Catoctin Mountain Park · Maryland
Overview 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.
Sites at Camp Misty Mount are reserved through Recreation.gov. Sites here can be reserved in advance through the official system, and they are claimed fast — cancellations then trickle back all season, unannounced, at any hour of the day or night.
| Total sites | 29 |
|---|---|
| Site types | Cabin |
| Hookups | Electric hookups at some sites |
| Location | Thurmont, MD |
| Book through | Recreation.gov |
| Official listing | Recreation.gov |
Because sites are booked months ahead, a steady share of reservations get cancelled as trips fall through. Each cancellation instantly returns that site and those nights to the official calendar — first-come, first-served, no waitlist, no announcement. Refreshing the booking page yourself, every few minutes for weeks, works in theory. In practice, the people who get these sites are the ones who hear about the opening first.
itOpened scans the Recreation.gov calendar for Camp Misty Mount around the clock. When a site matching your dates and your vehicle opens, you get a text with a direct link to it. You book it yourself, in your own account, at the normal price. We never book, hold, or resell — your fee pays for monitoring, and openings are first-come, so speed is the whole game.
| Owens Creek Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
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| Poplar Grove Youth Group Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Adirondack Shelters | Cancellation alerts available |
| Camp Greentop | Cancellation alerts available |
| Camp Greentop Dining Hall and Rec Hall | Cancellation alerts available |
| Camp Round Meadow | Cancellation alerts available |
Page data refreshed 2026-10-29. Site facts come from the official directory listing for Camp Misty Mount; cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.