Fort Frederick Campground — Hotel in Martinsburg

The campground is well kept but I wanted to highlight a few if booking here. Our family does quite a bite of camping in the state parks and these are a few things I've noted in comparison to other parks.

1 - If there is significant rain, many of the sites flood, including parts of the gravel where tents must be kept. 2 - Sites are VERY close together and depending on your neighbors, this could be an issue. 3 - There are no separate areas for RVs or dogs, so you may be stuck listening to a generator running and dogs barking (like we were). They should have specific sites designated for them in my opinion. 4 - There are trains running all day/night at random times, so light sleepers should pack ear plugs. 5 - There is a shower, however it's not at the actual campground. You have to travel up towards the Fort in order to access it.

The staff is great and super helpful. Overall, not bad but wouldn't be my first choice to stay at again mostly because of how the issues I...

Not the best campground. The showers are not sufficient for tent campers. They are located 3/4 mile away from tent camping area and they are an outdoor "rinse" shower, meaning minimal privacy and you must wear a bathing suit. And the campground is surrounded my 3 train lines. The trains run all night long blowing their horns and chugging there diesel engines. Very loud!

Lots of fun activities to do though. There's a long bike trail, (Chesapeake and Ohio canal bike trail) and the Fort Frederick mid-1700s fort to explore. The...

Website says it’s open year-round for self-contained camping, but it’s not. We arrived with our small travel trailer about 10 minutes after 5PM and the gate was locked. The sign says that the park is only open 10-5. So, what are you supposed to do, get there before 5 and be locked in until 10AM? There’s also insufficient space to turn around with a trailer, so we had to back out. Pretty awful experience. [Drove down the road to McCoy’s Ferry Campground. See...