Shortlist · Green Ridge State Forest, Maryland

Campsites with a phone signal

7 of the 99 campsites with a page qualify.

This forest mostly has no signal, and the sites that do have one have it because of where they sit rather than because of any mast the forest owns. Everything on this page is a camper’s report, not a coverage map and not a measurement — which is the honest way to publish it, because a coverage map would be a promise.

Open the sites with reported reception in the app All 99 campsite pages

Same tag, same campers. The app also carries the sites where reception was reported as poor.

Independent, free, and built by campers. Not a DNR service.

Booking
None. Sites are first come, first served.
Fee
$10 a night for a standard site, $20 for a group site, paid at headquarters. Maryland DNR.
Check in
Sign the sheet at headquarters when you arrive, then go to the site.
Is it free tonight?
This page cannot know. The app shows what the sign-up sheet last showed, with the photo's age.
What put a site on this list

Campers reported usable reception at the pitch. Reported, not measured, and not carrier-specific.

The test
A reception tag from campers who have been there. This page and the secluded one are the two here with no measurement behind them — everything else on this site is modelled or mapped.
Where it comes from
Campers, through the app. Nobody has walked the forest with a signal meter, and the carriers’ own coverage maps do not resolve to a pitch in a hollow.
What it does not mean
Not a promise, not your carrier, and not this week. Reception in a valley changes with leaf cover, weather and whatever the network did since. Plan for no signal: tell someone your plan before you go, and treat anything you get at the pitch as luck. Headquarters is 301-478-3124.
The sites

All 7, site number

  • Campsite 1

    Valley-floor, by a creek, easy in, some noise.

    • 738 ft, west-facing valley floor.
    • Gravel road, 0.2 mi unpaved, 9 min from HQ. The pitch sits 210 ft from the road.
    • Room for a trailer, room for a pop-up.
    Everything about site 1 →

  • Campsite 14

    Upper slope, by a creek, rough in, some noise, secluded.

    • 973 ft, upper slope.
    • Rough road, 1.6 mi unpaved, 16 min from HQ, 16% grade on the way.
    • Room for a trailer, room for a pop-up, secluded.
    Everything about site 14 →

  • Campsite 36

    Upper slope, four-wheel drive only, quiet, secluded.

    • 1,000 ft, north-facing upper slope.
    • High-clearance track, 4.0 mi unpaved, 28 min from HQ, 26% grade on the way. The pitch sits 85 ft from the road.
    • Secluded, right by the road.
    Everything about site 36 →

  • Campsite 38

    Upper slope, easy in, quiet, secluded.

    • 1,007 ft, upper slope.
    • Gravel road, 4.1 mi unpaved, 27 min from HQ. The pitch sits 190 ft from the road.
    • Room for a pop-up, private, level ground, a big pad.
    Everything about site 38 →

  • Campsite 45

    Rough in, quiet.

    • Rough road, 3.2 mi unpaved, 25 min from HQ. The pitch sits 453 ft from the road.
    • Room for a pop-up, right by the road.
    Everything about site 45 →

  • Campsite 50

    Hillside, easy in, quiet, secluded.

    • 862 ft, south-facing hillside.
    • Gravel road, 5.8 mi unpaved, 34 min from HQ, 13% grade on the way. The pitch sits 3022 ft from the road.
    • Room for a pop-up, secluded, right by the road, a view.
    Everything about site 50 →

  • Campsite 67

    Bench, easy in, quiet, secluded.

    • 1,101 ft, bench.
    • Gravel road, 3.4 mi unpaved, 20 min from HQ. The pitch sits 328 ft from the road.
    • Room for a trailer, secluded.
    Everything about site 67 →
Other ways in

The other shortlists

Every list is built from the same data, and a site can appear on several of them.

Where these numbers come from

Provenance

This list is generated from open data at build time, not compiled by hand. Nothing on it is a recommendation: it is a test, run over every campsite, with the test written at the top of the page so you can disagree with it.

  • Elevation, landform, slope, the horizon profile, sun times and the steepest grade on the approach come from the USGS 3D Elevation Program (3DEP).
  • Roads, surfaces and watercourses come from OpenStreetMap contributors, licensed ODbL.
  • Campsite coordinates and sections come from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources campsite layer.
  • Pitch tags — room for a trailer, secluded, a view — come from campers, and are the only thing here that is a judgement rather than a measurement.
  • Availability comes from nowhere, because there is no source for it. See above.

Independent, free, and built by campers. Not a DNR service. Greenridge is not affiliated with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources or any government agency, and the forest’s own rules always win.