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Great Marsh Park
Managed by City of Cambridge
18 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Cambridge
Cambridge, MD parks, trails & bike paths
About 10% of Cambridge is conserved land, roughly 859 acres. There are about 7.7 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Great Marsh Park (0.5 mi) and Sailwinds Park (0.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Cambridge, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Cambridge outdoors
Conserved land
10%
859 of 8,242 acres
Trails
7.7 mi
0.6 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
10
65 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
6.3 mi
1.1 mi lanes · 1.1 mi off-road paths
Conserved land is a share of the whole town area. Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Tap a number or a place below to zoom in© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Parks & preserves with trails
Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
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Sailwinds Park
Park
16 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Blackwater Area - East
Managed by Maryland Forest Service
433 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
4
Blackwater Area - West
Managed by Maryland Forest Service
275 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Website
All 10 parks & preserves
Great Marsh Park18 acres · 0.5 mi of trail · City of Cambridge
Sailwinds Park16 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
Blackwater Area - East433 acres · Maryland Forest Service
Blackwater Area - West275 acres · Maryland Forest Service
Snows Turn Park98 acres
J. Edward Walter Park5 acres
Long Wharf Park3 acres
East Cambridge Park3 acres
Chesapeake Forest2 acres · Maryland Forest Service
Cornish Park1 acres
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Boat launches in Cambridge
Little Blackwater soft accessIn Blackwater Area - East
Unnamed boat launch
Unnamed boat launch
Unnamed boat launch
Unnamed boat launch
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
859 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 10 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 6 of 19 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes1.1 mi
- Off-road bike paths1.1 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes4.1 mi
Courts & fields
- Golf20
- Tennis14
- Baseball11
- Basketball7
- Football2
- Soccer1
- Volleyball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Cambridge
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Resource Management Area 988 acLocal Park 136 acUnknown Easement 5 acHistoric or Cultural Easement 5 acConservation Easement 4 ac
Showing 1–10 of 11 places
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chesapeake Forest LandsState Resource Management Area | Not recorded | 987 | Access unknown |
| Egypt RoadLocal Park | Other or Unknown Local Government | 95 | Open |
| The Great MarshLocal Park | Other or Unknown Local Government | 17 | Open |
| Amercian Legion ParkLocal Park | Other or Unknown Local Government | 6 | Open |
| Lp5014Local Park | Other or Unknown Local Government | 5 | Open |
| Cambridge Long WharfLocal Park | Town or city | 5 | Open |
| Dorchester County PoolLocal Park | Other or Unknown Local Government | 3 | Open |
| East Cambridge ParkLocal Park | County | 3 | Open |
| Dorchester County Historical SocietyLocal Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 2 | Access unknown |
| Calvin Mowhray ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 2 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Cambridge Historic DistrictDistrict
John F. KennedyMonument
Choptank River LighthouseHistoric site
Bethel CemeteryCemetery
Cambridge CemeteryCemetery
Christ CemeteryCemetery
Waugh CemeteryCemetery
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Cambridge's trails yet. Muddy, icy, a bridge out, where to park: a quick post helps the next person.
Sources: trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US). Measured against the Census town boundary.
How we measure
"Trails" are OpenStreetMap paths, bridleways, public tracks and unpaved footways, plus footways inside a park or preserve or on a named trail route. Sidewalks are left out. Areas are counted on a 20-meter grid, so overlapping parcels count once. "Conserved" includes conservation easements, which protect land from development but are usually private property. Trailheads are the nearest marked trailhead, public parking lot or information board within about 150 meters of a preserve. Dog rules come from OpenStreetMap when someone has tagged them; otherwise we show what's typical for the land manager, or say the rules aren't recorded.