Outdoors · Lake Arbor

Lake Arbor, MD parks, trails & bike paths

About 6.6% of Lake Arbor is conserved land, roughly 172 acres. Lake Arbor has 5 named parks and preserves on the map.

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

At a glance

Lake Arbor outdoors

Conserved land
6.6%
172 of 2,587 acres
Trails
0.4 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
5
12 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
4.1 mi
0.4 mi lanes · 3.6 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

Western Branch Stream Valley Park I

Managed by Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission
221 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
2

Bald Hill Stream Valley Park

Managed by Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission
12 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3

Arbor Park

Park
8 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4

Largo-Lottsford Park

Park
8 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 Lake Arbor
Unnamed playground
Directions
Unnamed playground in Arbor Park
Directions
Unnamed playground in Arbor Park
Directions
Unnamed playground
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Unnamed playground
Directions
Water

Lakes & rivers

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Who protects the land

172 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
County
57 ac
Regional agency
31 ac
Other or Unknown Local Government
23 ac
State natural resources
2 ac
Not recorded
93 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 27 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 18 of 32 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.

Biking & sports

Bike routes, courts & fields

  • Painted or protected bike lanes0.4 mi
  • Off-road bike paths3.6 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi

Courts & fields

  • Tennis7
  • Baseball3
  • Basketball3
  • Soccer1

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

Public lands

The biggest protected places in Lake Arbor

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Other or Unknown 80 acLocal Park 52 acForest Stewardship Easement 37 acConservation Easement 23 acLocal Other or Unknown 12 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Western Branch Stream Valley ParkState Other or UnknownNot recorded80Access unknown
Lake Arbor Community CenterLocal ParkRegional agency29Open
Lord Fairfax Historic SiteLocal ParkOther or Unknown Local Government13Open
Enterprise Gofl CourseLocal Other or UnknownNot recorded12Access unknown
Arbor Neighborhood ParkLocal ParkOther or Unknown Local Government8Open
Largo Town Center ParkLocal ParkRegional agency2Open
Nearby

Lake Arbor and its neighbors

Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
TownConservedTrailsParks & preserves
Lake Arbor6.6%0.4 mi5
Mitchellville26.6%3.9 mi4
Springdale9.8%0.3 mi1
Summerfield11.5%1.3 mi3
Largo5.3%0.7 mi2
Kettering24.2%8.1 mi1
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Lake Arbor'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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