Maryland State Parks · Maryland
Pocomoke State Forest (Mattaponi Ponds)
Maryland State Parks · Maryland, United States · in Pocomoke State Forest
- Drinking water
- Yes
- Restrooms
- No
- Showers
- No
- Dump station
- No
- Elevation
- 49 ft
- Dark sky
- Bortle class 3
- Cell coverage
- T-Mobile weak · Verizon weak · AT&T good (carriers' 4G LTE filings to the FCC, 2025-12; not measured here)
- Nearest town
- Pocomoke City
- Address
- Blades Road, Pocomoke City, MD 21851
- Phone
- (410) 632-2566
- Activities
- Camping
About
Mattaponi Ponds, the backcountry primitive camping area within Pocomoke State Forest (a separate DNR unit from, though adjoining, Pocomoke River State Park's Milburn Landing campground above), offers a genuinely rugged, off-the-grid experience: the forest's own page states plainly "With no restrooms or dumpster facilities, it's a true adventure!" - pack in, pack out. No numeric site count is published. 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 $11.00-$12.00/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 | 44° | 30° | 16° | 58° | 10 of 11 |
| February | 48° | 35° | 14° | 65° | 10 of 11 |
| March | 57° | 42° | 24° | 74° | 5 of 11 |
| April | 66° | 50° | 33° | 85° | 0 of 11 |
| May | 73° | 59° | 46° | 89° | 0 of 11 |
| June | 80° | 67° | 59° | 93° | 0 of 11 |
| July | 86° | 74° | 61° | 93° | 0 of 11 |
| August | 85° | 74° | 66° | 94° | 0 of 11 |
| September | 80° | 68° | 56° | 90° | 0 of 11 |
| October | 67° | 53° | 45° | 81° | 0 of 10 |
| November | 57° | 43° | 28° | 72° | 1 of 10 |
| December | 48° | 37° | 22° | 66° | 6 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
- Shad Landing Campground (Pocomoke River State Park) · Maryland State Parks · 1 mi · 172 sites
- Milburn Landing Campground (Pocomoke River State Park) · Maryland State Parks · 2 mi · 34 sites
- Assateague Island National Seashore Campground · National Park Service · 15 mi · 160 sites
- Assateague State Park · Maryland State Parks · 20 mi · 342 sites
- Janes Island State Park · Maryland State Parks · 22 mi · 105 sites
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