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Mile 180.1 - No fee charged; this is a first-come first served walk in campsite. Stay is limited to one night per site, per trip. Campground has a chemical toilet, water, a picnic table, and grill. Please Note: Potable water may not be available at each campsite. Water is treated with iodine. Please plan to have water purification tablets with you. Water is turned off from November 15 to April 15 each year.
Evitts Creek Hiker-Biker Overnight (HBO) Campsite directions and information are available at .
Trains, power lines and mosquitoes!
Last campground before (or first after) Cumberland on the C&O. Flat, but next to a railyard, under humming high voltage power lines and next to a mosquito filled, unmoving portion of the canal. The hand pump didn't draw water. The porta potty, picnic table and fire ring were fine.
Evitts Creek access area has always and will always be a wonderful memory of mine. My uncle Howard Allen used to take me and his children here to put his motor boat in for a little fun with us for the day even had us fishing. He was the greatest uncle any little girl could have ever wished for. He was a close resembles to Elvis Presley both when he was young and as he aged. My nick name for him was Squirt. I love you Uncle and I always will.
Freight trains stop near here often. Day and night. Nice place if you don't mind the noise. Iodine treated well (hand pump) for potable water. PolyJohn was relatively clean. Picnic table, fire pit and grill. Lots of flat, mowed grass for tenting. And trees for hammocks. Closest free campsite to Cumberland, on the C&O trail. One night limit. But again, train activity is the main deterrent to camping here.
Wildlife spotted: Raccoon, Opossum, Rabbit, Squirrel, Frogs, Mosquitoes & bees. Various small birds. Train workers. Etc.
Adequate for a free primitive campground. Minimal train noises at night from across the canal. Water didn’t taste too weird but needed to be filtered. Three trees make for 2 hammock spots immediately next to the trail.
