| Pine Knob Shelter (Appalachian Trail, South Mountain, MD) | 2.2 | Free | Little Beaver Creek (stream) | 0.6 mi to Fairmount | — |
| Annapolis Rock Campground (Appalachian Trail, South Mountain, MD) | 2.4 | Free | Little Beaver Creek (stream) | 1.4 mi to Greenbrier | — |
| Pogo Memorial Campground (Appalachian Trail, South Mountain, MD) | 3.3 | Free | Black Rock Creek (stream) | 1.2 mi to Bagtown | — |
| Dispersed camp — Frederick County, MD | 4.1 | Free | — | 0.8 mi to Zittlestown | — |
| Dahlgren Backpackers Campground (Appalachian Trail, South Mountain, MD) | 5.1 | Free | — | 0.4 mi to Zittlestown | — |
| Rocky Run Shelter (Appalachian Trail, South Mountain, MD) | 6.2 | Free | — | 1.0 mi to Park Hall | — |
| Ensign Cowall Shelter (Appalachian Trail, South Mountain, MD) | 7.1 | Free | Beaver Creek (stream) | 1.1 mi to Pleasant Valley | — |
| Horseshoe Bend hiker-biker campsite (C&O Canal towpath mile 79.2) | 8.4 | Free | — | 1.0 mi to Mercersville | — |
| Big Woods hiker-biker campsite (C&O Canal towpath mile 82.7) | 9.1 | Free | Marsh Run (stream) | 1.1 mi to Potomac Valley Farms | — |
| Crampton's Gap Shelter (Appalachian Trail, South Mountain, MD) | 9.7 | Free | Israel Creek (stream) | 0.8 mi to Locust Valley | — |
| Raven Rock Shelter (Appalachian Trail, South Mountain, MD) | 10 | Free | Rattling Run (stream) | 0.7 mi to Edgemont | — |
| Killiansburg Cave hiker-biker campsite (C&O Canal towpath mile 75.2) | 10 | Free | Potomac River (river) | 1.0 mi to Snyders Landing | — |
| Opequon Junction hiker-biker campsite (C&O Canal towpath mile 90.9) | 12 | Free | Potomac River (river) | 2.1 mi to Potomac Woodlands | — |
| Jordan Junction hiker-biker campsite (C&O Canal towpath mile 101.2) | 12 | Free | Potomac River (river) | 1.4 mi to Pinesburg | — |
| Cumberland Valley hiker-biker campsite (C&O Canal towpath mile 95.2) | 12 | Free | Potomac River (river) | 1.0 mi to Falling Waters | — |
| Ed Garvey Shelter (Appalachian Trail, South Mountain, MD) | 13 | Free | — | 1.3 mi to Brownsville | — |
| Huckleberry Hill hiker-biker campsite (C&O Canal towpath mile 62.9) | 16 | Free | Elks Run (stream) | 1.1 mi to Pleasantville | — |
| North Mountain hiker-biker campsite (C&O Canal towpath mile 110.0) | 17 | Free | Green Spring Run (stream) | 0.8 mi to Four Locks | — |
| Bald Eagle Island hiker-biker campsite (C&O Canal towpath mile 50.3) | 18 | Free | Little Catoctin Creek (river) | 1.1 mi to Potomac Gateway | — |
| Michaux State Forest roadside campsite 024 Swift Run | 19 | Fee | — | 4.8 mi to Mont Alto | — |
| Michaux State Forest roadside campsite 020 Briar Mountain | 20 | Fee | — | 4.3 mi to Mont Alto | — |
| Calico Rocks hiker-biker campsite (C&O Canal towpath mile 47.6) | 20 | Free | Washington Run (stream) | 0.4 mi to Point of Rocks | — |
| Michaux State Forest roadside campsite 019 Snowy Mountain | 20 | Fee | Tumbling Run (stream) | 1.5 mi to South Mountain | — |
| Michaux State Forest roadside campsite 022A (Peggy's Hill Parking Area) | 21 | Fee | — | 5.2 mi to Mont Alto | — |
| Michaux State Forest roadside campsite 022A | 21 | Fee | — | — | — |
| Michaux State Forest roadside campsite 023 Woodchuck | 21 | Fee | — | 4.4 mi to Fairfield | — |
| Michaux State Forest roadside campsite 017 Firefox | 22 | Fee | — | 4.4 mi to Orrtanna | — |
| Michaux State Forest roadside campsite 018 Green Ridge | 22 | Fee | — | — | — |
| Michaux State Forest roadside campsite 021A | 23 | Fee | — | — | — |
| Michaux State Forest roadside campsite 021B | 23 | Fee | — | 4.0 mi to Orrtanna | — |
| Licking Creek hiker-biker campsite (C&O Canal towpath mile 116.0) | 23 | Free | Potomac River (river) | 0.9 mi to Mountain Vistas | — |
| Michaux State Forest roadside campsite 021C | 23 | Fee | — | — | — |
| Michaux State Forest roadside campsite 021E | 23 | Fee | — | — | — |
| Michaux State Forest roadside campsite 021D | 23 | Fee | — | 3.9 mi to Orrtanna | — |
| Michaux State Forest roadside campsite 003 Whispering Pines | 24 | Fee | — | 5.1 mi to Mont Alto | — |
| Michaux State Forest roadside campsite 015 Raccoon Run | 24 | Fee | — | — | — |
| Indian Flats hiker-biker campsite (C&O Canal towpath mile 42.5) | 25 | Free | Little Monocacy River (stream) | 1.7 mi to Dickerson | — |
| Michaux State Forest roadside campsite 016 Corls Road | 25 | Fee | — | 4.7 mi to Fayetteville | — |
| Michaux State Forest roadside campsite 014 Poplar Cove | 25 | Fee | — | 5.1 mi to Fayetteville | — |