Park and Trail Planning - Montgomery Parks

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We are constantly making additions and enhancements to the park system to provide recreation opportunities, protect environmental resources, preserve key cultural resources, and promote an interconnected countywide trail system.

Park Plans in Progress

Energized Public Spaces (EPS) Design Guidelines
Design Guidelines to create inviting, easily accessible, attractive, comfortable, and safe public spaces where the most people live and work.
Upper Paint Branch Natural Surface Trails
Help make our trail system the best it can be! Join us as we start a new Limited Area Trail Plan for the Upper Paint Branch Watershed.

Park Plan Library

Countywide Plans | Park Master Plans | Trail Plans | Studies, Concept Plans & Initiatives

PLEASE NOTE: Our online park plan library is in the process of moving from an old server. The list below includes links to the plans ready at this time. Please contact us if what you need is not available here.

Countywide Plans

2017 Parks, Recreation, and Open Space (PROS) Plan Update
- 2012 Park Recreation & Open Space (PROS) Plan – Planning parks through the year 2022 and beyond. – PDF coming
- 2005 Park Recreation & Open Space (PROS) Plan / Land Preservation, Parks & Recreation Plan (LPPRP) – PDF coming
- 1998 Park, Recreation and Open Space (PROS) Master Plan – PDF coming
Countywide Park Trails Plan Amendment
- Countywide Park Trails Plan Update, 1998, amended 2008 – PDF coming
Energized Public Spaces (EPS) Functional Master Plan
Legacy Open Space Functional Master Plan, 2001 – PDF coming
Urban Parks and Public Spaces (UPPS) Design Guidelines
Vision Montgomery 2030 Strategic Plan – A planning project for parks and recreation for the next 20 years. – PDFs coming

– Executive Summary (PDF, 2.2MB, 30 pages)
– Vision 2030 Overview PowerPoint ( PDF, 29 pages)
– Vision 2030 Volume 1: Needs and Resource Assessment (PDF, 172 pages)
– Vision 2030 Volume 2: Strategic Plan (PDF 2.6MB, 105 pages)
– Appendix A – H (PDF, 131 pages)
– Appendix I (PDF, Large format maps – 30 pages)
– Appendix J-K (PDF, 22 pages

Park Master Plans

Blockhouse Point Conservation Park Master Plan, 2003
Master Plan for Fairland Park, 1991 – PDF coming
Josiah Henson Special Park Master Plan, 2010 (PDF, 5MB)
Little Bennett Regional Park Master Plan Update , 2007
Lois Y. Green Conservation Park Master Plan, 2001 – PDF file coming
Northwest Branch Recreational Park – project on hold
Ovid Hazen Wells Recreational Park Master Plan, 2014
- 1995 Ovid Hazen Wells Recreation Park Master Plan – PDF coming
Rachel Carson Conservation Park Master Plan- 2000 – PDF coming
South Germantown Recreational Park Master Plan 1999 Amendment – PDF coming
Wheaton Regional Park Master Plan Update – project on hold
- 1987 Wheaton Regional Park Master Plan – PDF coming
Woodstock Equestrian Park Master Plan – 2002, amended 2004

Trail Planning

Countywide Park Trails Plan Amendment
- 2008 Countywide Park Trails Plan Update – PDF coming
- Amendment to add a Trail Planning Process, 2003 Staff report – PDF coming
- 1998 Countywide Park Trails Plan – PDF coming
- A Planning Guide to Trails for Montgomery County Parks, 1991 Staff report – PDF coming

Muddy Branch Trail Corridor Plan, 2002 (PDF, 5.3MB)
Rachel Carson Greenway Trail Corridor Plan, 2005 – (PDF, 6MB)
Upper Paint Branch Natural Surface Trails – in progress
Upper Rock Creek Trail Corridor Plan, 2008 (PDF, 4MB)

Studies, Concept Plans & Initiatives

Park Activity Building Study – An assessment of condition, use and operating costs of the 31 park recreation buildings owned by M-NCPPC in Montgomery County.
Chevy Chase Open Space Urban Park
Cricket Fields Site Selection – A site selection study for a dedicated cricket field in South Germantown Recreational Park.
Ellsworth Park Urban Dog Park
Piedmont Woods and Kings Local Parks
Solar Farm Site Selection Initiative
Wall Park Renovation Plan