Camp Misty Mount
- Right now
- Taking bookingsSites offered on 16 of the next 21 nights read 16:09 UTC
- Sites
- 29All of them booked ahead
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 8 notices
In the agency’s own words
This historic cabin camp was completed in 1937 by the Works Progress Administration. The camp is surrounded by hardwood forests on the slopes of Catoctin Mountain Park. Learn more in our video Misty Mount: A Hidden Gem (or the audio described version ) Individual rustic, historic cabins can be rented for overnight family enjoyment. Keep reading
Recreation
Misty Mount offers a number of nearby recreation opportunities. The trailhead to Catoctin Mountain Park's trail system at Wolf Rock is a short walk from the camp. Catoctin has over 25 miles (40 km) of trails with stunning overlooks. Wildlife watching, bouldering, rock climbing and fly fishing are popular activities along with hiking and camping. Kids and adults enjoy the camp's swimming pool, open from Memorial Day through Labor Day.
Facilities
These rustic American chestnut cabins can accommodate three to eight people. They have interior and exterior lighting, metal cots with vinyl mattresses, waste and recycle bins and broom. The (3) lodges and cabin 16 have a table and bench seating. The exterior of each cabin site has a picnic table, and fire ring/grill. Firewood is available in woodsheds located in the lower loop and near the host cabin. Centrally located comfort stations include hot showers, flush toilets and sinks. Lower loop has the women's facilities, middle loop has the men's facility, and the upper loop has both men's and women's facilities. Three dishwashing stations are located throughout the camp. Water from the dishwashing stations is potable. The swimming pool is available from Memorial Day to Labor Day. The dining hall with a commercial kitchen is available for group rentals only. In order to reserve it, groups must reserve at least 7 cabins. The dining hall/ kitchen facility does not have its own designated restrooms or parking. Reservations for the dining hall must be made by contacting the Camp Manager at CATO_CampManager@nps.gov. Camp Misty Mount is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Additional questions about the facility should be directed to the Camp Manager via email at CATO_CampManager@nps.gov or by calling 301-271-3140.
Natural Features
Camp Misty Mount is surrounded by Eastern deciduous hardwood forests on the slopes of Catoctin Mountain Park. The region is part of the Blue Ridge Province and offers access to scenic mountain views and clear streams. Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (301) 663-9388.
Nearby Attractions
Interconnected hiking trails can be reached from Misty Mount on the Wolf Rock Trail, or by driving within a mile of the camp. Try the Hog Rock Trail or the Thurmont Vista Trail for phenomenal views of the valleys below. Visitors can hike to Cunningham Falls, the tallest waterfall in Maryland, from the Visitor Center.
What the agency tells you
Reservations Required. Book reservations up to 6 months in advance. Walk-in reservations are not available. You may reserve the entire Camp Misty Mount (29 cabins). The campground capacity is 127 people
Parking. No parking or vehicles allowed in cabin areas with the exception of initial unloading and final departure loading. An exception will be made for persons with disabilities. 1 vehicle/cabin or 2 vehicles/lodge allowed due to limited parking availability.
Check-In: Check in time is 3:00 p.m. Upon arrival, reservation holders should park at the camp office. Camp staff will check-in guests during office hours. After hours, staff will leave check in information outside the camp office to assist late arrivals. Check-Out: Check out time is 12:00 noon. Guests are responsible for cleaning up the cabin interior and exterior prior to departure. Check-out and cleanup instructions will be posted inside each cabin. Please follow the clean-up/check-out instructions posted inside your cabin.
Everything else this campground posts · 5
Bring All Gear. Visitors must bring their own bedding, cookware, food storage, water containers and first-aid supplies.
Other restrictions. No PETS. No alcohol. No weapons or hunting allowed. Do not attach items to the trees or cabins. Do not put up canopies. Heat sources are prohibited inside all cabins and lodges.
Sleeping is restricted to the cabins. The number of occupants in each cabin shall not exceed the number of beds. Tents, canopies, or temporary screen structures are not permitted.
Clean-up. Guests are responsible for cleaning up the cabin interior and exterior prior to departure. Check-out instructions will be posted inside each cabin.
Cellular service: Cell service may be limited or not available depending on your provider. Cellular towers in the park are serviced by Verizon and AT&T.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 29 · 29 cabin
- Hookups
- 29 electric
- Longest rig
- 20 ft
- Accessible sites
- 2
- Pets
- Not allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Flush Toilets - seasonal
- Showers
- Yes, the record doesn’t say what kind
- “Centrally located comfort stations include hot showers, flush toilets and sinks.”
- Drinking water
- Yes
- Firewood
- Mentioned
- Camp host
- On site
- recreation.gov lists “Host”
Around the campground
- On the water
- Waterfall, Creek
- Accessible Swimming
- Climbing
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Historic site
- Ranger programs
- Ranger Station
- Swimming
- Night sky · 43rd darkest of 62 in MD
- Bortle 5
- Fall color · reported 4 days ago, 24 km away
- Minimal color
1 of 57 site-nights open this Friday and Saturdayread 16:09 UTC
Every site here is reservable, and the record lists none held back for anyone who drives up.
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What you actually pay
Who keeps the booking fee
The agency’s own policy text says the reservation fee and the cancellation processing fee are “retained by the reservation service contractor”, and that a campground concessionaire will decline to refund them because “they did not receive these fees”. Recreation.gov is run under contract by Booz Allen Hamilton. What share of your booking fee the contractor keeps isn’t published in any federal dataset we can read, so we print no number for it. Our reporting on the contract →
How we know this receipt · 5
recreation.gov availability, read 16:09 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
29 sites · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 29 mapped sitesAll 29 sites
Toilet distances are OpenStreetMap’s, measured for 29 of the 29 sites listed. A site with no reading is unknown, never far.
