Outdoors · Chillum

Chillum, MD parks, trails & bike paths

About 17% of Chillum is conserved land, roughly 359 acres. There are about 1.6 miles of mapped trails.

Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Chillum, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.

At a glance

Chillum outdoors

Conserved land
17%
359 of 2,173 acres
Trails
1.6 mi
0.5 mi per sq mi · 1 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
11
10 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
8.1 mi
4.2 mi lanes · 4.0 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

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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.
1

Northwest Branch Stream Valley Park

Managed by Montgomery Parks
128 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot Website
2

Sligo Creek Stream Valley Park

Managed by Montgomery Parks
52 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot Website
3

Lane Manor Park

Managed by Prince George's County Department of Parks and Recreation
29 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4

Chillum Park

Managed by Prince George's County Department of Parks and Recreation
17 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 11 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 11 parks & preserves
Chillum Park17 acres · 0.2 mi of trail · Prince George's County Department of Parks and Recreation
Green Meadows Park16 acres · 0.2 mi of trail · Prince George's County Department of Parks and Recreation
Northwest Branch Stream Valley Park128 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · Montgomery Parks
Lane Manor Park29 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · Prince George's County Department of Parks and Recreation
Riggs Manor Park3 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · Prince George's County Department of Parks and Recreation
Lane Manor Aquatic Center1 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · Prince George's County Department of Parks and Recreation
Sligo Creek Stream Valley Park52 acres · Montgomery Parks
Parklawn Park7 acres · Prince George's County Department of Parks and Recreation
Avondale Neighborhood Park5 acres
Lewisdale Park5 acres · Prince George's County Department of Parks and Recreation
Things to do

Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more

Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Playgrounds in Chillum
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Unnamed playground in Parklawn Park
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Trails

Named trails

Unpaved 0.5 mi
  • Kestrel Meadow Path0.3 mi
Who protects the land

359 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Regional agency
103 ac
Other state land
15 ac
County
11 ac
State parks
2 ac
National Park Service
1 ac
Town or city
1 ac
Other or Unknown Local Government
1 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 22 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 9 of 23 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.

Biking & sports

Bike routes, courts & fields

  • Painted or protected bike lanes4.2 mi
  • Off-road bike paths4.0 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi

Courts & fields

  • Tennis10
  • Basketball9
  • Baseball7
  • Soccer1

Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.

Public lands

The biggest protected places in Chillum

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Other or Unknown 281 acLocal Park 105 acHistoric or Cultural Easement 15 acConservation Easement 7 acForest Stewardship Easement 5 ac
Showing 1–10 of 12 places
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Chilum ParkState Other or UnknownNot recorded138Access unknown
Northwest Branch ParkState Other or UnknownNot recorded133Access unknown
Lane Manor Park BuildingLocal ParkRegional agency34Open
Parklawn ParkLocal ParkRegional agency16Open
Green Meadows Park BuildingLocal ParkRegional agency16Open
Rosemary Terrace ParkLocal ParkRegional agency14Open
Rollingcrest/Chillum Community CenterLocal ParkRegional agency10Open
Long Branch ParkState Other or UnknownNot recorded10Access unknown
Chillum Road ParkLocal ParkRegional agency7Open
Chillum Hills ParkLocal ParkRegional agency6Open
History

Historic places to visit

L'enfant's cenotaphMonument
Overseer's House/Green Hill PlantationBuilding
Saint Cecilia Chapel (ruin)Ruins
Nearby

Chillum and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Chillum16.5%1.6 mi11
Hyattsville10.9%1.2 mi12
Mount Rainier5.8%0.1 mi2
Langley Park6.3%0.1 mi2
Takoma Park7%1.1 mi16
Adelphi9.9%0.4 mi3
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Chillum'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.

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