Patapsco Valley State Park Halethorpe Ponds Area
Managed by Maryland Park Service
235 acres4.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0AOutdoors
Outdoors in Lansdowne
Lansdowne has 6.6 miles of mapped trails, 2.9 for every square mile of land
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. The biggest trail networks: Patapsco Valley State Park Halethorpe Ponds Area (4.4 mi). 8% of Lansdowne’s land is conserved, about 110 acres.
Ahead of 92% of U.S. towns · #31 of 261 in Maryland. What drives it
Conserved land
8%
110 acres · of 2.3 sq mi of land
Trails
6.6 mi
2.9 per sq mi of land
Park land
126 ac
16 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
What kind of outdoors town is Lansdowne?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Lansdowne have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Lansdowne is ahead of 92% of U.S. towns, #31 of 261 in Maryland. All four inputs are above most U.S. towns; trail miles rank highest, park acres per resident lowest.
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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Lansdowne’s overall grade.
Conserved land8% of the land · typical MD town 9% · U.S. 4%B+Trails2.9 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (7 mi) · MD 0.5 · U.S. 0.4A+Park land16 acres of park per 1,000 residents (126 acres) · MD 9 · U.S. 13BParks close to homeVirtually all residents within a half mile of a park · MD 87% · U.S. 72%A
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 92%
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Maryland towns of 2,500+ (261)Ahead of 88%
Maryland towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 9%; the U.S., 4%), so Lansdowne’s 8% is ahead of 44% of Maryland towns, while its trails per square mile lead 97% of them.
Water is 5% of Lansdowne’s area (0 of 2 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 7%.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from A− 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.
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
The longest trail network is Patapsco Valley State Park Halethorpe Ponds Area, with 4.4 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Hillcrest Park
Park
20 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lotWebsite ↗
Lansdowne Community Park
Managed by Baltimore County Parks & Recreations
4 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
110 conserved acres
8% of Lansdowne’s land. Water is left out: Lansdowne has 2.3 square miles of land and 0.1 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Lansdowne’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Other or Unknown Local Government31 ac
Not recorded78 ac
State Park · 77 acLocal Park · 31 acPrivate Other or Unknown · 1 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 2 of 5 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patapsco Valley Sp State Park | Not recorded | 77 | Unknown |
| Hillcrest Park Local Park | Other or Unknown Local Government | 13 | Open |
| Riverview Local Park | Other or Unknown Local Government | 12 | Open |
| Riverview Park Local Park | Other or Unknown Local Government | 6 | Open |
| Drainage And Utility Private Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 1 | Unknown |
Things to do
6 places to go in Lansdowne
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Lansdowne
6 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Trails & water
1 lakes & rivers
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
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
12Baseball
7Tennis
2Basketball
2Skate park
1Football
1Tracks
1Soccer
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
Hull Memorial Christian ChurchBuilding · listed 1977
About itWhen to get out
The best walking months in Lansdowne: 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 | 14.7 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.0 | 9.4 |
| High (°F) | 44 | 47 | 55 | 67 | 76 | 85 | 89 | 87 | 80 | 68 | 57 | 48 |
| Rain (in) | 3.1 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.7 |
February is the driest month (2.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 89 °F). 4.5 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 89 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Lansdowne →
Next door
Lansdowne and its neighbors
Lansdowne has the second most mapped trails of the 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lansdowne | 8% | 2.9 | 16 | 99%+ | A |
| Arbutus | 3% | 0.6 | 5 | 84% | B− |
| Baltimore Highlands | 25% | 2.4 | 34 | 99%+ | A+ |
| Baltimore | 9% | 1.1 | 10 | 98% | A− |
| Linthicum | 4% | 0.1 | 12 | 91% | B |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Lansdowne
Where can I hike in Lansdowne?
The longest trail networks: Patapsco Valley State Park Halethorpe Ponds Area, 4.4 miles; Hillcrest Park, 0.2 miles; Sandy Hills Park, 0.1 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Lansdowne is conserved land?
8% 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 Lansdowne’s trails?
Patapsco Valley State Park Halethorpe Ponds Area and Hillcrest Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Lansdowne?
15,597 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Lansdowne or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 126 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Lansdowne have?
Ahead of 92% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #31 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 Lansdowne 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 →