Few parks or trails are on the map in Calvert Beach
2% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.1 miles of mapped trail cross Calvert Beach, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 8% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Calvert Beach have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Calvert Beach is ahead of 8% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; trail miles come closest.
Maryland towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 9%; the U.S., 4%), so Calvert Beach’s under 1% is ahead of 1% of Maryland towns, while its trails per square mile lead 13% of them.
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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2 conserved acres
under 1% of Calvert Beach’s land. Who manages Calvert Beach’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 2 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 2 of 4 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
2 places to go in Calvert Beach
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
The best walking months in Calvert Beach: 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) | 9.8 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.2 | 14.8 | 14.6 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.0 | 9.5 |
| High (°F) | 45 | 47 | 55 | 66 | 74 | 83 | 87 | 85 | 79 | 69 | 58 | 49 |
| Rain (in) | 3.2 | 2.7 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3.7 |
February is the driest month (2.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 87 °F). 4.6 inches fall in August, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 87 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Calvert Beach →
Calvert Beach and its neighbors
Calvert Beach 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calvert Beach | under 1% | 0.1 | under 1 | 2% | D |
| Long Beach | 11% | 3.0 | 218 | 66% | A |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Calvert Beach
How much of Calvert Beach 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 Calvert Beach?
3,729 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Calvert Beach or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Calvert Beach have?
Ahead of 8% 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 Calvert Beach 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 →