Assateague Island

Island · Worcester County

Assateague Island

Island · Worcester County

USA

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Wild horses, beaches, marshes, and a lighthouse await visitors

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15 Most Naturally Beautiful States in the U.S.

"A wild, windswept barrier island with undeveloped beaches, notable for wild horses, wide sandy shorelines, and a natural, untouched coastal character." - Lydia Mansel Lydia Mansel Lydia Mansel is a writer with more than eight years of experience editing and writing for both brands and online publications—with a particular focus on travel, fashion, and lifestyle. She’s also the founder of the travel site justpacked.com. Travel + Leisure Editorial Guidelines

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10 Best East Coast Road Trips

"A vast, roughly 48,000-acre coastal refuge of sand and grass renowned for its wild horse population and scenic camping; visitors come for beach walks, wildlife viewing, and an undeveloped seashore experience that's a classic American coastal adventure." - Patricia Doherty Patricia Doherty Patricia Doherty is a writer who specializes in covering destinations, resorts, and cruises for Travel + Leisure and other publications. Travel + Leisure Editorial Guidelines

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Jftravels

Google

Amazing experience in Maryland! Assateague Island has a very nice beach and it even has wild horses running around! It makes for amazing photos but don't get too close to the horses they are not trained! Keep your distance! We drove to the island. Google maps says you can't but there's a bridge going across to it to drive on. It's easy to get to and I highly recommend stopping here!

Jesse

Google

Beautiful place. