Campsite 44
Site 44 is one of the primitive, first-come campsites scattered through Green Ridge State Forest in western Maryland. The drive in is rated “Rough road”.
- Booking
- None. Sites are first come, first served.
- 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.
Rough in, quiet.
- ModeledRough road, 3.2 mi unpaved, 28 min from HQ, 12% grade on the way. The pitch sits 420 ft from the road.
- ModeledOut of earshot of the range, the interstate and the freight line.
- CommunityRoom for a pop-up, right by the road.
Official Maryland DNR Modeled from USGS elevation, OpenStreetMap roads and the sun Community reported by campers
Rough road
Loose, rutted or steep in places. Low cars will scrape.
You arrive on Twigg Road, which OpenStreetMap classes as a forest track with an unpaved surface.
3.2 mi of unpaved driving stands between the last pavement and the site.
The steepest stretch of that final approach measures 12.3% on the elevation model, climbing 125 ft in total.
The pitch itself sits 420 ft from that road.
Measured
- Unpaved approach
- 3.2 mi
- Steepest grade
- 12.3%
- Total climb
- 125 ft
- Road to pitch
- 420 ft
How campers describe it
- Pop-up camper OK
- Near road
Directly adjacent to road with no buffer.
Field note from campers who have stayed here — not an official description, and conditions change.
Nearby sites
- Site 45 865 ft away
Rough in, quiet.
- Site 43 1837 ft away
Rough in, quiet.
- Site 42 3023 ft away
Rough in, quiet.
- Site 46 0.7 mi away
Hillside, rough in, quiet.
Provenance
Everything on this page is derived from open data at build time. None of it is anyone's opinion, and none of it was measured on foot.
- Elevation, landform, slope, aspect, contours, the horizon profile and the steepest grade on the approach come from the USGS 3D Elevation Program (3DEP), read from terrain-RGB tiles at zoom 14.
- Roads and watercourses come from OpenStreetMap contributors, licensed ODbL.
- Sun times are computed from the NOAA Solar Calculator equations against that measured skyline — when the sun clears the ridge, not when an almanac says it rises. Figures are for 2026; they shift by a minute or two from year to year.
- Campsite coordinates come from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources campsite GIS layer.
- Character tags and field notes 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.
Greenridge is an independent community project. It is not affiliated with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources or any government agency, and the forest's own rules always win.