Outdoors · Hagerstown

Hagerstown, MD parks, trails & bike paths

About 6% of Hagerstown is conserved land, roughly 510 acres. There are about 6.0 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in City Park (3 mi) and Fairgrounds Park (1.2 mi).

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

At a glance

Hagerstown outdoors

Conserved land
6%
510 of 8,445 acres
Trails
6.0 mi
0.5 mi per sq mi · 3 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
19
12 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
9.8 mi
6.6 mi lanes · 1.9 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

City Park

Park
68 acres3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
2

Fairgrounds Park

Park
70 acres1.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3

Doubs Woods Park

Park
45 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4

Hellane Park

Park
10 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 19 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 19 parks & preserves
City Park68 acres · 3 mi of trail
Fairgrounds Park70 acres · 1.2 mi of trail
Hager Park6 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Oswald Park1 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
University Plaza1 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Pangborn Park9 acres · 0.1 mi of trail
Doubs Woods Park45 acres
Hellane Park10 acres
Potterfield Park9 acres
Funkhouser Park5 acres
Things to do

Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more

Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Playgrounds in Hagerstown
Showing 1–10 of 31 playgrounds
Bloom ParkIn Bloom Park
Directions
Greenawalt ParkIn Greenawalt Park
Directions
Unnamed playground in Doubs Woods Park
Directions
Unnamed playground in Doubs Woods Park
Directions
Unnamed playground in Elgin Station Community Park
Directions
Unnamed playground in Doubs Woods Park
Directions
Unnamed playground in City Park
Directions
Unnamed playground
Directions
Unnamed playground
Directions
Unnamed playground in City Park
Directions
Water

Lakes & rivers

Tap a name for directions.

Who protects the land

510 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Town or city
258 ac
County
173 ac
Other or Unknown Local Government
151 ac
Other state land
5 ac
State natural resources
4 ac
Not recorded
176 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 173 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 63 of 146 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.

Biking & sports

Bike routes, courts & fields

  • Painted or protected bike lanes6.6 mi
  • Off-road bike paths1.9 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes1.3 mi

Courts & fields

  • Tennis24
  • Baseball15
  • Basketball13
  • Soccer6
  • Football4
  • Softball3
  • Volleyball1

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

Public lands

The biggest protected places in Hagerstown

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Forest Stewardship Easement 278 acLocal Park 194 acConservation Easement 145 acLocal Other or Unknown 132 acPrivate Other or Unknown 9 ac
Showing 1–10 of 15 places
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Lp5014Local ParkOther or Unknown Local Government90Open
Hagerstown FairgroundsLocal Other or UnknownNot recorded70Access unknown
Hagerstown Municipal Golf CourseLocal Other or UnknownNot recorded41Access unknown
Hagerstown Hager ParkLocal ParkOther or Unknown Local Government22Open
Jonathan Hager House ParkLocal ParkNot recorded15Access unknown
Doubs Woods ParkLocal ParkNot recorded14Access unknown
Pangborn ParkLocal ParkOther or Unknown Local Government13Open
Hagerstown Staley Park/potterfield PoolLocal ParkOther or Unknown Local Government9Open
Hagerstown Public Works PropertyLocal Other or UnknownNot recorded9Access unknown
Washington Co. Commissioners WarehouseLocal Other or UnknownNot recorded8Access unknown
History

Historic places to visit

Oak Hill Historic DistrictDistrict
Potomac-Broadway Historic DistrictDistrict
South Prospect Street Historic DistrictDistrict
First Brethren CemeteryCemetery
Rose Hill CemeteryCemetery
Saint Johns ChurchyardCemetery
Zion CemeteryCemetery
Nearby

Hagerstown and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Hagerstown6%6.0 mi19
Halfway2.7%1.0 mi1
Robinwood11%2.5 mi0
Fountainhead-Orchard Hills0.6%3.1 mi0
Funkstown10.2%0.0 mi1
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Hagerstown'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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