Jim Simm from Hagerstown, MD on 3/24/2015 8:30:38 PM:
There are two hiker-biker campsites very close to Hancock. Little Pool mp 120.6 is a little over three miles from the center of Hancock mp 124.2 while White Rock mp 126.4 is only two miles away. Both are free and have a port-a-john, but the pump handles have not yet been installed by the NPS and most likely won’t be until the second week in April. There is no camping available within the city limits of Hancock. There are two grocery stores, several restaurants, a hardware store, bicycle shop and a library with internet access in town. The other option is Happy Hills Campground at mp 129.2 but you’ll have to pay a daily fee to pitch your tent and it’s a five mile jaunt on the towpath or WMRT into Hancock. If your heart is not really set on camping but looking for an inexpensive alternative, there is the bunkhouse at the C&O bicycle shop on the towpath in Hancock but they won’t be open until the first weekend in April. Rate is $10 per person; I think youths under the age of 16 are free. There is water, showers, a deep sink and a fire pit. So pick your poison and enjoy!