Wills Mountain State Park
Managed by Maryland Park Service
48 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
A−Outdoors
Outdoors in Bowmans Addition
7% of Bowmans Addition’s land is conserved: 48 acres
2.4 miles of mapped trail cross Bowmans Addition, 2.1 per square mile of land. 49 acres are parks and preserves, 44 per 1,000 residents. 34% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 78% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
7%
48 acres · of 1.1 sq mi of land
Trails
2.4 mi
2.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
49 ac
44 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
34%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Bowmans Addition?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Bowmans Addition have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Bowmans Addition is ahead of 78% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
A−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Bowmans Addition’s overall grade.
Conserved land7% of the land · typical MD town 9% · U.S. 4%B+Trails2.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (2 mi) · MD 0.5 · U.S. 0.4APark land44 acres of park per 1,000 residents (49 acres) · MD 9 · U.S. 13A−Parks close to home34% of residents within a half mile of a park · MD 87% · U.S. 72%C
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 78%
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Maryland towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 9%; the U.S., 4%), so Bowmans Addition’s 7% is ahead of 37% of Maryland towns, while its trails per square mile lead 92% of them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B to A. 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
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
48 conserved acres
7% of Bowmans Addition’s land. Who manages Bowmans Addition’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State natural resources48 ac
State Park · 48 ac
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wills Mountain State Park State Park | State natural resources | 48 | Open |
Things to do
1 places to go in Bowmans Addition
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Bowmans Addition
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Trails & water
1 named trail
Named trails
Old Valley Road Northeast0.4 mi
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
1Baseball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Bowmans Addition: April 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 | 10.6 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.3 | 15.0 | 14.7 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 9.9 | 9.4 |
| High (°F) | 40 | 44 | 53 | 66 | 76 | 83 | 87 | 86 | 79 | 67 | 54 | 43 |
| Rain (in) | 2.7 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 3.1 |
February is the driest month (2.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 87 °F). 4.4 inches fall in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 87 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Bowmans Addition →
Next door
Bowmans Addition and its neighbors
Bowmans Addition 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowmans Addition | 7% | 2.1 | 44 | 34% | A− |
| Cumberland | 7% | 0.7 | 29 | 93% | A |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Bowmans Addition
How much of Bowmans Addition is conserved land?
7% 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 Bowmans Addition’s trails?
Wills Mountain State Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Bowmans Addition?
13,713 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Bowmans Addition or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 49 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Bowmans Addition have?
Ahead of 78% 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 Bowmans Addition 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 →