A dark green Toyota pickup with a roof tent parked in tall dry grass as mist closes in.

Camping near

Smithsburg, Maryland

6 federal places to camp within 30 miles of Smithsburg in Washington County: 6 Park Service.

6
federal places to camp
6 Park Service
5.2 mi
to the nearest one
Owens Creek Campground
1,214 ft
elevation
From the USGS, at the campground
113
campsites you can book ahead
On Recreation.gov. The longest rig any of them takes is 22 feet

Interactive map. Drag to pan, scroll or pinch to zoom, and select any point to see which agency manages the land. Arrow keys pan and the plus and minus keys zoom when the map has focus. A list of every state with its share of federal land is on the Explore page.

Map layers

Layers
Base map
Legend

Federal land, by managing agency

  • Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
  • US Forest Service (USFS)
  • National Park Service (NPS)
  • US Fish and Wildlife (USFW)
  • Bureau of Reclamation (USBR)
  • Department Of Defense (DOD)
  • Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)
  • Other Federal
  • State
  • Local
  • Alaska Native Lands (Patented or Interim Conveyed)
  • Alaska Native Allotment

Federal campgrounds, by agency

  • Forest Service
  • Bureau of Land Management
  • National Park Service
  • Army Corps of Engineers
  • Reclamation, Fish and Wildlife and others

State and local land (USGS PAD-US)

  • State land
  • County and city land
  • Regional agency or district
  • Land trust or conservancy

Gaps with no tint inside public land are private parcels, often old mining claims and homesteads. They are not open to the public.

Dashed clay lines on the base map are unpaved tracks from OpenStreetMap. They show what exists on the ground, not what is legal to drive.

Select any point to see who manages the land.

Boundaries are approximate and land status changes. This map is a planning aid, not a survey or a statement of access. Confirm routes, closures and camping rules with the managing office.

Within 30 miles of Smithsburg, nearest first

6 places

  1. Owens Creek Campground Park Service · Catoctin Mountain Park · Frederick County 5.2 miaway 1,214 ftelevation 50sites 22 ftlongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
  2. Poplar Grove Youth Group Campground group campground Park Service · Catoctin Mountain Park · Frederick County 6 miaway 1,787 ftelevation 3sites n/alongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
  3. Camp Misty Mount cabin or lookout Park Service · Catoctin Mountain Park · Frederick County 7.2 miaway 1,128 ftelevation 29sites 20 ftlongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
  4. Camp Round Meadow group campground Park Service · Catoctin Mountain Park · Frederick County 7.2 miaway 1,128 ftelevation 1site n/alongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
  5. Rohrbach Group Campground group campground Park Service · Antietam National Battlefield · Washington County 15.2 miaway 520 ftelevation 10sites n/alongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
  6. Antietam Creek Campsite Park Service · Chesapeake · Washington County 18.5 miaway 302 ftelevation 20sites n/alongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov