Outdoors · Greenbelt
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About 40% of Greenbelt is conserved land, roughly 1,607 acres. There are about 17 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Greenbelt Park (11.2 mi) and Buddy Attick Lake Park (1.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Greenbelt, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
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Conserved land
40%
1,607 of 4,007 acres
Trails
17 mi
2.8 mi per sq mi · 16 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
4
65 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
11.8 mi
6.8 mi lanes · 1.7 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.
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Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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Places to walk
Parks & preserves with trails
Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
1 Greenbelt Park Managed by National Park Service
1,018 acres11.2 mi of trail
Perimeter Trail Dogwood Trail Azalea Trail Blueberry Trail Metro Trail
🐕 Dogs usually limitedNational parks restrict dogs on most trails. Check posted rules
2 Buddy Attick Lake Park Managed by Greenbelt Recreation
70 acres1.8 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
3 Schrom Hills Lake Park Park
46 acres0.4 mi of trail
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
4 Baltimore-Washington Parkway Managed by National Park Service
288 acres0.3 mi of trail
Perimeter Trail
🐕 Dogs usually limitedNational parks restrict dogs on most trails. Check posted rules
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
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Picnic areas in Greenbelt Show all on map
🧺 Holly Picnic Area Fee · In Greenbelt Park
🧺 Laurel Picnic Area Fee · In Greenbelt Park
🧺 Sweetgum Picnic Area In Greenbelt Park
🧺 Unnamed picnic area in Schrom Hills Lake Park
🧺 Unnamed picnic area in Buddy Attick Lake Park
🧺 Unnamed picnic area in Buddy Attick Lake Park
Trails
Named trails
Open to bikes 2.4 mi Unpaved 13.8 mi
Showing 1–10 of 16 trails
Perimeter Trail 5.2 mi Dogwood Trail 1.4 mi Azalea Trail 1.0 mi Blueberry Trail 0.7 mi Goddard Branch Trail 0.6 mi Metro Trail 0.4 mi Hiking Trail 0.4 mi East Blueberry Hill Trail 0.3 mi Fitness Trail 0.3 mi Fire Trail 0.2 mi Water
Lakes & rivers
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Who protects the land
1,607 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
National Park Service
1,350 ac State natural resources
95 ac Other or Unknown Local Government
2 ac Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 184 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 14 of 34 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
Painted or protected bike lanes 6.8 mi Off-road bike paths 1.7 mi Shoulders & shared lanes 3.2 mi
Courts & fields Tennis 23 Basketball 16 Baseball 5 Soccer 2 Football 1 Beach volleyball 1 Skate park 1 Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Greenbelt
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Special Designation Area 1,275 ac Local Park 150 ac Conservation Easement 99 ac Forest Stewardship Easement 98 ac Recreation or Education Easement 74 ac
Place Managed by Acres Public access
Greenbelt Park Special Designation Area National Park Service 1,163 Restricted National Capital Parks Special Designation Area National Park Service 233 Restricted Schrom Hill Recreation Center Local Park Town or city 17 Open Unknown Park Local Park Town or city 5 Open Greenbelt Ball Fields Local Park Town or city 4 Open Cherrywood Park Local Park Private owners 3 Open
History
Historic places to visit
🏛️ Hamilton Cemetery Historic site
🏛️ World War II Memorial War memorial
🪦 Greenbelt Cemetery Cemetery
Nearby
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Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Greenbelt'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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