Beagle rescues & shelters in Maryland
87 adoption, rescue, and shelter organizations across 56 cities in Maryland that list beagles and hounds. Choose a city to see local groups.
Maryland's beagle network spans 87 rescues and shelters across 56 cities, with notable clusters in Baltimore, Rockville, and Millersville. You'll find a mix of breed-focused groups like Roxie's Fund alongside general shelters and humane societies such as BARCS, all of them taking in hounds regularly. Because Maryland stretches from the urban core of Baltimore-Washington to rural Eastern Shore communities, a beagle in one region may be hours from another — but that also means coverage is genuinely statewide. Start with the city nearest you and reach out to a few groups at once; availability shifts weekly, so casting a wider net early saves time.
- Baltimore 3
- Silver Spring 2
- Bel Air 1
- Rockville 3
- Millersville 3
- Bethesda 1
- Bowie 3
- Glen Burnie 3
- Dundalk 1
- Frederick 4
- Gaithersburg 4
- Ellicott City 1
- Upper Marlboro 3
- Columbia 2
- Annapolis 2
- Prince Frederick 3
- Queenstown 3
- Severn 1
- Sparrows Point 2
- Cumberland 2
- Hagerstown 1
- Lexington Park 1
- Parkville 1
- Pasadena 2
- Reisterstown 2
- Salisbury 2
- Westover 2
- Accident 1
- Berlin 1
- Cambridge 1
- Chesapeake City 1
- Chestertown 1
- Cockeysville 1
- College Park 1
- Denton 1
- Derwood 1
- Easton 1
- Edgewood 1
- Fallston 1
- Forestville 1
- Glenelg 1
- Greenbelt 1
- Jacksonville 1
- La Plata 1
- Middletown 1
- Oakland 1
- Oldtown 1
- Phoenix 1
- Potomac 1
- Ridgely 1
- Rising Sun 1
- Snow Hill 1
- Sunderland 1
- Waldorf 1
- Westernport 1
- Westminster 1
Maryland's scattered geography is actually an advantage — it means beagles turn up everywhere from city shelters to small-town rescues, and you're never truly far from one. Call ahead to confirm what's available, and don't hesitate to ask a shelter to add you to its waitlist when nothing is there today. If your immediate city runs quiet, Baltimore and Rockville both have multiple organizations worth a call. Adopt instead of buy, and you'll bring home a beagle that's already grateful to be off the adoption floor — ready to fill your home with baying, sniffing, and a loyalty that lasts a lifetime.