Deep Creek Lake State Park
Deep Creek Lake State Park offers a scenic and family-friendly outdoor experience with spacious, clean campsites and well-maintained facilities. The park features accessible amenities including restrooms, picnic areas with barbecue grills, playgrounds, and hiking trails. Water activities such as kayaking and swimming in a protected beach area are popular, along with kid-friendly features like a playground and tube rentals. Visitors appreciate the natural beauty, although weather and seasonal bugs like caterpillars can be a consideration. Overall, it’s a great spot for camping, picnicking, and enjoying nature with children.
Reviews
The best experience I’ve ever had. The best camping area for enjoying.
Not the most interesting state park, hiking wise. If you are in the area and enjoy hiking, I guess it is worth it. I did not swim here as it was early spring. I stayed in a cabin outside the park and walked into the park. I walked the old mine and it was cool for what it was.
Great place for kids. Has tube and kayak rentals as well as restrooms and a snack shack. Beach is raked clean daily, and the swim area is protected from the rest of the lake with a rock jetty and a buoy rope. Excellent for kids of all ages!
Easy check in with military discount,clean beach with plenty of shade. Rentals for rafts, SUP & kakaks. Great day trip!
We went camping here two weeks ago for a 2-night stay in a tent, and overall, it was a really nice experience. The views were beautiful, and the campsites were well laid out—spacious, clean, and separated enough to give each group some privacy, which we really appreciated.
The restroom facilities were also surprisingly good. They were cleaned regularly and well-stocked, which made things a lot more comfortable during the stay.
That said, we did run into a couple of issues. The weather was not on our side—there was a bit of rain, but the real challenge was the wind. It was pretty aggressive, around 25 mph, which made it hard to fully enjoy the lake or sit by the fire for long. On top of that, there were a ton of small caterpillars falling from the trees. They ended up on our clothes, the tent, the chairs—everywhere, really. It got a bit frustrating after a while. There was also quite a bit of pollen in the air, which didn’t help.
I imagine some of this was just a matter of timing, and not something that happens year-round. Despite those hiccups, we’d still consider coming back—maybe in a different season when the weather and bugs are a little more forgiving.