Sunset Park
Park
26 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
C+Outdoors
Outdoors in Riviera Beach
10% of Riviera Beach’s land is conserved: 166 acres
62 acres are parks and preserves, 5.1 per 1,000 residents. 68% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 35% of U.S. towns · #234 of 261 in Maryland. What drives it
Conserved land
10%
166 acres · of 2.6 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Park land
62 ac
5.1 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
68%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Riviera Beach?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Riviera Beach have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Riviera Beach is ahead of 35% of U.S. towns, #234 of 261 in Maryland. Conserved land holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
C+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Riviera Beach’s overall grade.
Conserved land10% of the land · typical MD town 9% · U.S. 4%A−Trails0.0 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · MD 0.5 · U.S. 0.4DPark land5.1 acres of park per 1,000 residents (62 acres) · MD 9 · U.S. 13CParks close to home68% 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 35%
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Maryland towns of 2,500+ (261)Ahead of 10%
Maryland towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 9%; the U.S., 4%), so Riviera Beach’s 10% is ahead of 54% of Maryland towns, while its trails per square mile lead 2% of them.
Water is 18% of Riviera Beach’s area (1 of 3 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 8%.
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
Places to walk
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Stoney Creek Park
Park
15 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Rock Creek Park
Park
14 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
166 conserved acres
10% of Riviera Beach’s land. Water is left out: Riviera Beach has 2.6 square miles of land and 0.6 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Riviera Beach’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State natural resources103 ac
State conservation103 ac
County23 ac
Other or Unknown Local Government14 ac
Not recorded54 ac
Conservation Easement · 111 acUnknown Easement · 103 acLocal Park · 75 acForest Stewardship Easement · 8 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 111 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 6 of 13 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunset Park Local Park | County | 33 | Open |
| Rock Creek Park Local Park | Not recorded | 28 | Unknown |
| Stoney Creek Park Local Park | Not recorded | 14 | Unknown |
Things to do
2 places to go in Riviera Beach
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Boat launches in Riviera Beach
2 boat launches 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
4Baseball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Riviera Beach: 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 | 75 | 84 | 89 | 87 | 80 | 69 | 57 | 48 |
| Rain (in) | 3.1 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 3.8 |
February is the driest month (2.8 in) and July the warmest (highs of 89 °F). 4.6 inches fall in September, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 89 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Riviera Beach →
Next door
Riviera Beach and its neighbors
Riviera Beach has the second most mapped trails of the 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riviera Beach | 10% | under 0.1 | 5 | 68% | C+ |
| Pasadena | 7% | 0.2 | 11 | 81% | B |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Riviera Beach
How much of Riviera Beach is conserved land?
10% 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 Riviera Beach’s trails?
Sunset Park and Stoney Creek Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Riviera Beach?
10,439 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Riviera Beach or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 62 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Riviera Beach have?
Ahead of 35% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #234 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 Riviera Beach 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 →