Fifteen Mile Creek Campsite Campground, Potomac, MD

Fifteen Mile Creek Campsite Campground in Montgomery county is located 34 min east of Cumberland, MD with an elevation of 435 feet. There are a total of 10 campsites. The campground is open all year. All sites are currently reservable. Reservations can be booked up to 6 months in advance. Each site includes a picnic table and fire ring. Fees range from $10.00 to $20.00. Activities include biking, fishing, hiking trails.

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(301) 739-4200 (Information)
(877) 444-6777 (Reservations)
$10 - $20

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Campsite Reviews (42)

3.7 out of 5

5 star		33%
4 star		26%
3 star		10%
2 star		10%
1 star		14%

@MyshlB35461DA6 · Camped on Oct 24, 2024 at Campsite #4

Unable to find in the dark- poor lighting, poor signage. We tried twice and after ending up going up a dangerous hill in attempt to find it a 3rd time, and popping a hole our RV tire on the way down based on total darkness, we had to give up going there

@KarenW6722333 · Camped on Sep 28, 2024 at Campsite #4

There was a party is the campground that was drinking and BLASTING music. There was another party that arrived and left without setting up, Im assuming due to the loud music. Since I was the only other party in the campground, I was not comfortable asking them to turn down the music or calling the park service, since I would have still been alone with the loud party after anyone sent to mediate the situation left. Additionally, the handle was off the pump for the campground. While the online info for the campground does state that water may be unavailable, it inconvenient for someone traveling by bike.

@MarkE7119489 · Camped on Sep 11, 2024 at Campsite #8

Best river campground on the Potomac

@JanetC4565717 · Camped on Aug 2, 2024 at Campsite #8

We didnt know until we arrived that it was bike week. We are frequent campers and came from NC to paddle the Potomac. The pit toilets were disgusting and full. The only way we could continue our stay was to walk over to the walk-in campsite portajohn. On Sunday, we were awaken by a lady throwing up outside her camper. Someone else had thrown their uneaten eggs, sausage and hotdogs on the edge of their campsite. I know there are budget shortages, but there needs to be more cleaning of the pit toilets and a trash bin during the busy summer months. There needs to be enough oversight to offer safe hygiene. We were disappointed.

@CherkeaH7E1572 · Camped on Aug 1, 2024 at Campsite #5

Overly lively nightlife for an escape into the woods. Prepare for bugs too.

@RavenR23E71679 · Camped on Jul 14, 2024 at Campsite #10

The pictures for this campsite are old and outdated. It's not a good representation of camp site or grounds at all. There is no parking for the group site close to the site. It's on the other side of the campground. The group site isn't marked or visible from the campgrounds. You have to pack in and pack out in the middle of people's camp site if there is a spot available for you to do so. Otherwise it's a 700ft or more walk from vehicle to site. The water is gorgeous! It's super clear and kid friendly(mostly shallow waters). Steep walk down to the water. There is a porta John that was surprisingly well maintained considering. Otherwise it's the bare minimum primitive camping.

@JacquelinB2FDF · Camped on Sep 1, 2023 at Campsite #3

Bills near the camp was very helpful. The original weather report was low to mid 90s. Bills was a refuge for more pounds of ice and gallons of water. The camp site is barebones. The toilets are disinfected regularly. The water is at a pump, iodinated, and recommended to be boiled before consuming. You must carry out your trash. Lots of trail bikers. Simple hike. Creek is near by.

@JohnK6536193 · Camped on Sep 21, 2022 at Campsite #8

Great view of the river and clear starry nights. Make sure to take a swim in the river!

@AnnaY5154309 · Camped on Sep 6, 2022 at Campsite #2

construction at the sight. Water quality very poor.

@WilliamT982854 · Camped on Aug 5, 2022 at Campsite #4

Awesome

@MarkD1043461 · Camped on Jul 2, 2022 at Campsite #3

We selected a great campsite but considered it expensive for being a primitive campground. Mostly quiet no idiots with radios despite being a holiday weekend. Very busy boat ramp nearby, but the river was clean and refreshing after a hot humid bike ride. The Little Orleans Campground campstore was within a mile and was welcome for ice cream and last minute necessities. Will definitely be back.

