Free camping near Fort Ashby, WV

Yes. 10 of the 44 camps within 25 straight-line miles of Fort Ashby, WV are listed as free; 34 charge a fee. The closest free one is Irons Mountain hiker-biker campsite (C&O Canal towpath mile 175.3), 6.9 miles north, on National Park Service land. The closest camp of any kind is Spring Gap Campground (C&O Canal NHP, towpath mile 173.3), 5.8 miles northeast, a fee campground.

44 camps: 10 free, 34 fee

The circle crosses a state line: MD and PA and WV.

All 44 camps near Fort Ashby, WV

All 44, closest first.
Camp	Miles	Cost	Water	Nearest town	Season today
Spring Gap Campground (C&O Canal NHP, towpath mile 173.3)	5.8	Fee	—	5.3 mi to Green Spring	—
Irons Mountain hiker-biker campsite (C&O Canal towpath mile 175.3)	6.9	Free	Collier Run (stream)	0.2 mi to North Branch	—
Pigmans Ferry hiker-biker campsite (C&O Canal towpath mile 169.1)	7.2	Free	—	1.4 mi to Green Spring	—
Evitts Creek hiker-biker campsite (C&O Canal towpath mile 180.1)	8.9	Free	Evitts Creek (stream)	0.5 mi to Evitts Creek	—
Potomac Forks hiker-biker campsite (C&O Canal towpath mile 164.8)	10	Free	South Branch Potomac River (river)	1.4 mi to Oldtown	—
Town Creek hiker-biker campsite (C&O Canal towpath mile 162.1)	13	Free	Big Run (stream)	0.1 mi to Town Creek	—
Green Ridge State Forest primitive campsite 100	15	Fee	—	3.3 mi to Paw Paw	—
Green Ridge State Forest primitive campsite 51	16	Fee	—	6.0 mi to Paw Paw	—
Green Ridge State Forest primitive campsite 48	16	Fee	—	8.4 mi to Paw Paw	—
Green Ridge State Forest primitive campsite 47	16	Fee	—	7.8 mi to Paw Paw	—
Green Ridge State Forest primitive campsite 52	16	Fee	—	5.7 mi to Paw Paw	—
Purslane Run hiker-biker campsite (C&O Canal towpath mile 156.9)	17	Free	Purslane Run (stream)	0.2 mi to Keifers	—
Green Ridge State Forest primitive campsite 46	17	Fee	—	8.0 mi to Paw Paw	—
Paw Paw Tunnel Campground (C&O Canal NHP, towpath mile 156.1)	17	Fee	—	0.7 mi to Paw Paw	—
Green Ridge State Forest primitive campsite 40	17	Fee	—	3.3 mi to Pumpkin Center	—
Green Ridge State Forest primitive campsite 39	17	Fee	—	7.8 mi to Paw Paw	—
Green Ridge State Forest primitive campsite 38	18	Fee	—	7.7 mi to Paw Paw	—
Green Ridge State Forest primitive campsite 66	18	Fee	Potomac River (river)	0.3 mi to Jerome	—
Green Ridge State Forest primitive campsite 65	18	Fee	—	3.8 mi to Paw Paw	—
Sorrel Ridge hiker-biker campsite (C&O Canal towpath mile 154.1)	18	Free	Potomac River (river)	0.9 mi to Jerome	—
Green Ridge State Forest primitive campsite 36	18	Fee	—	7.9 mi to Paw Paw	—
Green Ridge State Forest primitive campsite 64	18	Fee	—	4.8 mi to Paw Paw	—
Green Ridge State Forest primitive campsite 34	18	Fee	—	7.2 mi to Paw Paw	—
Green Ridge State Forest primitive campsite 33	19	Fee	Deep Run (stream)	3.8 mi to Campbells	—
Green Ridge State Forest primitive campsite 67	19	Fee	Deep Run (stream)	1.8 mi to Jerome	—
Green Ridge State Forest primitive campsite 68	19	Fee	—	5.9 mi to Paw Paw	—
Green Ridge State Forest primitive campsite 32	19	Fee	White Sulphur Pond (water)	3.1 mi to Pratt	—
Robert W. Craig Campground	19	Fee	—	3.0 mi to Elk Garden	—
Green Ridge State Forest primitive campsite 89	19	Fee	—	5.4 mi to Paw Paw	—
Green Ridge State Forest primitive campsite 69	19	Fee	—	6.2 mi to Paw Paw	—
Green Ridge State Forest primitive campsite 88	19	Fee	—	5.6 mi to Paw Paw	—
Green Ridge State Forest primitive campsite 87	20	Fee	Flat Run (stream)	1.5 mi to Campbells	—
Green Ridge State Forest primitive campsite 70	20	Fee	—	7.1 mi to Paw Paw	—
Stickpile Hill hiker-biker campsite (C&O Canal towpath mile 149.4)	21	Free	Potomac River (river)	1.1 mi to Hansrote	—
Devils Alley hiker-biker campsite (C&O Canal towpath mile 144.5)	21	Free	Flat Run (stream)	0.3 mi to Campbells	—
Green Ridge State Forest primitive campsite 15	21	Fee	—	11 mi to Paw Paw	—
Green Ridge State Forest primitive campsite 13	21	Fee	—	11 mi to Paw Paw	—
Green Ridge State Forest primitive campsite 14	22	Fee	—	11 mi to Paw Paw	—
Green Ridge State Forest primitive campsite 1	22	Fee	—	11 mi to Paw Paw	—
Green Ridge State Forest primitive campsite 12	22	Fee	Big Divide Run (stream)	2.5 mi to Pratt	—
Fifteenmile Creek Campground (C&O Canal NHP, towpath mile 140.0)	23	Fee	Fifteenmile Creek (river)	0.1 mi to Little Orleans	—
Green Ridge State Forest primitive campsite 83	23	Fee	—	9.3 mi to Paw Paw	—
Buchanan State Forest roadside campsite CV018 Scalp	24	Fee	—	15 mi to Paw Paw	—
Indigo Neck hiker-biker campsite (C&O Canal towpath mile 139.2)	24	Free	Fifteenmile Creek (river)	0.9 mi to Orleans Cross Roads	—

Who manages the camps near Fort Ashby, WV

Who manages them: 29 on MD DNR; 13 on the Park Service; 1 on US Army Corps of Engineers; 1 spread across 1 other manager.

MD DNR — 29 camps: 29 fee
The Park Service — 13 camps: 10 free, 3 fee
Buchanan State Forest — 1 camp: 1 fee
US Army Corps of Engineers — 1 camp: 1 fee

Season read for these camps, today

Our record has no season word for any of these 44 camps today. Call the managing office before you go.

Forecast near Fort Ashby, WV

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Every distance on this page is a straight line from Fort Ashby, WV, not a driving distance — a camp four miles out across a canyon can be an hour of road. Cost is the audited three-state verdict on each camp's own record: free, fee, or unpriced where we could not confirm a price. A blank column is a gap in the record, not a statement that the thing is absent. Camps come from state and federal agency records, not from a visit, except the ones marked. Seasons, permits and fire rules change: confirm with the managing office before you go. Found a fee where we show free? Tell us on the contact page.