Baltimore, MD

CITY CHARACTERISTICS Population Daytime Land area Parkland as percent of Density Growth population (acres) adjusted city area (people per acre) since 2010 change 620,488 16.9% 51,804 9.6% 12.1 -0.1%

Percent of residents living within a 10-minute walk to a park Median park size

85% 0.8 acres

SPENDING PARK ACREAGE MANAGEMENT Overall Per Acres Per 1,000 spending resident people Public $36,056,257 $58 Baltimore City Department of Private $7,912,807 $13 4,874 Recreation and Parks Total $43,969,064 $71

National Park Service National median expenditure per 43 (within Baltimore) resident $ 83 Total 4,917 7.9

Created in 1827, Patterson Park was Baltimore’s first park. It has a rich military history, being the site of the decisive battle of North Point in the War of 1812, and as a Civil War Army Hospital and camp for Union soldiers. Druid Hill Park is another one of Baltimore’s early major parks, PARK FACT PARK dating to 1860, and is home to the Maryland Zoo, the third oldest zoo in the country.

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PARTNERSHIPS PARK AMENITIES Total Baltimore’s parks are well Acres of fields 275 supported by citizens. The Friends of Patterson Park have Basketball hoops 101 been instrumental in improving Community garden plots 715 the park after years of neglect, Dog parks 3 while others such as the Parks & People Foundation work city- Miles of trails 2 wide. Over the past year, people Playgrounds 200

have volunteered more than Recreation/senior centers 41 200,000 hours. Splashpads/spraygrounds 6

Oldest park Total number of parks Patterson Park, 1827 421 FLICKR: ADAENN

The pagoda at Patterson Park.

the trust for public landInformation sourced from the US Census Bureau, ESRI’s 2017 Demographic Forecasts, and 2018 city park facts The Trust for Public Land’s annual survey of all public and non-profit park agencies and groups in the 100 largest US cities. More information is online at tpl.org/cityparkfacts.