Your Rental Includes
- Wood Logs
- An empty safety bucket
You Must Provide
- A starter, matches or a lighter
- Kindling needed to start the fire
- Trash bags you must pack out all trash
- Food the group wishes to enjoy, marshmallows
- Utensils for your group, such as roasting sticks.
Campfire Guidelines
- An adult from your group must start the fire.
- An adult from your group must always watch the lit fire.
- An adult from your group must extinguish the fire.
- Flames must be under 2 feet high at all times.
- The fire must be extinguished with water.
- You are responsible for filling the safety bucket with water from the center.
- Safety Bucket must be filled with water and close to the lit ring.
- Safety Bucket must be returned to the Nature Center at the end of your rental.
- Balloons and Pinatas are prohibited
- You are responsible for removing all your trash.
Black Hill Discovery Center
A staff person will be on hand to ensure you can get your fire started and that the fire is properly extinguished.
- Available 7 days a week
- Fee is $150 for 3 hours
- Hours dependent on date
- Reservations must be made 14 days in advance
- Rentals are limited to 35 people.
- Cancellation fee is $50
- Naturalist campfire program for an additional $60
To Reserve a Campfire Ring at Black Hill Discovery Center
Brookside Nature Center
The Woodland Amphitheater campfire ring
- Cost: $175 / 3 hour rental; $60 for each additional hour
- 75 person capacity
- Rental family receives two parking permits for the staff parking lot
- Includes: fuel wood, fire starters, and buckets of water
- Electricity and matches are not provided for campfires.
- For both campfire and pavilion rentals, balloons and pinatas are not allowed.
- In addition, users are responsible for removing trash and debris and leaving the area clean.
To Reserve a Campfire Ring at Brookside Nature Center
Locust Grove Nature Center Three Campfire Rings to Choose From
NEA Ring
- $150 for 3 Hours
- $50 Cancellation Policy
- Reservations 14 days in advance
- Hours dependent on date
- Seats about 30 people
- Open and Sunny Area
- Natural Exploration Area
Oak Grove
- $150 for 3 Hours
- Reservations 14 days in advance
- $50 Cancellation Policy
- Hours dependent on date
- Limited to 40 People
- Shady and Private
- Top of the Hill
- Steep Slope Access from Democracy Blvd.
- Picnic Pavilion Rental can be done in Conjunction
Sycamore Ring
- $175 for 3 Hours
- Reservations 14 days in advance
- $50 Cancellation Policy
- Hours dependent on date
- Limited to 60 People
- Under a 200-year-old Sycamore Tree
- Comes with 1 Picnic Table
- Furthest from the Parking Lot
- Access is by a long staircase or steep gravel trail
Purchase a Permit Locust Grove Campfire Ring
You will need to create an account with ActiveMontgomery to purchase a permit. Once on the site, click Facilities, then Nature Center. Select Campfire Ring in the Facility Class sidebar to narrow the results, then click Search.
Maydale Nature Classroom
A staff person will be on hand to ensure you can get your fire started (with fire starters and kindling) and that the fire is properly extinguished.
- Fire starters and kindling provided
- Available 7 days a week
- Fee is $150 for 3 hours
- Hours dependent on date
- Limited to 35 People
- Comes with 1 folding table
- Includes trash and recycling receptacles
- Cancellation fee is $50