Worcester County, MD Curfew Laws: Park Curfew (2026)

Section CG 4-404(b)(3) is the County's closed-hours rule for County-owned property in unincorporated Worcester County, Maryland. It prohibits entering upon or into any County-owned land or facility at any time when the land or facility is closed to the public, unless authorized by written resolution of the County Commissioners. County parks are named in § CG 4-404(b)(1)(C) among the County properties covered by the camping and sleeping ban, so the closed-hours entry rule and the overnight rule work together at a park.

This section does not print an opening or closing time. The hours come from the Commissioners themselves: § CG 4-404(d) lets the County Commissioners, by written resolution, adopt additional rules, regulations, hours of operation, limitation of uses, or other standards with regard to the use of County-owned property. A visitor needs the current resolution, not the Code text, to learn when a given park or facility closes. Entry during closed hours is lawful only with a written resolution authorizing it.

Other subsections add to the closed-hours rule. Under § CG 4-404(c), it is prohibited to interfere with, disrupt or disturb any recreational activity duly authorized in writing by the County Commissioners. Under § CG 4-404(b)(2), no one can dock, moor, tie up or anchor a boat at a County boat landing or ramp except for loading and unloading and bona fide emergencies on a temporary basis not to exceed 48 hours, unless authorized in writing. At the West Ocean City Harbor, § CG 4-405(c)(3) makes it unlawful to camp, tent, park overnight or inhabit the parking area of the county boat ramp. Parks owned by Ocean City, Berlin, Snow Hill or Pocomoke City follow those towns' own rules, not this section.