Maryland State Parks · Maryland
William Houck Campground (Cunningham Falls State Park)
Maryland State Parks · Maryland, United States · in Cunningham Falls State Park
- Sites
- 142
- Hookups
- 36 electric, 106 no hookups
- Drinking water
- Yes
- Restrooms
- Yes
- Showers
- Yes
- Dump station
- Yes
- Pets
- Yes
- Elevation
- 1,325 ft
- Dark sky
- Bortle class 4
- Cell coverage
- AT&T good · Verizon good · T-Mobile none (carriers' 4G LTE filings to the FCC, 2025-12; not measured here)
- Lake
- Hunting Creek Lake
- Nearest town
- Thurmont
- Address
- 5783 Campground Drive, Thurmont, MD 21788
- Phone
- (301) 271-7574
- Activities
- Camping
142 numbered sites are mapped one by one - open the site map to pick yours.
About
The larger of Cunningham Falls State Park's two genuinely separate, independently-addressed campgrounds (see also "Manor Area Campground," 6.3 miles away by road). Note: the park's default map coordinate points to park headquarters, not either campground - use this campground's own address instead. 142 sites (106 basic, 36 electric) around Hunting Creek Lake near the park's namesake 78-foot waterfall, with bathhouses in each loop and a dump station at the campground exit. Reservable through the Maryland Park Service's own ReserveAmerica/Aspira contract, hosted at parkreservations.maryland.gov (not a reserveamerica.com subdomain, though it runs the same underlying platform - confirmed live, "Powered by Aspira").
Fees
Campsite Non-Electric $21.50-$38.75/night, Campsite Electric $27.50-$28.50/night (park-wide fee table, covers both Cunningham Falls campgrounds). Displayed rates are the vendor's own published BASE rates and do NOT reflect holiday/weekend/residency surcharges or a pet fee (Maryland applies these as add-ons rather than publishing a separate resident/non-resident base rate the way some other states do). Pets allowed in the Addison Run, Bear Branch, and Catoctin Creek loops - not park-wide.
Weather, month by month
| Month | Typical high | Typical low | Coldest night | Hottest day | Years with a night below 32°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 23° | 1° | 54° | 11 of 11 |
| February | 41° | 27° | 4° | 66° | 11 of 11 |
| March | 51° | 32° | 7° | 70° | 10 of 11 |
| April | 64° | 42° | 25° | 85° | 5 of 11 |
| May | 70° | 53° | 36° | 90° | 0 of 11 |
| June | 77° | 59° | 50° | 90° | 0 of 11 |
| July | 84° | 67° | 58° | 99° | 0 of 11 |
| August | 82° | 67° | 56° | 93° | 0 of 11 |
| September | 77° | 61° | 47° | 93° | 0 of 11 |
| October | 62° | 44° | 34° | 79° | 0 of 10 |
| November | 49° | 34° | 22° | 66° | 9 of 10 |
| December | 40° | 28° | 13° | 61° | 10 of 10 |
Mid-month figures from 2016–2026 of daily weather at this spot (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0), in °F. Typical is the median; coldest and hottest are the extremes seen.
Nearby campgrounds
- Camp Misty Mount · National Park Service · 2 mi · 29 sites
- Camp Round Meadow · National Park Service · 2 mi · 1 sites
- Poplar Grove Youth Group Campground · National Park Service · 2 mi · 3 sites
- Owens Creek Campground · National Park Service · 3 mi · 51 sites
- Manor Area Campground (Cunningham Falls State Park) · Maryland State Parks · 3 mi · 27 sites
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