Photo: Melissa Clark · CC BY 2.032% of Grasonville’s land is conserved: 1,107 acres
404 acres are parks and preserves, 113 per 1,000 residents. 87% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 1.0 miles of mapped trail cross Grasonville, 0.2 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 86% of U.S. towns · #57 of 261 in Maryland. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Grasonville?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Grasonville have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Grasonville is ahead of 86% of U.S. towns, #57 of 261 in Maryland. Conserved land holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
Maryland towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 9%; the U.S., 4%), so Grasonville’s 32% is ahead of 97% of Maryland towns, while its trails per square mile lead 19% of them.
Water is 12% of Grasonville’s area (1 of 6 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 28%.
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
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
Pick a walk
The longest trail network is Grasonville Park, with 0.1 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
1,107 conserved acres
32% of Grasonville’s land. Water is left out: Grasonville has 5.5 square miles of land and 0.8 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Grasonville’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 564 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 21 of 30 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| County Land Local Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 266 | Unknown |
| Queen Anne's County Local Other or Unknown | County | 265 | Open |
| Open Space Private Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 142 | Unknown |
| Queen Anne County Local Park | County | 91 | Open |
| Grasonville Park Local Park | Not recorded | 38 | Unknown |
| Grasonville School Research or Educational Area | Not recorded | 15 | Unknown |
12 places to go in Grasonville
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
8 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
4 boat launches without a name on the map.
2 lakes & rivers
0.1 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
The best walking months in Grasonville: 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 | 14.6 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.0 | 9.4 |
| High (°F) | 44 | 47 | 55 | 66 | 75 | 83 | 88 | 86 | 79 | 69 | 57 | 48 |
| Rain (in) | 3.1 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.7 |
February is the driest month (2.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 88 °F). 4.5 inches fall in September, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 88 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Grasonville →
Grasonville and its neighbors
Grasonville 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grasonville | 32% | 0.2 | 113 | 87% | A |
| Kent Narrows | — not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town | ||||
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Grasonville
Where can I hike in Grasonville?
The longest trail networks: Grasonville Park, 0.1 miles; Ewing Pond Park, 0.2 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Grasonville is conserved land?
32% 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 Grasonville’s trails?
Grasonville Park and Ewing Pond Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Grasonville?
0.1 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.1 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Grasonville?
4,462 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Grasonville or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 404 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Grasonville have?
Ahead of 86% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #57 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 Grasonville 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 →