Maryland State Parks · Maryland
Elk Neck State Park
Maryland State Parks · Maryland, United States
- Sites
- 250
- Drinking water
- Yes
- Restrooms
- Yes
- Showers
- Yes
- Dump station
- Yes
- Elevation
- 141 ft
- Dark sky
- Bortle class 4
- Cell coverage
- T-Mobile weak · AT&T good · Verizon none (carriers' 4G LTE filings to the FCC, 2025-12; not measured here)
- Lake
- Chesapeake Bay
- Nearest town
- North East
- Address
- 4395 Turkey Point Rd, North East, MD 21901
- Phone
- (410) 287-5333
- Activities
- Camping
236 numbered sites are mapped one by one - open the site map to pick yours.
About
Elk Neck State Park occupies a peninsula between the Elk River and the Chesapeake Bay, with the historic Turkey Point Lighthouse at its tip. The Elk River Camping Area has "over 250 campsites" per the park's own page (used here as DNR's own stated floor figure, not a precise count) across three hookup tiers - non-electric, electric-only, and full electric/water/sewer - though exact per-tier counts are not published. 9 mini/camper cabins and 7 rustic cabins are separate lodging, not included in the campsite total. 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-$22.50/night, Campsite Electric $27.50-$28.50/night, Campsite Electric/Water/Sewer (full hookup) $36.50-$37.50/night. 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).
Weather, month by month
| Month | Typical high | Typical low | Coldest night | Hottest day | Years with a night below 32°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 27° | 9° | 54° | 11 of 11 |
| February | 43° | 31° | 10° | 62° | 11 of 11 |
| March | 53° | 39° | 20° | 73° | 7 of 11 |
| April | 65° | 48° | 31° | 86° | 1 of 11 |
| May | 72° | 58° | 44° | 94° | 0 of 11 |
| June | 78° | 65° | 58° | 92° | 0 of 11 |
| July | 86° | 73° | 64° | 95° | 0 of 11 |
| August | 84° | 73° | 65° | 93° | 0 of 11 |
| September | 79° | 66° | 55° | 90° | 0 of 11 |
| October | 66° | 52° | 42° | 82° | 0 of 10 |
| November | 53° | 39° | 27° | 70° | 2 of 10 |
| December | 43° | 33° | 17° | 63° | 8 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.
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