Public Land Hunting & Fishing in Maryland

Free and permit-required public hunting and fishing areas in Maryland: national forests, BLM land, state WMAs, and wildlife refuges. 4 areas listed.

State WMAs 2
Green Ridge State Forest
Allegany County · 47,000 acres
🦌 Hunting 🎣 Fishing Free Access
Green Ridge State Forest encompasses 47,000 acres of ridge-and-valley Appalachian terrain in western Maryland's Allegany...
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Pocomoke State Forest
Worcester, Somerset County · 16,000 acres
🦌 Hunting 🎣 Fishing Free Access
Pocomoke State Forest encompasses 16,000 acres of coastal plain forest, Atlantic white cedar swamps, and hardwood bottom...
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Wildlife Refuges 1
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
Dorchester County · 32,000 acres
🦌 Hunting 🎣 Fishing
Blackwater NWR protects 32,000 acres of tidal wetland, freshwater marsh, and pine forest on the Blackwater River in Dorc...
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National Parks 1
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
Allegany, Washington, Montgomery, Frederick County · 19,236 acres
🎣 Fishing Free Access
The C&O Canal NHP follows 184.5 miles of the Potomac River from Washington DC to Cumberland, Maryland, protecting a line...
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