Treehouse Camping!
http://www.thetreehousecamp.com/

Tuckahoe State Park

http://www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/eastern/tuckahoe.asp

We love Shenandoah NP. First camped there when our son was 22 mo old. Mathews Arm campground. Not sure when it opens for the season-- May? I would look at a weather forecast more than the date if camping in March or April. Have fun!

Little Bennett is in Clarksburg. There is hiking there and overnight camping. You'd probably need to make reservations. Keep in mind it is still cold at night (just based on "average" temps) for a while.

We had thought about doing some early spring camping this week during spring break....seeing the snow today makes me glad we opted not to do that! Seriously, can't wait until the weather warms ups.

Hit up swains lock, its free and easy car camping on the c&o in potomac md

Anonymous wrote:There was a great discussion about this a couple of weeks ago.....read through the thread and I bet you'll get some good ideas. I bookmarked the thread because it was such a nice list of local sites:

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/291615.page

This is what I was looking for, thanks PP!

We are new to Maryland so we have been taking note of all the recent camping posts. Here are a few spots we plan to check out once the weather gets warmer!!!

Cunningham Falls

Deep Creek Lake

Smallwood State Park

There was a great discussion about this a couple of weeks ago.....read through the thread and I bet you'll get some good ideas. I bookmarked the thread because it was such a nice list of local sites:

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/291615.page

I'm looking for some tips from seasoned campers, I know you are out there....

My kids are now both out of diapers and I would like to take them tent camping for a night within a 2 hour drive of Montgomery County. How early in the season is it reasonable to go?

Can anyone recommend local sites for camping that has somewhat of an actual wilderness feel (aren't overrun with RVs running all night long) but still aren't completely hike in/ rustic. Access to a restroom and picnic table would be great.

Thanks!