Jennifer Memorial Park
Park
5 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0C+Outdoors
Outdoors in Hughesville
11% of Hughesville’s land is conserved: 806 acres
7% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 10 acres are parks and preserves, 4.6 per 1,000 residents. 2.8 miles of mapped trail cross Hughesville, 0.3 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 36% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
11%
806 acres · of 11.2 sq mi of land
Trails
2.8 mi
0.3 per sq mi of land
Park land
10 ac
4.6 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
7%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
2.0 mi
0.1 mi paths
Lakes & rivers
2
What kind of outdoors town is Hughesville?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Hughesville have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Hughesville is ahead of 36% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
C+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Hughesville’s overall grade.
Conserved land11% of the land · typical MD town 9% · U.S. 4%A−Trails0.3 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (3 mi) · MD 0.5 · U.S. 0.4B−Park land4.6 acres of park per 1,000 residents (10 acres) · MD 9 · U.S. 13CParks close to home7% of residents within a half mile of a park · MD 87% · U.S. 72%D
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 36%
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Maryland towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 9%; the U.S., 4%), so Hughesville’s 11% is ahead of 61% of Maryland towns, while its trails per square mile lead 25% of them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C− 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
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Hughesville Pond Park
Park
4 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
806 conserved acres
11% of Hughesville’s land. Who manages Hughesville’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
County1,812 ac
Private owners45 ac
Other state land2 ac
Not recorded3 ac
Conservation Easement · 1,114 acForest Stewardship Easement · 737 acLocal Recreation Area · 6 acState Conservation Area · 3 acHistoric or Cultural Easement · 2 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 797 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 14 of 219 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Park Local Recreation Area | County | 6 | Open |
| Hughsville Pond Fma Pfa State Conservation Area | Not recorded | 3 | Unknown |
Trails & water
2 lakes & rivers
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Biking & sports
2.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.1 mi
off-road bike paths
1.8 mi
shoulders & shared lanes
Courts & fields
2Baseball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →2 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
When to get out
The best walking months in Hughesville: April to June 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) | 9.8 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.3 | 14.8 | 14.6 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.0 | 9.5 |
| High (°F) | 45 | 48 | 56 | 67 | 75 | 83 | 88 | 86 | 79 | 69 | 58 | 49 |
| Rain (in) | 3.1 | 2.7 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 3.7 |
February is the driest month (2.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 88 °F). 4.7 inches fall in September, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 88 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Hughesville →
Next door
Hughesville and its neighbors
Hughesville 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hughesville | 11% | 0.3 | 5 | 7% | C+ |
| Aquasco | — 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 Hughesville
How much of Hughesville is conserved land?
11% 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 Hughesville’s trails?
Jennifer Memorial Park and Hughesville Pond Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Hughesville?
2.0 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.1 of off-road paths and 1.8 of shoulders and shared lanes.
Is there public land near Hughesville?
8,704 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Hughesville or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 10 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Hughesville have?
Ahead of 36% 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 Hughesville 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 →