Emergency vet access in Maryland
Of 218 listed veterinary practices in Maryland,7 post verified around-the-clock hours across 7 cities, and 7 more offer emergency services without overnight staffing. 4 emergency providers are verified to treat exotic pets. 14 practices treat farm animals or horses.
Updated 2026-09-09. Free to cite with a link. Methodology and limits below.
Every verified 24/7 hospital in Maryland
| Hospital | City | Phone | Exotics |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anne Arundel Veterinary Emergency Clinic | Annapolis | (410) 224-0331 | |
| Falls Road Animal Hospital | Baltimore | (410) 825-9100 | ✓ verified |
| Animal Emergency Hospital | Bel Air | (410) 420-7297 | ✓ verified |
| Emergency Animal Hospital of Ellicott City | Ellicott City | (410) 750-1177 | ✓ verified |
| Metropolitan Animal Emergency and Specialty Center | Rockville | (301) 770-5225 | |
| Pet+ER | Towson | (410) 252-8387 | |
| Rocky Gorge Animal Hospital | West Laurel | (301) 776-7744 |
Towns farthest from overnight care
Among Maryland towns with at least four listed practices but no 24/7 hospital of their own, the longest hauls to verified overnight care:
- Frederick — nearest 24/7 hospital is Metropolitan Animal Emergency and Specialty Center in Rockville, 28 mi straight-line (roughly a 38 min drive)
- Glen Burnie — nearest 24/7 hospital is Anne Arundel Veterinary Emergency Clinic in Annapolis, 12 mi straight-line (roughly a 21 min drive)
- Cockeysville — nearest 24/7 hospital is Pet+ER in Towson, 8 mi straight-line (roughly a 14 min drive)
- Catonsville — nearest 24/7 hospital is Emergency Animal Hospital of Ellicott City in Ellicott City, 6 mi straight-line (roughly a 11 min drive)
- Nottingham — nearest 24/7 hospital is Pet+ER in Towson, 5 mi straight-line (roughly a 14 min drive)
Methodology & honest limits
"24/7" means the hospital's own posted hours say so — on-call and emergency-line arrangements do not count, and we audit the claims. Distances are straight-line between town coordinates, not road miles; drive times are estimates, not routing. Our dataset (OpenStreetMap and GeoNames base, plus our own verification and reader corrections) is extensive but not a census: a town can look underserved here because a hospital lacks any web presence. Corrections are verified and applied — report one.
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