Park Alert:
To facilitate scheduling significant repairs of critical infrastructure, reservations for the Point Lookout State Park campground are currently suspended for the 2025 camping season. Repairs also require the closure of the Nature Center and Civil War Museum. Dates may change as construction plans are finalized and the work progresses.
Contact: 301-872-5688
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Park Headquarters
Point Lookout State Park
11175 Point Lookout Road
Scotland, MD 20687
Park Headquarters Hours:
8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Monday - Friday
Hours of Operation
7 a.m - Sunset (May through September)
8 a.m. - Sunset (October through April)
This park's peaceful surroundings on a peninsula between the Chesapeake Bay and the Potomac River in St. Mary's County belie its history as the location of a camp which imprisoned as many as 52,264 Confederate soldiers during the
Civil War.
