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 (April 1st until October 31st)
8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, Friday (November 1st until March 31st)
Hours of Operation
7 a.m - Sunset (May through September)
Special weekend hours (6 a.m. - Sunset)
apply for weekends/holidays between Memorial Day weekend and Labor Day weekend.
8 a.m. - Sunset (October through April)
ALERT: Offseason operations are now in effect at Point Lookout State Park. Parking areas and restroom facilities have limited access due to the cold weather and decreased visitation. Most areas, unless marked otherwise, are accessible by foot traffic at this time. For more information about what is available at this time, please call the park office at 301-872-5688.

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. A museum on site recounts this vivid history. A park map is available at park headquarters, the camp office, camp store and the Civil War Museum/Marshland Nature Center. The Point Lookout Lighthouse is currently closed for renovations.