New Germany State Park

EGGstreme Easter Egg Hunt to Be Held Saturday, March 30!​
New Germany State Park will host the 8th annual EGGstreme Easter Egg Hunt on March 30 from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. This event is designed for families to experience the outdoors together and will feature more than 5,000 eggs hidden along 10 miles of trails within the park. Click here​ for more information.​


New Germany Lake - Photo by Luke Mongrain

Park Reservations
1-888-432-2267​

Garrett County​

New Germany State Park
349 Headquarters Lane
Grantsville MD 21536

Contact: 301-895-5453​
E-mail New Germany State Park

Hours: 8 a.m. to Sunset

New Germany State Park’s visitors frequentl​y call it a “best kept secret.” This mountain gem is nestled between the 2,900 ft. Big Sa​vage Mountain to the east and the eastern Continental Divide along Meadow Mountain to the west. New Germany has diverse forests with ten miles of multi-use trails and a small lake suitable for fishing, swimming, and paddling. There is no cell phone service at New Germany State Park. An emergency phone (911 ONLY) is available inside the Lake House at 403 McAndrews Hill Road, Grantsville, Maryland. A pay phone is also available at 474 McAndrews Hill Road, Grantsville, Maryland (across the road from New Germany Lake).

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Skiing comes to the “Maryland Alps” in 1940

Unloading for a good ski run, 1941Newspaper reporters in the 1940s and 1950s called this area “The Maryland Alps,” the place where winter was king - “Maryland’s first genuine winter sports area.” Can you identify this place? Here are a few more clues: “The first ski event south of the Mason and Dixon Line” occurred here in 1941. In the 1950s, this locale was called Maryland’s skiing mecca.” Give up? These accolades refer to present day New Germany State Park and Savage River State Forest, where in 1940, recreational skiing was as new and fresh as the first snowfall of that winter.​