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B−Outdoors
Outdoors in Hurlock

Hurlock has 18 acres of parks, 6.2 for every 1,000 residents

1.3 miles of mapped trail cross Hurlock, 0.5 per square mile of land. 2% of Hurlock’s land is conserved, about 29 acres. 72% of residents live within a half mile of a park.

Ahead of 46% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Conserved land
2%
29 acres · of 2.7 sq mi of land
Trails
1.3 mi
0.5 per sq mi of land
Park land
18 ac
6.2 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
72%
of residents within ½ mile
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Hurlock have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Hurlock is ahead of 46% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.

B−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Hurlock’s overall grade.
Conserved land2% of the land · typical MD town 9% · U.S. 4%C+Trails0.5 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · MD 0.5 · U.S. 0.4BPark land6.2 acres of park per 1,000 residents (18 acres) · MD 9 · U.S. 13CParks close to home72% of residents within a half mile of a park · MD 87% · U.S. 72%B
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 46%
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Maryland towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 9%; the U.S., 4%), so Hurlock’s 2% is ahead of 6% of Maryland towns, while its trails per square mile lead 47% of them.

Water is 8% of Hurlock’s area (0 of 3 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 2%.

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
Who protects it

29 conserved acres

2% of Hurlock’s land. Water is left out: Hurlock has 2.7 square miles of land and 0.2 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Hurlock’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

Other state land24 ac
County3 ac
Not recorded15 ac
Agricultural Easement · 21 acLocal Park · 15 acForest Stewardship Easement · 3 acConservation Easement · 3 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 14 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 5 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Hurlock Park
Local Park
Not recorded15Unknown
Things to do

3 places to go in Hurlock

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Playgrounds in Hurlock

3 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.

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
5Baseball
3Tennis
1Soccer
1Basketball

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

History along the way

1 place on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).

History →
Glen Oak HotelBuilding · listed 1983
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Hurlock: 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.710.711.813.214.314.814.613.712.411.110.09.5
High (°F)454856687684898780705849
Rain (in)3.42.94.13.43.74.14.24.94.03.83.23.8

February is the driest month (2.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 89 °F). 4.9 inches fall in August, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 89 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Hurlock →

Questions about parks and trails in Hurlock

How much of Hurlock is conserved land?

2% 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 Hurlock?

2,443 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Hurlock or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 18 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Hurlock have?

Ahead of 46% 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 Hurlock 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 →