Miami Beach Park
Park
58 acres0.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Jccohen at English Wikipedia · Public domainB+Outdoors
Outdoors in Bowleys Quarters
Bowleys Quarters has 66 acres of parks, 9.5 for every 1,000 residents
The biggest trail networks: Miami Beach Park (0.8 mi). 2.3 miles of mapped trail cross Bowleys Quarters, 0.7 per square mile of land. 80% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 65% of U.S. towns · #151 of 261 in Maryland. What drives it
Conserved land
4%
90 acres · of 3.1 sq mi of land
Trails
2.3 mi
0.7 per sq mi of land
Park land
66 ac
9.5 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
80%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
2 beaches · 38 boat launches
What kind of outdoors town is Bowleys Quarters?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Bowleys Quarters have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Bowleys Quarters is ahead of 65% of U.S. towns, #151 of 261 in Maryland. Trail miles hold the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
B+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Bowleys Quarters’ overall grade.
Conserved land4% of the land · typical MD town 9% · U.S. 4%BTrails0.7 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (2 mi) · MD 0.5 · U.S. 0.4B+Park land9.5 acres of park per 1,000 residents (66 acres) · MD 9 · U.S. 13C+Parks close to home80% of residents within a half mile of a park · MD 87% · U.S. 72%B
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 65%
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Maryland towns of 2,500+ (261)Ahead of 42%
Maryland towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 9%; the U.S., 4%), so Bowleys Quarters’ 4% is ahead of 23% of Maryland towns, while its trails per square mile lead 63% of them.
Water is 49% of Bowleys Quarters’ area (3 of 6 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 2%.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B 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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Pick a walk
The longest trail network is Miami Beach Park, with 0.8 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Carrollwood Manor
Nature preserve
5 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
90 conserved acres
4% of Bowleys Quarters’ land. Water is left out: Bowleys Quarters has 3.1 square miles of land and 3.0 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Bowleys Quarters’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Other or Unknown Local Government59 ac
County20 ac
Not recorded11 ac
Local Park · 59 acConservation Easement · 20 acLocal Other or Unknown · 10 acPrivate Other or Unknown · 1 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 20 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 2 of 4 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Beach Local Park | Other or Unknown Local Government | 59 | Open |
| Local Open Space Local Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 10 | Unknown |
| Drainage And Utility Private Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 1 | Unknown |
Things to do
45 places to go in Bowleys Quarters
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Beaches in Bowleys Quarters
Miami BeachIn Miami Beach Park
DirectionsPlus 1 beach without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Playgrounds in Bowleys Quarters
4 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Dog parks in Bowleys Quarters
1 dog park without a name on the map.
Boat launches in Bowleys Quarters
38 boat launches are on OpenStreetMap in all; the list shows named ones from the first 30.
Trails & water
1 lakes & rivers
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Biking & sports
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Courts & fields
3Baseball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Bowleys Quarters: 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 | 14.9 | 14.7 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.0 | 9.4 |
| High (°F) | 43 | 46 | 54 | 66 | 75 | 84 | 89 | 87 | 80 | 68 | 57 | 48 |
| Rain (in) | 3.2 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
February is the driest month (2.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 89 °F). 4.7 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 89 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Bowleys Quarters →
Next door
Bowleys Quarters and its neighbors
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| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowleys Quarters | 4% | 0.7 | 9 | 80% | B+ |
| Middle River | 6% | 1.3 | 5 | 58% | B |
| Essex | 5% | 0.7 | 7 | 81% | B |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Bowleys Quarters
Where can I hike in Bowleys Quarters?
The longest trail networks: Miami Beach Park, 0.8 miles; Carrollwood Manor, 0.2 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Bowleys Quarters is conserved land?
4% 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 Bowleys Quarters’ trails?
Miami Beach Park and Carrollwood Manor don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Bowleys Quarters?
16,420 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Bowleys Quarters or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 66 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Bowleys Quarters have?
Ahead of 65% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #151 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 Bowleys Quarters 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 →