The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 29 of the 29 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| CAMP MISTY MOUNT | Cabin 18 | cabin electric | 20 ft | 172 ft | 601 ft | 2,162 ft | $175 | |
| CAMP MISTY MOUNT | Cabin 20 | cabin electric | 20 ft | 334 ft | 240 ft | 2,563 ft | $175 | |
| Lower | Cabin 25 | cabin electric | 20 ft | 72 ft | 228 ft | 2,742 ft | $175 | |
| Lower | Cabin 26 | cabin electric | 20 ft | 79 ft | 153 ft | 2,820 ft | $175 | |
| Lower | Cabin 27 | cabin electric | 20 ft | 86 ft | 288 ft | 2,716 ft | $175 | |
| Lower | Cabin 28 | cabin electric | 20 ft | 80 ft | 157 ft | 2,783 ft | $175 | |
| Lower | Cabin 29 | cabin electric | 20 ft | 73 ft | 149 ft | 2,761 ft | $175 | |
| Lower | Cabin 30 | cabin electric | 20 ft | 73 ft | 219 ft | 2,688 ft | $175 | |
| Lower | Cabin 31 | cabin electric | 20 ft | 72 ft | 291 ft | 2,670 ft | $175 | |
| Lower | Lodge 23 | cabin electric | 20 ft | 82 ft | 191 ft | 2,818 ft | $175 | |
| Middle | Cabin 16 | cabin electric | 20 ft | 172 ft | 574 ft | 2,247 ft | $175 | |
| Middle | Cabin 34 | cabin electric | 20 ft | 64 ft | 658 ft | 2,260 ft | $175 | |
| Middle | Cabin 35 | cabin electric | 20 ft | 99 ft | 444 ft | 2,476 ft | $175 | |
| Middle | Cabin 36 | cabin electric | 20 ft | 70 ft | 616 ft | 2,382 ft | $175 | |
| Middle | Cabin 37 | cabin electric | 20 ft | 82 ft | 689 ft | 2,300 ft | $175 | |
| Middle | Cabin 38 | cabin electric | 20 ft | 64 ft | 609 ft | 2,322 ft | $175 | |
| Middle | Cabin 39 | cabin electric | 20 ft | 68 ft | 541 ft | 2,381 ft | $175 | |
| Middle | Cabin 40 | cabin electric | 20 ft | 70 ft | 547 ft | 2,437 ft | $175 | |
| Middle | Cabin 41 | cabin electric | 20 ft | 84 ft | 579 ft | 2,316 ft | $175 | |
| Middle | Lodge 32 | cabin electric | 20 ft | 79 ft | 700 ft | 2,252 ft | $175 | |
| Upper | Cabin 44 | cabin electric | 20 ft | yes | 123 ft | 423 ft | 2,168 ft | $175 |
| Upper | Cabin 45 | cabin electric | 20 ft | 63 ft | 296 ft | 2,232 ft | $175 | |
| Upper | Cabin 46 | cabin electric | 20 ft | 63 ft | 296 ft | 2,251 ft | $175 | |
| Upper | Cabin 47 | cabin electric | 20 ft | 68 ft | 393 ft | 2,157 ft | $175 | |
| Upper | Cabin 48 | cabin electric | 20 ft | 80 ft | 417 ft | 2,104 ft | $175 | |
| Upper | Cabin 49 | cabin electric | 20 ft | 68 ft | 443 ft | 2,117 ft | $175 | |
| Upper | Cabin 50 | cabin electric | 20 ft | 80 ft | 351 ft | 2,147 ft | $175 | |
| Upper | Cabin 51 | cabin electric | 20 ft | 80 ft | 286 ft | 2,195 ft | $175 | |
| Upper | Lodge 42 | cabin electric | 20 ft | yes | 80 ft | 241 ft | 2,257 ft | $175 |
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Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Camp Round MeadowCatoctin Mountain Park · 0.0 mi
Camp GreentopCatoctin Mountain Park · 1.2 mi
Camp Greentop Dining Hall and Rec HallCatoctin Mountain Park · 1.2 mi
Poplar Grove Youth Group CampgroundCatoctin Mountain Park · 1.5 mi
Adirondack SheltersCatoctin Mountain Park · 2.1 mi
Owens Creek CampgroundCatoctin Mountain Park · 2.4 miThe street address for GPS use is 14799 Park Central Road, Thurmont, MD.
- From Washington DC: take the George Washington Memorial Parkway north to I-495 onto I-270 north 27 miles (43.5 km) to Frederick, MD. Take Route 15 for 17 miles (27 km) north to Thurmont, MD. Take Route 77 West, the exit sign is marked Catoctin Mountain Park. Travel approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) west on Route 77 and turn right onto Park Central Road. Pass the Visitor Center and continue 7/10 of a mile (1 km) and turn left into Camp Misty Mount.
- From Gettysburg, PA: take Route 15 South. In Thurmont, MD, exit onto Route 77 West (the exit sign says Catoctin Mountain Park). Travel approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) west on Route 77 and turn right onto Park Central Road. Pass the Visitor Center and continue 7/10 of a mile (1 km) and turn left into Camp Misty Mount.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Thurmont, MD
Typical weather
Typical October night 46°F, day 65°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical January night 23°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.
Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or more
A normal is the 1991-2020 average for the month, not a forecast: about half of all Julys are colder than the July line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.
The land, and who answers for it
who answers for it
Who answers for this land
Camp Misty Mount is in Maryland’s 6th congressional district. Its representative, April McClain Delaney (D), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: A+. See every public-lands vote →