’s 1% is ahead of 3% of Maryland towns, while its trails per square mile lead 2% of them.
Water is 7% of Aberdeen Proving Ground’s area (1 of 12 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 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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73 conserved acres
1% of Aberdeen Proving Ground’s land. Water is left out: Aberdeen Proving Ground has 11.1 square miles of land and 0.8 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Aberdeen Proving Ground’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 73 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.
2 lakes & rivers
0.0 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 Aberdeen Proving Ground: April to June and August
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) | 9.7 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.3 | 14.9 | 14.7 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 9.9 | 9.4 |
| High (°F) | 42 | 45 | 53 | 65 | 74 | 83 | 88 | 86 | 79 | 68 | 56 | 47 |
| Rain (in) | 3.1 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
February is the driest month (2.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 88 °F). 4.7 inches fall in September, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 88 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Aberdeen Proving Ground →
Aberdeen Proving Ground and its neighbors
Aberdeen Proving Ground 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen Proving Ground | 1% | under 0.1 | 3 | 54% | D |
| Aberdeen | 2% | 0.1 | 5 | 74% | C |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Aberdeen Proving Ground
How much of Aberdeen Proving Ground is conserved land?
1% of its land, against a typical 9% for a Maryland town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Is there public land near Aberdeen Proving Ground?
6,851 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Aberdeen Proving Ground or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 7 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Aberdeen Proving Ground have?
Ahead of 15% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade. 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 Aberdeen Proving Ground 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 →