@PaulK4963226 · Camped on Jul 1, 2022 at Campsite #5

Great view of the river and launching area. Fairly level area for tent. Far enough away from the bathrooms but not too far. No two trees close enough together for hammock. Almost no signal for Verizon. I heard TMobile was pretty good.

@KathleenK13494 · Camped on Jun 6, 2022 at Campsite #5

No working dump station! No one there to sell ice or wood.

@JimH4011279 · Camped on May 30, 2022 at Campsite #1

Good simple and quite beautiful campground with a view of the River. Access for Swimming and Fishing also a plus. Pump water and pit toilets. Great site. I'd use it again.

@JocelynK773028 · Camped on May 22, 2022 at Campsite #3

It’s a very pretty spot on a bluff above the boat ramp. We had site 6 which is closest to the river. Toilets were quite clean and had paper. The downsides: sites don’t have privacy, no trees between; area gets busy with boaters, swimmers, bikers all around.

@LISAS7216541 · Camped on May 19, 2022 at Campsite #6

The Grass was not mowed and way too high - many ticks. The bathroom facilities were clean though, so that was nice. There were also many people camping there with no reservations

@LouisS1757690 · Camped on Apr 21, 2022 at Campsite #4

Great campground and bike trails nearby.

@RachelS214 · Camped on Nov 25, 2021 at Campsite #4

My second time here and my first time solo camping. Highly recommend! Super easy to access and close to hiking. The water is beautiful at night.

@MekalaG520 · Camped on Oct 22, 2021 at Campsite #3

To put it briefly: a clean and safe-feeling camp ground. A picnic table, grill, and fire pit with each site & clean shared facilities (that even had toilet paper stocked!!!) Some sites had a great view of the river & the entire campground had direct access to a nice trail for walking/biking. On our weekend, other campers included couples and families from the DC area, we felt very safe & enjoyed the folks around us.

@KeithS678 · Camped on Oct 4, 2021 at Campsite #5

Info published by NPS indicated that a variety of amenities were available on site, such as water restrooms, showers, restaurants, Convenience stores, etc. In fact, none were available. This camp was similar to other hiker\biker camps along the trail, with no amenities. As a hiker\biker camp, it was fine.

@RyszardS203 · Camped on Sep 17, 2021 at Campsite #6

One, the water pump had a handle removed, so there was no water source. Second, the mosquitos are pretty bad in this location. At night and also in very early morning, there was a lot of vehicle traffic going in and out. It appears, that the lake access and the park attract all the local teenagers/youngsters. Overall, I would not recommend this campground, even though the location is beautiful...

@ValerieT387 · Camped on Sep 2, 2021 at Campsite #2

nice location. the pit toilets were buzzing with sewage flies; sewage truck came Friday morning and sprayed chemicals. We made a point to go to "bill's place" to use their restroom.

@JohnN118 · Camped on Aug 6, 2021 at Campsite #9

Very quiet. RVrs fill your fresh water tank before you get there.

@JonasT412 · Camped on Jul 16, 2021 at Campsite #2

Booked Site 2 for the weekend of July 16-18, someone was set up in the site upon arrival, no biggie, site 1 was available for the weekend so we told the couple to figure out how to book it on our behalf and left it at that. Got worse from there. Random car shows up at site 8 around 11.30pm. sounded like a dozen people but it was only 4. Loud talking, kids running all over and a lot of complaining as someone was struggling to start a generator. Not to worry, more folks showed up at 1am, and another about 2pm. Don't worry, a genius in the 2am crew managed to start the generator. Took the time, and the physical risk to amble over and remind the group of quiet hours and so on and was ignored, so I called the NPS number. The NPS said they send out a Ranger ...if they could wake one up. No dice as site 8 was up and firing on all cylinders around 7.30 am. Once again with the kids etc. New wrinkle, music... from a car... in the parking lot. Sweet little removable amp. We were indulged with the sweet sounds of central American love ballads, some kind of Tecno salsa and so on. We were gone by 9.30. what a train wreck. Wanted to like the site and location, but ... NPS was/is of little help

@DanK286 · Camped on Jul 9, 2021 at Campsite #10

Website says 200 ft to hike in - but the gate to the campsite was locked such that we had to hike in from the gate...which is a lot further. Our group was ~20 people (half of which were small children) and it was a lot of work to carry all of the equipment from the gate. Other than that the campsite was great and everyone had an awesome time!

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