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Directions to Brunswick Family Campground

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Brunswick Campground is located approximately 15 minutes from Harpers Ferry, WV and approximately 25 minutes from Frederick, MD in Brunswick, Maryland.     The campground is located right along the C&O Canal. To get step by step directions to the campground, please follow this link to Google Maps. Hikers/Bikers on the C&O Canal towpath: The campground is located between mileposts 54 and 55.

40 Canal Road Brunswick, MD 21716

Directions from DC/Baltimore area to Brunswick Campground: Take 270N to 70W, or 70W to Frederick. At Frederick, take exit #52 to 340 W. Go approximately 9 miles and take the “Petersville” 180 exit. Turn left onto 180 W(Jefferson Pike). Go 1.7 miles, turn left onto MD-79 W/Petersville Rd. Go approximately 2 miles to a stop light. Continue straight through the stop light to the bottom of the hill where you will enter a traffic circle. Take the 4th turnoff (sign says “to A street” and Marc Train). Bear right immediately onto Maple Ave to the stop light, go straight through.

Continue through the train station parking lot and cross over 2 sets of railroad tracks and down a mini-hill to the stop sign (t-intersection). Turn left onto the gravel road and continue about 3/4 mile (this is the C&O Canal). Campground is on the right.

Directions from Northern Virginia:
Take 7 West (or 267 W the Greenway toll road) to route 9 West. Go 5-6 miles and turn right onto VA-287 N/Berlin Turnpike. Go 6.6 miles, turn left onto W. Broad Way. After 120 feet, turn right again onto VA-287 N/Berlin Turnpike. Go 2-3 miles, cross the Potomac River Bridge into Maryland. Enter the traffic circle and take the 2nd turnoff (sign says “to A street” and Marc Train). Bear right immediately onto Maple Ave to the stop light, go straight through. See the above directions, the 2nd paragraph.

Directions from Harpers Ferry area and River & Trail Outfitters:
Take 340 N/E for 4-5 miles from Harpers Ferry into Maryland. Take the 180 to 478 exit to Knoxville Brunswick. Go 1/2 mile and turn right onto MD-478 E/Knoxville Rd (not an intersection). Go 2.3 miles and turn right at the stop light onto S Maple Ave. See the DC/Baltimore directions, 2nd paragraph.