Indian Creek Stream Valley Park
Managed by Prince George's County Department of Parks and Recreation
52 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Photo: geraldshields11 · CC BY-SA 3.0C+Outdoors
Outdoors in Berwyn Heights
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park in Berwyn Heights
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 7 acres are parks and preserves, 2.2 per 1,000 residents. 0.1 miles of mapped trail cross Berwyn Heights, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 43% of U.S. towns · #215 of 261 in Maryland. What drives it
Conserved land
2%
7 acres · of 0.7 sq mi of land
Trails
0.1 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
7 ac
2.2 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
3.7 mi
0.3 mi lanes · 1.0 mi paths
Lakes & rivers
1
What kind of outdoors town is Berwyn Heights?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Berwyn Heights have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Berwyn Heights is ahead of 43% of U.S. towns, #215 of 261 in Maryland. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
C+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Berwyn Heights’ overall grade.
Conserved land2% of the land · typical MD town 9% · U.S. 4%C+Trails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · MD 0.5 · U.S. 0.4C+Park land2.2 acres of park per 1,000 residents (7 acres) · MD 9 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to homeVirtually all residents within a half mile of a park · MD 87% · U.S. 72%A+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 43%
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Maryland towns of 2,500+ (261)Ahead of 18%
Maryland towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 9%; the U.S., 4%), so Berwyn Heights’ 2% is ahead of 5% of Maryland towns, while its trails per square mile lead 17% of them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to B. Trails and many small parks come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so coverage varies from town to town; the half mile is a straight line from each census block, so a river or highway in the way isn’t counted against it.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
The map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Berwyn Heights Sports Park
Managed by Prince George's County Department of Parks and Recreation
4 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Berwyn Heights Park
Managed by Prince George's County Department of Parks and Recreation
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the trail sign
Who protects it
7 conserved acres
2% of Berwyn Heights’ land. Who manages Berwyn Heights’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Regional agency6 ac
Local Park · 6 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berwyn Heights Sports Park Local Park | Regional agency | 4 | Open |
| Berwyn Heights Park Local Park | Regional agency | 1 | Open |
| Berwyn Heights Community Center Local Park | Regional agency | 1 | Open |
Things to do
3 places to go in Berwyn Heights
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Berwyn Heights
Pop's Park PlaygroundIn Hudgins Park
DirectionsPlus 2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Trails & water
1 lakes & rivers
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Biking & sports
3.7 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.3 mi
painted or protected bike lanes
1.0 mi
off-road bike paths
2.4 mi
shoulders & shared lanes
Courts & fields
2Basketball
1Field hockey
1Baseball
1Tennis
1Soccer
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
O'Dea HouseBuilding · listed 1987
About itWhen to get out
The best walking months in Berwyn Heights: 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 | 14.6 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.0 | 9.4 |
| High (°F) | 43 | 47 | 55 | 67 | 75 | 84 | 88 | 86 | 79 | 68 | 57 | 48 |
| Rain (in) | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 3.7 |
February is the driest month (2.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 88 °F). 4.5 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 88 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Berwyn Heights →
Next door
Berwyn Heights and its neighbors
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berwyn Heights | 2% | 0.1 | 2 | 99%+ | C+ |
| Greenbelt | 40% | 2.8 | 10 | 99%+ | A+ |
| College Park | 12% | 0.8 | 6 | 99% | A− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Berwyn Heights
How much of Berwyn Heights is conserved land?
2% 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.
Are dogs allowed on Berwyn Heights’ trails?
Indian Creek Stream Valley Park and Berwyn Heights Sports Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Berwyn Heights?
3.7 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.3 of painted or protected lanes, 1.0 of off-road paths and 2.4 of shoulders and shared lanes.
Is there public land near Berwyn Heights?
14,181 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Berwyn Heights or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 7 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Berwyn Heights have?
Ahead of 43% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #215 of 261 in Maryland. 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 Berwyn Heights neighbors.
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Sources
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 →