Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in St. James
1 acre is park or preserve, 0.2 per 1,000 residents. 0.3 miles of mapped trail cross St. James. 25% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 18% of U.S. towns · #253 of 261 in Maryland. What drives it
How much outdoors does St. James have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, St. James is ahead of 18% of U.S. towns, #253 of 261 in Maryland. Conserved land holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
Maryland towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 9%; the U.S., 4%), so St. James’ 4% is ahead of 20% of Maryland towns, while its trails per square mile lead 7% 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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160 conserved acres
4% of St. James’ land. Who manages St. James’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 159 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 5 of 14 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
1 places to go in St. James
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
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
The best walking months in St. James: April, 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 | 10.6 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.3 | 14.9 | 14.7 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 9.9 | 9.4 |
| High (°F) | 41 | 44 | 53 | 66 | 75 | 83 | 87 | 85 | 78 | 67 | 55 | 44 |
| Rain (in) | 2.8 | 2.3 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.3 |
February is the driest month (2.3 in) and July the warmest (highs of 87 °F). 4.3 inches fall in September, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 87 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in St. James →
Questions about parks and trails in St. James
How much of St. James is conserved land?
4% 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.
Is there public land near St. James?
10,250 acres of parks and open public land lie inside St. James or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 1 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does St. James have?
Ahead of 18% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #253 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 St. James 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 →