Chesapeake Forest
Managed by Maryland Forest Service
22 acres
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yetWebsite ↗
Outdoors in Madison
Parks, trails & the outdoors in Madison
About 3% of Madison is conserved land, roughly 62 acres. Madison has 2 named parks and preserves on the map.
Conserved land
3%
62 of 2,067 acres
Trails
0.0 mi
0 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
2
named on the map
Bike routes
2.7 mi
The map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
Nature preserve
2 acres
🐕 Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yetWebsite ↗
Things to do
2 places to go in Madison
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Who protects it
62 conserved acres
Who manages Madison’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State natural resources38 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits26 ac
Joint9 ac
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service4 ac
Not recorded22 ac
Conservation Easement · 38 acUnknown Easement · 35 acState Resource Management Area · 22 acNational Wildlife Refuge · 4 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 38 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 4 of 7 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected places
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chesapeake Forest Lands State Resource Management Area | Not recorded | 22 | Unknown |
| Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge National Wildlife Refuge | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 4 | Restricted |
Biking & sports
2.7 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.0 mi
painted or protected bike lanes
0.0 mi
off-road bike paths
2.7 mi
shoulders & shared lanes
History along the way
History →1 historic site to visit
Plus 2 cemeteries, often the oldest places in town.
Trail talk
Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Madison neighbors.
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Trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, 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.