Piney Point Aquaculture Center
Managed by Other Unit
12 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yetWebsite ↗
Piney Point Coast Guard Light Station · Photo: Aaron Linville · CC BY-SA 4.0C−Outdoors
Outdoors in Piney Point
Few parks or trails are on the map in Piney Point
6% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 2% of Piney Point’s land is conserved, about 16 acres. 7 acres are parks and preserves, 5.5 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 20% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
2%
16 acres · of 1.5 sq mi of land
Trails
0.3 mi
0.2 per sq mi of land
Park land
7 ac
5.5 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
6%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
2.1 mi
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Piney Point have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Piney Point is ahead of 20% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; trail miles come closest.
C−
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Piney Point’s overall grade.
Conserved land2% of the land · typical MD town 9% · U.S. 4%C+Trails0.2 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · MD 0.5 · U.S. 0.4C+Park land5.5 acres of park per 1,000 residents (7 acres) · MD 9 · U.S. 13CParks close to home6% 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 20%
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Maryland towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 9%; the U.S., 4%), so Piney Point’s 2% is ahead of 5% of Maryland towns, while its trails per square mile lead 21% of them.
Water is 20% of Piney Point’s area (0 of 2 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 1%.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Piney Point. OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers and coverage varies from town to town, so a town with unmapped parks scores low on them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to C. 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
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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.
Who protects it
16 conserved acres
2% of Piney Point’s land. Water is left out: Piney Point has 1.5 square miles of land and 0.4 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Piney Point’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Other state land2 ac
Not recorded16 ac
State Conservation Area · 12 acLocal Park · 4 acHistoric or Cultural Easement · 2 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 2 of 3 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piney Point Aquaculture Center State Conservation Area | Not recorded | 12 | Unknown |
| Piney Point Lighthouse Park Local Park | Not recorded | 4 | Unknown |
Things to do
1 places to go in Piney Point
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Beaches in Piney Point
1 beach without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Biking & sports
2.1 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
2.1 mi
shoulders & shared lanes
Courts & fields
1Basketball
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). The map also marks 1 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
When to get out
The best walking months in Piney Point: 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) | 9.8 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 13.1 | 14.2 | 14.8 | 14.6 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.0 | 9.5 |
| High (°F) | 46 | 49 | 56 | 67 | 75 | 84 | 88 | 86 | 80 | 70 | 59 | 50 |
| Rain (in) | 3.1 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
February is the driest month (2.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 88 °F). 4.7 inches fall in August, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 88 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Piney Point →
Questions about parks and trails in Piney Point
How much of Piney Point 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.
Are dogs allowed on Piney Point’s trails?
Piney Point Aquaculture Center and Piney Point Landing Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Piney Point?
2.1 miles of bike routes are on the map: 2.1 of shoulders and shared lanes.
Is there public land near Piney Point?
3,445 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Piney Point or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 7 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Piney Point have?
Ahead of 20% 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 Piney Point 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 →