Kevin Reichardt Park
Park
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Photo: formulanone · CC BY-SA 2.0C+Outdoors
Outdoors in Riva
Riva has 3 acres of parks, 0.7 for every 1,000 residents
80% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 5% of Riva’s land is conserved, about 74 acres. 0.3 miles of mapped trail cross Riva, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 36% of U.S. towns · #232 of 261 in Maryland. What drives it
Conserved land
5%
74 acres · of 2.5 sq mi of land
Trails
0.3 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
3 ac
0.7 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
80%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.1 mi
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Riva have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Riva is ahead of 36% of U.S. towns, #232 of 261 in Maryland. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
C+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Riva’s overall grade.
Conserved land5% of the land · typical MD town 9% · U.S. 4%BTrails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · MD 0.5 · U.S. 0.4CPark land0.7 acres of park per 1,000 residents (3 acres) · MD 9 · U.S. 13DParks close to home80% 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 36%
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Maryland towns of 2,500+ (261)Ahead of 11%
Maryland towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 9%; the U.S., 4%), so Riva’s 5% is ahead of 24% of Maryland towns, while its trails per square mile lead 13% of them.
Water is 15% of Riva’s area (0 of 3 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 4%.
NoteFew parks or trails are mapped in Riva. 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 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
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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
74 conserved acres
5% of Riva’s land. Water is left out: Riva has 2.5 square miles of land and 0.4 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Riva’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
County113 ac
Conservation Easement · 72 acForest Stewardship Easement · 41 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 74 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 4 of 10 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
Things to do
3 places to go in Riva
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Beaches in Riva
1 beach without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Swimming spots in Riva
1 swimming spot without a name on the map.
Boat launches in Riva
1 boat launch without a name on the map.
Biking & sports
0.1 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.1 mi
shoulders & shared lanes
When to get out
The best walking months in Riva: 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 | 14.6 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 10.0 | 9.4 |
| High (°F) | 44 | 47 | 55 | 66 | 75 | 84 | 88 | 86 | 79 | 68 | 57 | 48 |
| Rain (in) | 3.0 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 3.7 |
February is the driest month (2.6 in) and July the warmest (highs of 88 °F). 4.5 inches fall in September, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 88 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Riva →
Next door
Riva and its neighbors
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Questions about parks and trails in Riva
How much of Riva is conserved land?
5% 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 Riva’s trails?
Kevin Reichardt Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Riva?
0.1 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.1 of shoulders and shared lanes.
Is there public land near Riva?
10,512 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Riva or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 3 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Riva have?
Ahead of 36% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #232 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 Riva 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 →