Baltimore City Dept. of Recreation & Parks
With approximately six thousand acres of parkland, the City of Baltimore operates a large number of parks and provides diverse recreational options: walking and bike trails, fishing, sports fields and courts, golf courses, picnic areas, two ice rinks, campgrounds, historic and natural areas, and swimming pools. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Druid Hill Park holds the Maryland Zoo, the Howard P. Rawlings Conservatory and Botanic Gardens, and Druid Hill Lake.
Baltimore skyline (from Federal Hill Park), Baltimore, Maryland, May 2008. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
- Baltimore County Dept. of Recreation & Parks
Baltimore County parks offer beaches and waterfront access, swimming, fishing, boat ramps, and picnic facilities. Not limited to waterways, the County also maintains playgrounds, sport fields and courts, hiking trails, and two educational parks. Cromwell Valley Park is an agricultural environment with three working farms, while Banneker Museum and Park has nature trails and the Banneker Museum.
- Calvert County Parks & Recreation Division
Calvert County provides visitors with beaches and nature parks. County maintained parks are sites for canoeing, fishing, hiking, and swimming. They also supply playgrounds, sport fields and courts, horse paths and facilities, and picnic areas.
Fishing boat, Chesapeake Beach (Calvert County), Maryland, June 2010. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
Opened in June 2010, the Edward T. Hall Aquatic Center at Prince Frederick (Calvert County) offers competition, leisure and therapy pools, as well as physical fitness programs.
Edward T. Hall Aquatic Center, 130 Auto Drive, Prince Frederick (Calvert County), Maryland, July 2014. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
Caroline County Dept. of Recreation & Parks, Gen. James F. Fretterd Community Center, 107 South 4th St., Denton, Maryland, August 2016. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
- Carroll County Department of Recreation & Parks
In its parks, Carroll County provides paths and trails used for bikes, hiking, or horses. Fishing, sport fields and courts, playgrounds, boating, and picnic and nature areas also are found throughout the park system.
- Cecil County Dept. of Parks & Recreation
Parks maintained by Cecil County offer sport fields and courts, playgrounds, picnic areas, and fishing.
- Charles County Parks & Grounds Division
Charles County has a number of park facilities with bike and hiking trails, sport venues, canoeing, fishing, boat launches, playgrounds, and picnic areas. Equestrian facilities are available at Oak Ridge Park, and with membership at Maxwell Hall Park.
- Dorchester County Dept. of Recreation & Parks
Dorchester County maintains a number of parks that offer fishing, playgrounds, and picnic areas. Great Marsh Park also provides access to a small beach and a boat launch.
- Frederick County Parks & Recreation Division
Frederick County parks include hiking and walking paths, playgrounds, sport fields and courts, and a number of fishing and picnic areas. Creagerstown Park and Pinecliff Park both provide boat ramps, while Rose Hill Manor Park and Children's Museum offers the first rural hands-on history museum in the United States designed for elementary school-aged children.
- Garrett County
Garrett County owns four park sites, and fifteen recreation facilities. The park locations are maintained in cooperation with local associations and civic groups, while the recreation areas are attached to public schools and colleges, and maintained by the Garrett County Board of Education.
- Harford County Dept. of Parks & Recreation
Throughout the County, the Harford County Department of Parks and Recreation offers sport fields and courts, playgrounds, walking paths, and fishing and picnic areas. In Edgewood, a boat ramp also is available at Flying Point Park.
- Howard County Dept. of Recreation & Parks
Howard County parks have sport fields and courts, hiking and walking paths, playgrounds, and picnic areas. Centennial Park gives access to fishing areas, and a boat ramp.
- Kent County Dept. of Parks & Recreation
A number of public pools, picnic areas, sport facilities, walking trails, and playgrounds are maintained by the Kent County Department of Parks and Recreation. Kent County also offers fishing and a boat launch at Betterton Park, while Worton Park provides horse rings.