St. George's Parish Vestry House · Photo: E.H. Pickering · Public domainPerryman has 190 acres of parks, 87 for every 1,000 residents
9% of Perryman’s land is conserved, about 331 acres. 4.1 miles of mapped trail cross Perryman, 0.8 per square mile of land. 54% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 81% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Perryman?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Perryman have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Perryman is ahead of 81% of U.S. towns. Park acres per resident hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
Maryland towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 9%; the U.S., 4%), so Perryman’s 9% is ahead of 52% of Maryland towns, while its trails per square mile lead 64% of them.
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
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Pick a walk
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Perryman Forest
331 conserved acres
9% of Perryman’s land. Who manages Perryman’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 110 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 18 of 33 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perryman Park Local Park | Not recorded | 122 | Unknown |
| Forest Greens Local Park | County | 98 | Open |
| Not available Private Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 1 | Unknown |
1 places to go in Perryman
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
1 lakes & rivers
2 places on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Perryman: 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) | 9.7 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.3 | 14.9 | 14.7 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 9.9 | 9.4 |
| High (°F) | 42 | 45 | 53 | 65 | 74 | 83 | 88 | 86 | 79 | 68 | 56 | 47 |
| Rain (in) | 3.2 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
February is the driest month (2.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 88 °F). 4.6 inches fall in September, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 88 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Perryman →
Perryman and its neighbors
Perryman has the most mapped trails of the 3 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
Questions about parks and trails in Perryman
How much of Perryman is conserved land?
9% 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 Perryman’s trails?
Forest Greens and Perryman Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Perryman?
10,512 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Perryman or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 190 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Perryman have?
Ahead of 81% 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 Perryman 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 →