Maryland State Parks · Maryland
Gambrill State Park
Maryland State Parks · Maryland, United States
- Sites
- 28
- Hookups
- 6 electric, 22 no hookups
- Drinking water
- Yes
- Restrooms
- Yes
- Showers
- Yes
- Dump station
- Yes
- Pets
- Yes
- Elevation
- 1,588 ft
- Dark sky
- Bortle class 4
- Cell coverage
- T-Mobile weak · Verizon weak · AT&T good (carriers' 4G LTE filings to the FCC, 2025-12; not measured here)
- Nearest town
- Frederick
- Address
- 8602 Gambrill Park Road, Frederick, MD 21701
- Phone
- (301) 271-7574
- Activities
- Camping
27 numbered sites are mapped one by one - open the site map to pick yours.
About
Gambrill State Park, in the Catoctin Mountains just west of Frederick, offers 28 campsites (13 basic, 9 tent-only, 6 electric) with a central bathhouse and dump station. Four camper cabins with electricity are separate lodging, not included in the campsite total above. Open the first weekend in April through the last weekend in October. 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 $18.50-$19.50/night, Campsite Electric $24.50-$25.50/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). Pets are allowed in the campground, must be kept on a leash and attended at all times (also permitted in Cabin 18 specifically).
Weather, month by month
| Month | Typical high | Typical low | Coldest night | Hottest day | Years with a night below 32°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 22° | 0° | 53° | 11 of 11 |
| February | 40° | 25° | 3° | 64° | 11 of 11 |
| March | 50° | 32° | 7° | 70° | 10 of 11 |
| April | 63° | 41° | 24° | 85° | 6 of 11 |
| May | 69° | 52° | 35° | 91° | 0 of 11 |
| June | 76° | 58° | 49° | 90° | 0 of 11 |
| July | 84° | 66° | 57° | 98° | 0 of 11 |
| August | 81° | 66° | 56° | 93° | 0 of 11 |
| September | 76° | 60° | 46° | 92° | 0 of 11 |
| October | 61° | 44° | 32° | 78° | 0 of 10 |
| November | 47° | 33° | 22° | 65° | 10 of 10 |
| December | 39° | 27° | 11° | 59° | 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.
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