Wildewood Community Park
Park
10 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
St. Andrew's Church · Photo: Pubdog · Public domainB+Outdoors
Outdoors in Wildewood
6% of Wildewood’s land is conserved, and virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park
Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park. 6% of Wildewood’s land is conserved, about 111 acres. 74 acres are parks and preserves, 9.8 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 73% of U.S. towns · #115 of 261 in Maryland. What drives it
Conserved land
6%
111 acres · of 2.9 sq mi of land
Trails
0.9 mi
0.3 per sq mi of land
Park land
74 ac
9.8 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
6.0 mi
1.1 mi lanes · 0.5 mi paths
Lakes & rivers
3
What kind of outdoors town is Wildewood?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Wildewood have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Wildewood is ahead of 73% of U.S. towns, #115 of 261 in Maryland. The share of residents near a park holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
B+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Wildewood’s overall grade.
Conserved land6% of the land · typical MD town 9% · U.S. 4%B+Trails0.3 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (1 mi) · MD 0.5 · U.S. 0.4B−Park land9.8 acres of park per 1,000 residents (74 acres) · MD 9 · U.S. 13B−Parks close to homeVirtually all residents within a half mile of a park · MD 87% · U.S. 72%A+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 73%
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Maryland towns of 2,500+ (261)Ahead of 56%
Maryland towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 9%; the U.S., 4%), so Wildewood’s 6% is ahead of 33% of Maryland towns, while its trails per square mile lead 31% of them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B to A−. 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
The longest trail network is Wildewood Community Park, with 0.3 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Pepperidge Park
Park
4 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
111 conserved acres
6% of Wildewood’s land. Who manages Wildewood’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
County243 ac
Other or Unknown Local Government10 ac
Not recorded38 ac
Forest Stewardship Easement · 133 acConservation Easement · 82 acPrivate Other or Unknown · 38 acLocal Park · 38 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 73 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 7 of 13 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Space Private Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 76 | Unknown |
Things to do
16 places to go in Wildewood
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Playgrounds in Wildewood
Pepperidge Park PlaygroundIn Pepperidge Park
DirectionsWildewood PlaygroundIn Wildewood Community Park
DirectionsPlus 13 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Dog parks in Wildewood
1 dog park without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Trails & water
2 named trails and 3 lakes & rivers
Named trails
Evergreen Trail0.3 mi
Evergreen Trail Bridge Branch0.2 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Biking & sports
6.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
1.1 mi
painted or protected bike lanes
0.5 mi
off-road bike paths
4.4 mi
shoulders & shared lanes
Courts & fields
4Tennis
3Basketball
1Baseball
1Soccer
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Wildewood: 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 | 48 | 57 | 67 | 75 | 84 | 88 | 86 | 80 | 70 | 59 | 49 |
| Rain (in) | 3.1 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
February is the driest month (2.7 in) and July the warmest (highs of 88 °F). 4.6 inches fall in July, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 88 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Wildewood →
Next door
Wildewood and its neighbors
Wildewood 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wildewood | 6% | 0.3 | 10 | 99%+ | B+ |
| California | 6% | 0.6 | 23 | 56% | B+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Wildewood
Where can I hike in Wildewood?
The longest trail networks: Wildewood Community Park, 0.3 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Wildewood is conserved land?
6% 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 Wildewood’s trails?
Wildewood Community Park and Wildewood Park #2 don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Wildewood?
6.0 miles of bike routes are on the map: 1.1 of painted or protected lanes, 0.5 of off-road paths and 4.4 of shoulders and shared lanes.
Is there public land near Wildewood?
6,978 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Wildewood or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 74 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Wildewood have?
Ahead of 73% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #115 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 Wildewood 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 →