Dog-Friendly State Parks in Maryland
60 units of Maryland's state park system list pets allowed under the park’s rules (often leashed, sometimes with area restrictions). Of these, 7 need day-use reservations at times. Each park page has the official details and when we last checked them.
Assateague State ParkBerlin$5 per person
Big Run State ParkGrantsville
Bill Burton Fishing Pier State ParkTrappe
Black Walnut Point NRMA
Calvert Cliffs State ParkUpper Marlboro$5 per vehicle ($7 nonresident)
Casselman River Bridge State ParkFrostburgTemporarily closed
Cedarville State ForestBrandywine$3 per vehicle ($5 nonresident)
Chapel Point State ParkMarbury
Chapman State ParkIndian Head
Cunningham Falls State ParkThurmont$5 per person ($7 nonresident)
Cypress Branch State ParkMillington
Dans Mountain State ParkLonaconing
Deep Creek Lake State ParkSwanton$3 per vehicle ($5 nonresident)
Elk Neck State ParkNorth East$3 per vehicle ($5 nonresident)
Fair Hill Natural Resources Management AreaElkton$3 per vehicle ($5 nonresident)
Fort Frederick State ParkMartinsburg$3 per vehicle ($5 nonresident)
Freedman's State Park
Gambrill State ParkFrederick$3 per vehicle ($5 nonresident)
Gathland State ParkBrunswick
Greenbrier State ParkBoonsboro$5 per person ($7 nonresident)
Greenwell State ParkScotland$3 per vehicle ($5 nonresident)
Gunpowder Falls State ParkKingsville$5 per person ($7 nonresident)
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State ParkChurch Creek
Hart-Miller Island State ParkKingsville
Helen Avalynne Tawes GardenAnnapolis
Herrington Manor State ParkOakland$3 per person ($5 nonresident)
Janes Island State ParkCrisfield$7 per vehicle ($9 nonresident)
Martinak State ParkDenton$5 per vehicle ($7 nonresident)
Merkle Natural Resources Management AreaUpper Marlboro$50 per day
Monocacy Natural Resources Management AreaGaithersburg
Morgan Run Natural Environment AreaAnnapolis
New Germany State ParkFrostburg
Newtowne Neck State ParkLeonardtown
North Point State BattlefieldBaltimore
North Point State ParkEdgemere$4 per vehicle ($5 nonresident)
Patapsco Valley State ParkEllicott City$2 per vehicle ($4 nonresident)
Patuxent River State ParkGaithersburg
Pocomoke River State ParkSnow Hill
Point Lookout State ParkScotland$5 per person ($7 nonresident)
Rocky Gap State ParkFlintstone$4 per person ($6 nonresident)
Rosaryville State ParkUpper Marlboro$3 per person ($5 nonresident)
Sang Run State ParkMcHenry
Sassafras Natural Resources Management AreaKennedyville
Savage Highlands State Park
Seneca Creek State ParkGaithersburg$3 per person ($5 nonresident)
Sideling Hill Creek State ParkHancock
Smallwood State ParkMarbury$3 per person ($5 nonresident)
South Mountain BattlefieldMiddletown
South Mountain State ParkBoonsboro
St. Clement's Island State ParkScotland
St. Mary's River State ParkLeonardtown$3 per vehicle ($5 nonresident)
Swallow Falls State ParkOakland$3 per person ($5 nonresident)
Torrey C. Brown Rail TrailKingsville
Tuckahoe State ParkQueen Anne$5 per vehicle ($7 nonresident)
Washington Monument State ParkBoonsboro$2 per vehicle ($4 nonresident)
Western Maryland Rail TrailHancock
Woodmont Natural Resources Management AreaHancock
Wye Island State Natural Resources Management AreaQueenstown
Wye Oak State ParkQueen Anne
Youghiogheny Wild River Natural Environmental AreaSwanton
Lists are built automatically from official park data and update when parks change. Inclusion means the official source lists the feature; it is not a ranking.