Glasgow · Photo: Newhoudl · CC BY-SA 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Algonquin
20% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 4% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Algonquin have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Algonquin is ahead of 4% 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 Algonquin’s under 1% is ahead of 0% of Maryland towns, while its trails per square mile lead 2% of them.
Water is more than half of Algonquin’s area (2 of 3 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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
3 lakes & rivers
2 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Algonquin: April to June
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 | 14.8 | 14.6 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.0 | 9.5 |
| High (°F) | 45 | 47 | 55 | 67 | 75 | 84 | 88 | 86 | 80 | 69 | 58 | 49 |
| Rain (in) | 3.3 | 2.9 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 3.8 |
February is the driest month (2.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 88 °F). 4.6 inches fall in August, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 88 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Algonquin →
Algonquin and its neighbors
Algonquin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algonquin | under 1% | under 0.1 | under 1 | 20% | D− |
| Cambridge | 13% | 0.7 | 14 | 85% | A− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Algonquin
How much of Algonquin is conserved land?
under 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 Algonquin?
1,589 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Algonquin or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Algonquin have?
Ahead of 4% 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 Algonquin 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 →