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
Season dates aren't confirmed for this campground yet - opening and closing dates haven't been verified. Check the operator's page or call ahead before you plan a trip.
Site map
The imagery of the campground. Press and hold the map to drop your own pins and notes; the operator publishes no site points here. Your ratings, notes, pins and photos are kept with the campground on your Saved list, the same list the camping map and the drive page keep.
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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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