National Park Service · Maryland campground guide
The numbers
Fee range
$30/night
Season open
Year-round
RV size limit
Up to 35 ft
Reservation window
6 months ahead via Recreation.gov
The insider read
Wild ponies roam the campground — they will eat food and knock down tents. Bear-box-style storage required. Bayside is more sheltered from wind; Oceanside has the surf access.
Original analysis from PickRV — synthesised from public sources you can verify, pulling the operational details competitor guides typically skip.
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Book it right
PickRV doesn't handle campground bookings — reserve direct through the official channel so policies and cancellations flow through one record.
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Every fact above is sourced from the managing agency's canonical page. Cross-check fee, season, and size limit before you depend on them.
Match the campground's size limit and hookup level to a vehicle category, then plan the rest of the trip.
Keep exploring
Near Berlin
StateInsider tip · Adjacent state park with hookups (NPS Assateague has none). Wild ponies cross into both. The 2-mile bay-side trail to the NPS has the best sunset solitude after day-use closes.
Near Oakland
StateInsider tip · Muddy Creek Falls (53 ft) is the tallest in Maryland. Hemlock cathedral grove the unique-fish ecology. Closest state-park camp to Deep Creek Lake — multi-base camp summer.
Near North East
StateInsider tip · Peninsula between the Elk River and Chesapeake Bay. Turkey Point Lighthouse 1.5-mile hike from camp. Bald eagles regularly seen along the river-bluff trail.
Near Swanton
StateInsider tip · Largest lake in Maryland (3,900 acres). Snowboard area Wisp adjacent — winter camp pairs with ski. Boat slip rentals at the camp office; book at reservation time.
Your next step
Bayside Campground (Assateague Island NS) takes rigs up to 35 ft, so what you arrive in decides whether the loop works at all. If you don't own one, the same trip runs on a motorhome rented in Maryland.
Nothing in Maryland is bookable today. Dated requests are what we take to owners, so give us the window you actually want — you get one email the day a rig covers it, and nothing else.
Nearby & related
Sourced costs, campground directories, and the places worth a detour — the next layer of Maryland trip planning.
Before you go
Maryland rules
Verified 2026-05-10
