Owens Creek Campground

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Owens Creek Campground offers families and individuals enjoyable primitive tent camping, located just five miles from Thurmont, Maryland, in the rolling hills of Catoctin Mountain Park. This campground offers 48 single campsites with a limit of five people, or immediate family, per site. There are no hookups. Maximum trailer length is 22 feet and maximum RV length is 30 feet. There are three pull through sites: #12, #39 and #43. Flush toilets, showers and drinking water are available and centrally located in the campground. All sites are equipped with a tent pad, picnic tables and a fire ring, and all tents must fit on the tent pads. Firewood is available. As a primitive camping area, Owens Creek encourages visitors to use healthy doses of imagination while surrounded by the natural landscape. Nature hikes and campfire circles are popular activities. Catoctin Mountain Park boasts 25 miles of trails. The Deerfield Nature Trail connects directly to the campground and is a 1.5 mile loop with a connection to the park's western system of trails. Browns Farm Trail is nearby in the Owens Creek Picnic Area and offers budding archeologists a peek into the history of the area; it is also a youth friendly Track Trail. The campground is surrounded by a rolling landscape, perfect for hikes of any level from easy to extremely strenuous. Owens Creek flows past the campground providing a peaceful setting beside a bubbling brook. Whether blanketed in snow in winter months, brilliant with color in the fall or blooming with wildflowers in the spring, Owens Creek offers beautiful scenery all year. Catoctin Mountain Park is located near many historical and cultural sites: the Appalachian National Scenic Trail (8 miles), Monocacy National Battlefield (18 miles), Antietam National Battlefield (26 miles), the Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail (26 miles), Eisenhower National Historic Site and Gettysburg National Military Park (20 miles), Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park (28 miles) and Harpers Ferry National Historical Park (37 miles). Other attractions include the Catoctin Wildlife Preserve and Zoo and Cunningham Falls State Park.

Pet friendly

Pet friendly

Location

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OWENS CREEK CAMPGROUND · STANDARD NONELECTRIC · Overnight

Max Num of People: 5
Pets Allowed: Yes
Capacity/Size Rating: Single
Max Vehicle Length: 22
Campfire Allowed: Yes
Shade: Full

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Sabillasville, MD

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Amenities

Accessible campsites
3 sites
Campfires allowed
Grills
Picnic tables
Shade

Rules & policies

Check-in
3:00 PM
Check-out
12:00 PM
People per site
Up to 5
Vehicles per site
Up to 1
Camping equipment required
Pets allowed
Quiet area

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