Dundalk has 8.8 miles of mapped trails, 0.7 for every square mile of land
94% of residents live within a half mile of a park. The biggest trail networks: Stansbury Park (1 mi), Dundalk Heritage Park (1 mi), Veteran's Park (0.6 mi). 453 acres are parks and preserves, 6.9 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 66% of U.S. towns · #150 of 261 in Maryland. What drives it
Conserved land
4%
306 acres · of 13.1 sq mi of land
Trails
8.8 mi
0.7 per sq mi of land
Park land
453 ac
6.9 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
94%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
6.1 mi
5.0 mi lanes
Highest peak
148 ft
German Hill
Lakes & rivers
3
7 boat launches
What kind of outdoors town is Dundalk?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Dundalk is ahead of 66% of U.S. towns, #150 of 261 in Maryland. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
B+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Dundalk’s overall grade.
Maryland towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 9%; the U.S., 4%), so Dundalk’s 4% is ahead of 18% of Maryland towns, while its trails per square mile lead 59% of them.
Water is 25% of Dundalk’s area (4 of 17 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 3%.
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.
4% of Dundalk’s land. Water is left out: Dundalk has 13.1 square miles of land and 4.3 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Dundalk’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Other or Unknown Local Government45 ac
County22 ac
Not recorded251 ac
Local Park · 242 acLocal Other or Unknown · 61 acState Park · 9 acPrivate Other or Unknown · 8 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 13 of 24 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)
Managed by
Acres
Public access
Local Open Space
Local Other or Unknown
Not recorded
53
Unknown
Merrit Point Park
Local Park
Not recorded
45
Unknown
Inverness Park
Local Park
Not recorded
43
Unknown
Lynch Cove Park
Local Park
Not recorded
29
Unknown
Bear Creek Park
Local Park
Other or Unknown Local Government
25
Open
Watersedge Park
Private Other or Unknown
Not recorded
21
Unknown
Flemming Park
Local Park
Not recorded
20
Unknown
Lp5014
Local Park
Other or Unknown Local Government
13
Open
Saint Helena Park
Local Park
Not recorded
10
Unknown
Colgate Park
Local Park
Not recorded
9
Unknown
5 smaller protected places aren’t shown.
Things to do
133 places to go in Dundalk
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
5.0 mi
painted or protected bike lanes
1.1 mi
shoulders & shared lanes
Courts & fields
41Baseball
28Basketball
28Tennis
27Soccer
11Football
3Multi-sport
2Beach volleyball
1Softball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
4 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 12 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
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
67
75
85
89
87
80
68
57
48
Rain (in)
3.2
2.8
4.1
3.6
4.1
4.1
4.6
4.5
4.6
4.1
3.4
3.8
February is the driest month (2.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 89 °F). 4.6 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 89 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Dundalk →
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Dundalk
Where can I hike in Dundalk?
The longest trail networks: Stansbury Park, 1 miles; Dundalk Heritage Park, 1 miles; Veteran's Park, 0.6 miles; Merritt Point Park, 0.5 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Dundalk 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 Dundalk’s trails?
Stansbury Park and Dundalk Heritage Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Dundalk?
6.1 miles of bike routes are on the map: 5.0 of painted or protected lanes and 1.1 of shoulders and shared lanes.
Is there public land near Dundalk?
22,044 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Dundalk or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 453 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Dundalk have?
Ahead of 66% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #150 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 Dundalk neighbors.
Photo: Hawkeye58 at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0