Upper Paint Branch Stream Valley Park
Managed by Montgomery Parks
46 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yetWebsite ↗
B+Outdoors
Outdoors in Spencerville
7% of Spencerville’s land is conserved: 64 acres
24 acres are parks and preserves, 23 per 1,000 residents. 80% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.4 miles of mapped trail cross Spencerville, 0.3 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 68% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
7%
64 acres · of 1.6 sq mi of land
Trails
0.4 mi
0.3 per sq mi of land
Park land
24 ac
23 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
80%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
1.1 mi
0.4 mi lanes · 0.7 mi paths
What kind of outdoors town is Spencerville?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Spencerville have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Spencerville is ahead of 68% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds the grade up; trail miles pull it down.
B+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Spencerville’s overall grade.
Conserved land7% of the land · typical MD town 9% · U.S. 4%B+Trails0.3 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (0 mi) · MD 0.5 · U.S. 0.4B−Park land23 acres of park per 1,000 residents (24 acres) · MD 9 · U.S. 13B+Parks 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 68%
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Maryland towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 9%; the U.S., 4%), so Spencerville’s 7% is ahead of 39% of Maryland towns, while its trails per square mile lead 25% of them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B 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
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Who protects it
64 conserved acres
7% of Spencerville’s land. Who manages Spencerville’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Regional agency24 ac
Other or Unknown Local Government18 ac
County17 ac
Not recorded45 ac
State Other or Unknown · 45 acConservation Easement · 35 acLocal Park · 24 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 19 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 11 of 21 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paint Branch Park State Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 30 | Unknown |
| Upper Paint Branch Park State Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 15 | Unknown |
| Cloverly Lp Local Park | Regional agency | 15 | Open |
| Wembrough Np Local Park | Regional agency | 9 | Open |
Biking & sports
1.1 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.4 mi
painted or protected bike lanes
0.7 mi
off-road bike paths
When to get out
The best walking months in Spencerville: 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 | 10.0 | 9.4 |
| High (°F) | 42 | 45 | 54 | 65 | 74 | 82 | 86 | 84 | 78 | 67 | 56 | 46 |
| Rain (in) | 3.1 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3.8 |
February is the driest month (2.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 86 °F). 4.6 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 86 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Spencerville →
Next door
Spencerville and its neighbors
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spencerville | 7% | 0.3 | 23 | 80% | B+ |
| Ashton-Sandy Spring | 24% | 0.7 | 101 | 77% | A |
| Cloverly | 28% | 2.6 | 36 | 90% | A+ |
| Burtonsville | 31% | 1.9 | 118 | 99% | A+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Spencerville
How much of Spencerville is conserved land?
7% 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 Spencerville’s trails?
Upper Paint Branch Stream Valley Park and Cloverly Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Spencerville?
1.1 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.4 of painted or protected lanes and 0.7 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Spencerville?
20,229 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Spencerville or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 24 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Spencerville have?
Ahead of 68% 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 Spencerville 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 →