Maryland Public Lands
3.3% of Maryland is federal land: 209,648 of its 6,319,360 acres (2024 data). The largest federal land manager in Maryland is the Department of Defense, with 113,574 acres, 1.8% of the state. This guide covers 53 state parks, 15 National Park Service units, and 6 national wildlife refuges.
Explore Maryland public lands by type
Maryland public land map
- National parks, recreation areas and monuments (NPS)
- National wildlife refuges (FWS)
- State parks
Land managed by (switch layers on or off)
Land ownership: USGS PAD-US 4.1, dissolved by manager and simplified (parcels under about 2 square km not shown). Unit boundaries simplified. Not for navigation or legal boundaries.
List of all 74 places on this map
State parks (53)
- Assateague State Park
- Big Run State Park
- Bill Burton Fishing Pier State Park
- Bohemia River State Park
- Calvert Cliffs State Park
- Casselman River Bridge State Park
- Chapel Point State Park
- Chapman State Park (Maryland)
- Cunningham Falls State Park
- Cypress Branch State Park
- Dans Mountain State Park
- Deep Creek Lake State Park
- Elk Neck State Park
- Fort Frederick State Park
- Fort Tonoloway State Park
- Franklin Point State Park
- Gambrill State Park
- Gathland State Park
- Greenbrier State Park
- Greenwell State Park
- Gunpowder Falls State Park
- Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park
- Hart-Miller Island State Park
- Herrington Manor State Park
- Janes Island State Park
- Martinak State Park
- Matapeake State Park
- Matthew Henson State Park
- New Germany State Park
- Newtowne Neck State Park
- North Point State Park
- Palmer State Park
- Patapsco Valley State Park
- Patuxent River State Park
- Pocomoke River State Park
- Point Lookout State Park
- Purse State Park
- Rocks State Park
- Rocky Gap State Park
- Rosaryville State Park
- Sandy Point State Park
- Sang Run State Park
- Seneca Creek State Park
- Smallwood State Park
- South Mountain State Park
- St. Clement's Island State Park
- St. Mary's River State Park
- Susquehanna State Park (Maryland)
- Swallow Falls State Park
- Tuckahoe State Park
- Washington Monument State Park
- Wills Mountain State Park
- Wye Oak State Park
National parks, recreation areas and monuments (NPS) (15)
- Antietam National Battlefield
- Appalachian National Scenic Trail
- Assateague Island National Seashore
- Catoctin Mountain Park
- Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park
- Clara Barton National Historic Site
- Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine
- George Washington Memorial Parkway
- Greenbelt Park
- Hampton National Historic Site
- Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
- Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park
- Monocacy National Battlefield
- Piscataway Park
- Thomas Stone National Historic Site
Who manages Maryland's land
| Agency | Acres | Share of Maryland |
|---|---|---|
| Bureau of Land Management | 572 | 0% |
| U.S. Forest Service | 0 | 0% |
| U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 53,624 | 0.8% |
| National Park Service | 41,878 | 0.7% |
| Department of Defense | 113,574 | 1.8% |
| All federal land | 209,648 | 3.3% |
Source: Congressional Research Service, Federal Land Ownership: Overview and Data (R42346), 2024 data, checked 2026-09-30.
Camping on Maryland public land
National Park Service land has its own camping rules, set by each park unit: see Greenbelt Park for campgrounds, fees, and backcountry permits.
18 of Maryland's state parks have developed campgrounds on record; compare them in the Maryland state parks table.
Common questions
- 3.3% of Maryland is federal land: 209,648 of its 6,319,360 acres (2024 data).
- 572 acres, less than 0.1% of the state (2024 data).
- The largest federal land manager in Maryland is the Department of Defense, with 113,574 acres, 1.8% of the state.
- This guide lists 53 Maryland state parks and recreation areas, 18 of them with camping on record.
- congress.gov (accessed 2026-09-30)
- blm.gov (accessed 2026-09-30)
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