Mayo Beach Park

• Park Rules and Regulations
• Anne Arundel County Beach Rules and Regulations

General Park Rules

• All dogs must be on a leash at all times in the park. Poop bags and a doggie trash receptacle is available.
• Alcohol, fires, grills, and balloons are not permitted anywhere in the park.
• All music must be kept to a minimum volume and amplified music is not permitted.

Swimming Beach Rules

• All visitors must carry all of their beach equipment from the parking lot to the beach (.2 walk). Come prepared and bring a small cart or wagon.
• Dogs are not permitted on the swimming beach from Memorial Day Weekend through Labor Day Weekend.
• You may set up a space on the beach for laying out, playing in the sand, etc., but please refrain from setting up on grasses or on other vegetation. This prevents negatively impacting important plants and trees along our shoreline.

Important Facts

• All swimming beaches in Anne Arundel County are unprotected swimming beaches. Swim at
  your own risk. Lifeguards are not present.
• Umbrellas and small (not to exceed 25 square feet) shade canopies are permitted.
• After rainfall of ½ inch or more, all Anne Arundel County Beaches are under a no swimming/no
  direct water contact advisory for at least 48 hours due to expected high bacteria levels.
• The public is advised to exit the beach and seek shelter in their vehicle at the first sound of
  thunder or sight of lightning. Remain sheltered for 30 minutes past the last sound of thunder or sight of lightning.
• Jellyfish may be present in the waters of any swimming beach in Anne Arundel County.

Prohibited

• Alcohol
• Smoking/Vaping of tobacco and marijuana products
• Dogs
• Kites
• Amplified Music
• Fishing
• Glass Bottles
• Enclosed Tents
• Grills
• Open Fires
• Climbing on rock breakwaters and jetties
• Walking or setting up items on beach grasses
• Operating a motorized vehicle on the beach
• Large shade canopies (anything larger than 25 square feet).

Mayo Beach Park 2025

• Open seven days a week 7 a.m. until sunset
• Closed Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day

• On weekends and holidays starting May 24 until September 1, 2025 park patrons will be required to reserve a free "reservation pass." Passes become available Thursday of each week.
• Visit yourpassnow.com to get your FREE reservation or call 410-222-1978 Thursday or Friday and someone can help you reserve a pass.
• Present the QR code at the gate.
• The reservation pass ensures you have a spot in the park and avoids long lines from capacity closures.

The glass pavilion at Mayo Beach Park is available for rent on the following dates:

• April 1, 2025 - May 23, 2025 available 7 days a week and September 2, 2025
• October 31, 2025 April 1, 2026 - May 21, 2026 available 7 days a week and September 8, 2026 - October 31, 2026

For more information click here.

Mayo Beach Park has a car top boat launch that provides access to the mouth of the south river, not too far from the Thomas Point Lighthouse. Click here for more information.

There are many picnic tables available around the park to enjoy a picnic.

• Some picnic tables are accessible via wheelchair and are along our access path with prime beach views. Our access path is made of small gravel and is flat.
• Please bring food that is already prepared as cooking/grills/fire is not permitted at the park.
• Groups over 20 people need an approved special event permit. Please click here for an application form.
• Please pack out any trash you brought in. We do not provide trash cans. We are a trash free park. A dumpster is available at the back of the park.

Special Events - Groups Over 20 People

• We welcome groups to our park; however, groups of over 20 people will need an approved special event permit. The permit must be presented upon entry.
• Click here for an application form. Submit application to rphall23@aacounty.org
• Each person/vehicle attending a special event on weekends and holidays, Memorial Day through Labor Day, must still have a reservation pass to enter the park. Entry will not be permitted without one.
• Special events do not receive any special privileges and events are subject to the same park rules and regulations as the general public visiting the park.
• Balloons, grills, and amplified/loud music are not permitted.
• Please pack out any trash you brought in. We do not provide trash cans. We are a trash free park. A dumpster is available at the back of the park.

Mayo Beach Park is a trash free park, which means we do not have trash cans.

• Pack it in, pack it out! Please avoid bringing trash into the park and pack out any trash that you do.
• A dumpster is available at the back of the park if absolutely necessary.
• Why no trash can? Trash cans make more trash! Wildlife see trash as food, and will scatter the trash around the park. They often become dependent on trash as a primary food source, which can cause them to be unhealthy. Trash cans also smell, making for an unpleasant beach experience, drawing insects, and other critters. Being responsible for your own trash and reducing the amount you bring into the park is beneficial for wildlife and everyone’s park experience.

Handicap parking is available in two locations in the park.

• One location is near our cartop launch with two handicap spots available. The parking lot has a packed gravel surface. There are two picnic tables near the handicap parking area with a great view of the bay and river. From the parking lot is a wheelchair accessible path, with a gravel surface, that takes you along the waterfront. At the waterfront, in the summer months, is a wheelchair accessible mat that goes out into the sand, but not all the way to the water. There is a port a pot near this handicap parking location.
• The second handicap parking location is located in our main parking lot with two handicap spots. The parking lot is a loose gravel surface. From the parking lot is a concrete pathway that leads to restrooms and a rinsing shower (open spring, summer, fall). The path continues on to a wheelchair ramp. However, the slope of the ramp is somewhat steep. The ramp ends at a flat packed gravel pathway that goes along the water front and leads to a wheelchair accessible mat that goes out into the sand, but not all the way to the water.

There are two handicap accessible restrooms

• The first restroom is located near the main parking lot and has a concrete pathway from the parking lot to the restrooms. There are flushing toilets with one handicap stall and lowered sinks in both the men and women’s restrooms
• The second restroom area is located near the handicap parking lot by the car top launch and includes two handicap accessible portable restrooms, with no flushing toilets or handwashing sink. These restrooms are gender neutral.

Unfortunately, due to current construction, the wheel chair path to the playground is temporarily inaccessible. However, after construction is finished, it will be replaced and opened again.

• Mayo Beach Park has an ADA accessible playground, with wheelchair accessible paths and wheelchair accessible features.
• The paths to the playground are paved. There is an aeroglider, and a spinning feature that allows wheel chair access. There is also a ramp up into the main playground feature that allows children in wheelchairs to move throughout.
• A paved path also leads to a picnic area near the playground.
• Fun features for everyone are included in this space!

• There are two ways to access the beach. See the parking drop down link for information on how to access the beach.
• At the beach there is a beach mat that is wheelchair accessible that rolls out onto the sand, but does not go all the way to the water.
• There are also many picnic tables just off of the gravel pathway along the beach area.