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Kent Island Research Wildlife Management Area
Managed by Wildlife and Heritage Service
28 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
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Outdoors · Chester
Chester, MD parks, trails & bike paths
About 9.2% of Chester is conserved land, roughly 409 acres. There are about 1.1 miles of mapped trails.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Chester, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Chester outdoors
Conserved land
9.2%
409 of 4,447 acres
Trails
1.1 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
2
85 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
2.2 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 2.2 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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Cross Island Trailhead at Macuum Creek
Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Playgrounds in Chester
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Trails
Named trails
- Tower Run0.1 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
409 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 101 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 6 of 10 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths2.2 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis2
- Pickleball2
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Chester
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Private Other or Unknown 213 acAgricultural Easement 201 acState Conservation Area 41 acLocal Recreation Area 39 acLocal Conservation Area 14 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open SpacePrivate Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 134 | Access unknown |
| Whites HeritagePrivate Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 79 | Access unknown |
| Kent Island Research WmaState Conservation Area | Not recorded | 41 | Access unknown |
| Piney Creek Park (Matson)Local Recreation Area | County | 39 | Open |
| Kirwans CreekLocal Conservation Area | Not recorded | 14 | Access unknown |
| Cross Island TrailLocal Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 1 | Access unknown |
| County LandLocal Other or Unknown | Not recorded | 1 | Access unknown |
| Davidson Farm ParkLocal Park | County | 1 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Kingsley CemeteryCemetery
Union CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Chester and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chester | 9.2% | 1.1 mi | 2 |
| Kent Narrows | 3.8% | 1.2 mi | 2 |
| Stevensville | 11.1% | 1.8 mi | 3 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Chester'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.