Reserve a Picnic Shelter
Montgomery Parks offers covered picnic shelters throughout the county for large and small groups to host picnics or events.
Multiple shelters are located within Regional or Recreational Parks, where there are a variety of amenities and activities for guests. These shelters have picnic tables, grills, and access to permanent restrooms.
The shelters located at Wheaton Regional Park and the two Group Picnic Areas at Cabin John Regional Park and Valley Mill Special Park are available by permit only.
Smaller shelters are located within our Local Parks throughout the county. These shelters may be used on a first-come, first-served basis, but permit holders will be given priority at all times.
Picnic shelters are available weekdays and weekends 9am to 8pm from April 1 through October 31.
Big Pines Local Park Picnic Shelter
Capacity is 32
Black Hill Regional Park Picnic Shelter
Capacity for Picnic Shelters A, B, C, I, J is 100
Capacity for Picnic Shelters D, E, F, G, H is 40
Blueberry Hill Local Park Picnic Shelter
Capacity is 64
Cabin John Regional Park Picnic Areas
Capacity for each picnic shelter is 40
Capacity for Group Picnic Area is 175
Calverton-Galway Local Park Picnic Shelter
Capacity for Picnic Shelters A, B is 40
Damascus Recreational Park Picnic Shelter
Capacity for Picnic Shelter A is 62
Capacity for Picnic Shelter B is 68
Capacity for Picnic Shelter C is 45
Darnestown Local Park Picnic Shelter
Capacity is 64
East Norbeck Local Park
Capacity is 40
Fairland Recreational Park Picnic Shelter
Capacity of each picnic shelter is 25
Georgian Forest Local Park Picnic Shelter
Capacity is 40
Greenbriar Local Park Picnic Shelter
Capacity is 24
Gunners Lake Local Park Picnic Shelter
Capacity is 40
Hillandale Local Park Picnic Shelter
Capacity for picnic shelter A and B is 40
Hunters Woods Local Park Picnic Shelter
Capacity is 24
Johnson’s Local Park Picnic Shelter
Capacity is 64
Laytonsville Local Park Picnic Shelter
Capacity is 60
Long Branch-Wayne Local Park Picnic Shelter
Capacity is 40
Mount Zion Local Park Picnic Shelter
Capacity is 80
Olney Mill Neighborhood Park Picnic Shelter
Capacity is 40
Ovid Hazen Wells Recreational Park Picnic Shelter
Capacity for each picnic shelter is 90
Redland Local Park Picnic Shelter
Capacity is 40
Ridge Road Recreational Park Picnic Shelter
Capacity for Picnic Shelter A is 75
Capacity for Picnic Shelter B is 75
Capacity for Picnic Shelter C is 40
Rock Creek Regional Park Picnic Shelter
Capacity for each shelter is 40
South Germantown Recreational Park Picnic Shelter
Capacity for each shelter is 40
Stewartown Local Park Picnic Shelter
Capacity for Picnic Shelter 1 is 40
Capacity for Picnic Shelter 2 is 64
Stratton Local Park Picnic Shelter
Capacity is 40
Sundown Local Park Picnic Shelter
Capacity is 60
Takoma-Piney Branch Local Park Picnic Shelter
Capacity is 48
Washington Square Neighborhood Park Picnic Shelter
Capacity is 64
Waters Landing Local Park Picnic Shelter – Closed
Closed for Remodeling
Wheaton Forest Local Park Picnic Shelter
Capacity is 40
Wheaton Regional Park – Picnic Shelter
Capacity for each picnic shelter is 40
Valley Mill Special Park – Group Picnic Area
Capacity is 100