Swains Lockhouse | Informal Campsite
United States
Details
- Verified:
- 6 months ago
- GPS:
- 39.03151, -77.24368
- Altitude:
- 28.0 masl
- Website:
- None
- Contributor:
-
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Amenities
- Electricity:
- No
- Wifi:
- No
- Kitchen:
- No
- Restaurant:
- No
- Showers:
- No
- Water:
- No
- Toilets:
- Pit Toilets
- Big Rig Friendly:
- No
- Tent Friendly:
- Yes
- Pet Friendly:
- Yes
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Description
Parking next to the canal in front of a tent camping area. permit required for overnight parking, call 202 610 7500.
Great for a bike ride to the falls along the Pontomac.
Not sure about RV overnight. No problem for us
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5 free campsites and a small parking lot.
permit for overnight required. posted phonenumber is no longer available. call
202 610 7500. is the state park police.
Stayed one quiet night. It can be a little busy during the day and evenings, but it quieted down nicely.
No reception with Google Fi in the parking lot, but I found a little if I wandered nearby
Small parking lot beside a river. Stayed only one night. There are porta potties and a small water fill station. About two bars of service, can be finicky but works great! Lots of foot traffic between campers and hikers. Is quite at night though! We did not have a permit which I saw some reviews stating and had no issues.
Report Check-InQuiet small parking lot beside river. A couple of nights spent. No problem. A lot of locals walk on the riverbank.
Report Check-Innice quiet little campground with five spots for hiker/biker. there's a small parking lot with plenty of space for cars fans and small rvs. Not a great turning radius in there though.
Report Check-InWe slept in our car. Parking lots and campsites were full but it was quite and we felt safe.
Report Check-InCompletely legal to overnight park. SMALL lot will fit vans only or very small C’s. Narrow road it 1.5 vehicles wide with small occasional pull-outs. Really nice sounds of water running through lock.
Report Check-InFormally known as the Swains Lot Hiker Biker campground. Gravel parking lot, porta potties, river access, gravel bike trail.
Not sure if overnight RV parking is legit, but there are plenty of tent campers, so one more vehicle attracts no attention.
Report Check-InThere is a sign saying no overnight parking without a permit, and I wasn't sure how to obtain a permit, so didn't try it. Instead went a couple minutes up the road to Pennyfield lock.
Report Check-InNice small gravel parking lot very close to tent sites. We were warned by a volunteer patrolman that this spot gets very busy with locals & fisherman, and likely wouldn’t be the best for an overnight in an rv... he suggested the main parking at the tavern visitor center so we headed there. Otherwise on a slow night this place would be perfect! Lots of people park here to camp
Report Check-InParking next to the canal in front of a tent camping.
Great for a bike ride to the fall along the pontomac.
Not sure about rv overnight. No problem for us