Wildewood, Maryland

About Wildewood

Wildewood, MD is a small unincorporated community located in southern Maryland.

Wildewood holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 2.83 square miles.

📰 Wildewood News Today

• Deputies Seize Two Guns, Drugs at Wildewood Pool - - The Southern Maryland Chronicle · Aug 18
• State Police Searching For Witnesses, Camera Footage Following Early Morning Assault And Shooting In Wildewood The BayNet · Jul 29
• UPDATE: Police Investigating Assault and Shots Fired in Wildewood; Troopers Seeking Video or Witnesses Southern Maryland News Net · Jul 29
• Maryland State Police Arrest Teen in Connection With July Shots-Fired Incident in St. Mary's County - - The Southern Maryland Chronicle · Aug 12
• UPDATE: 17-Year-Old Charged In Wildewood Shots-Fired Incident; Loaded Glock 23 Seized The BayNet · Aug 11

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Wildewood Unique

• The only place in America named Wildewood — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in southern Maryland, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 6 miles.

📍 Neighborhoods in Wildewood

Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Wildewood

• Bollywood Masala — curry
• Crumbl Cookies — cookie
• Outback Steakhouse — american
• Starbucks — coffee shop (café)
• The Greene Turtle
• Tia's Cantina — mexican
• California's Place
• Mezeh Mediterranean Grill — mediterranean
• Okada — japanese

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Wildewood

• St Andrew's Estate Park reviews ★
• Broad Creek Community Park reviews ★
• Hickory Nut Playground reviews ★
• Hollywood Soccer Complex reviews ★
• Leyland Park Playground reviews ★
• Pepperidge Park reviews ★
• Saint Andrew's Estate Park reviews ★
• Sycamore Hollow Park reviews ★
• Three Notch Park reviews ★
• Wildewood Community Park reviews ★
• Wildewood Park #2 reviews ★
• Willow Creek Gardens reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Wildewood

• Hollywood Elementary

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Wildewood

🏘️ Nearby Communities