CAMP MEADE RV PARK, MD
Fort Meade, Maryland
📅 Date visited: 8/19/2024
⏰ Check-in / Check-out Times: Site check-in is after 1 p.m.; site check-out is before 11 a.m.
📍 Address/Grid Coord: Building 2300, 2300 Wilson Street, Fort Meade, MD 20755-5071
🌐 Website/Social Media Link: https://meade.armymwr.com/programs/camp-meade-rv-park
📞 Phone: 301-677-6196
💲 Pricing Details/Discounts: Daily rate for RV sites = $60, Cabins = $65, Cabin + RV site (on same site) = $90.
🅿️ Site Used: 3
⌚ Length of Stay: 12 days
☝️ Max Length of Stay Permitted: Daily, Weekly, Monthly and special contracts. There appears to be a few longer term individuals, but not many. Full reservation policy can be found HERE.
🚘 Vehicle and Rig Specs: Ford F-350, DRW - Cedar Creek 375BHO, Length: 43’ Height: 13’ 6”, 50amp service.
👨👩👧👧 Family Demographics: 2 Adults, 2 Kids (Under 10)
🐶 Pets: We don’t have any, but they are allowed at the RV sites. Pet’s are not allowed in the cabins, shower/bath houses or buildings. Service animals are not considered pets.
📱 Cell Service Used: T-Mobile 5G, average coverage.
📶 Other Cell Service Quality: T-Mobile showed the best coverage in the area; however, our reception was average.
Source: CoverageMap LLC.
💻 Internet Service Used: T-Mobile 5G and Starlink
🛰️ Starlink Accessibility: Our NE access was partially obstructed, and this is the case with most sites in the park. Sites 2, 4, 6, 8 and 5-27 on the Scarlet Oak Loop have significant tree coverage.
Source: Starlink App Speed test and Obstruction Reports
📡 Campground WiFi Quality: None
🛀 Facilities: Rec/Equipment Rental Office and Camp Store, Bathhouses (x2), Laundry, Game Room, Office/Lounge, Dumpsters throughout the grounds. Package and mail pick-up is not permitted in any form.
🏊🏻♂️ Amenities: This is a military FamCamp. Authorized patrons have full access to all base amenities. Directly across the road from the campground is Burba Park with several playgrounds, a nature trail, pond (requires MD fishing license), and picnic areas.
🔢 Total Number of Sites and General Condition: ~46 sites, and 4 cabins. All sites are 60’ in length. Odd numbered sites 3-27 and 31-45 are pull-through.
⛺ Tent Camping Permitted: No
♿ Handicap Accessibility: Yes
🔌💧🚽 Electric, Water & Sewer details: Yes, FHU 30/50 with W/S throughout.
👋🏻 Assigned sites or FCFS: Individuals can reserve a specific site; however, payment in full is due at the time of reservation.
👀 Site selection/location assistance: No.
🔒 Gated Access: Yes.
🚧 Road Condition: Good; however, there are several low hanging oak tree branches around the base. The below map shows the best route we found highlighted in red. Enter from Annapolis Rd through the Mapes Rd gate. Make a left on Ernie Pyle St, go through the stop sign and make a right on 85th Medical Battalion Ave. Ft. Meade Outdoor Rec will be at the end of the road to your left, this is where you check-in.
Source: Google Maps
⛽ Gas: High’s (1.5 miles), the gas station on base did not have diesel. The closest Open Roads station is TA Travel Center (7.2 miles).
🛒 Grocery: Fort Meade Commissary (1.5 miles), Weis Markets (1.8 miles), Wal-mart (7.4 miles)
🚩 Local Area Attractions / Amenities: We decided to stay at Ft. Meade because it is centrally located between D.C. and Baltimore. There is so much to do in this area. We even spent a day at the Maryland Renaissance Festival. From visiting Mt. Vernon, to touring various Museums and the National Aquarium, we truly enjoyed this stay. We are members of the ASTC Passport Program, so it was a bonus that the area had so many venues we could access.
✏️ Additional Notes / Review: Christy and I never lived on base when I was active duty, and the girls were too young to remember. This was their first experience of being on a military base for an extended period and all the things that accompany it. We really enjoyed this stay and will look to stay again if in the area. I don’t believe they mow more than once a month, and if we stayed much longer, I probably would have picked up a small trimmer. It wasn’t unreasonable, but the girls complained when playing.
The location of Camp Meade can’t be better if you’re wanting to explore the Nation’s Capital and Baltimore. The Odenton Train Station is just down the road that will take you to Penn Station in Baltimore or to Union Station in D.C. We stayed at Camp Meade RV Park for almost 2 weeks but could have easily stayed for a month.
