Maryland State Parks · Maryland
Sideling Hill Creek State Park
Maryland State Parks · Maryland, United States
- Sites
- 2
- Hookups
- 2 no hookups
- Group sites
- Yes
- Drinking water
- Yes
- Elevation
- 656 ft
- Dark sky
- Bortle class 2
- Cell coverage
- T-Mobile weak · AT&T none · Verizon none (carriers' 4G LTE filings to the FCC, 2025-12; not measured here)
- Lake
- Potomac River
- Nearest town
- Hancock
- Address
- 11110 Ziegler Rd, N.E., Hancock, MD 21750
- Phone
- (301) 842-2155
- Activities
- Camping
About
Sideling Hill Creek State Park, overlooking the Potomac River and the Western Maryland Rail Trail/C&O Canal near Hancock, offers TWO group camping areas, currently bookable, but no individual family site. Shares a phone number with Fort Frederick State Park under shared regional administration - not a data error. 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
Group $25.00-$26.00/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 | 37° | 25° | -6° | 56° | 11 of 11 |
| February | 42° | 28° | 6° | 71° | 11 of 11 |
| March | 54° | 34° | 14° | 74° | 8 of 11 |
| April | 67° | 44° | 27° | 87° | 3 of 11 |
| May | 72° | 55° | 37° | 92° | 0 of 11 |
| June | 80° | 61° | 52° | 93° | 0 of 11 |
| July | 88° | 69° | 59° | 100° | 0 of 11 |
| August | 85° | 69° | 58° | 97° | 0 of 11 |
| September | 81° | 62° | 48° | 96° | 0 of 11 |
| October | 63° | 46° | 35° | 83° | 0 of 10 |
| November | 50° | 35° | 21° | 68° | 6 of 10 |
| December | 41° | 30° | 13° | 67° | 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
- Indigo Neck Hiker Biker Overnight (HBO) Campsite · National Park Service · 2 mi · 1 sites
- Fifteen Mile Creek Campsite · National Park Service · 3 mi · 10 sites
- Devils Alley Hiker-Biker Campsite · National Park Service · 4 mi · 1 sites
- Cacapon Junction Hiker-Biker Overnight (HBO) Campsite · National Park Service · 4 mi · 1 sites
- Stickpile Hill Hiker-Biker Overnight (HBO) Campsite · National Park Service · 5 mi · 1 sites
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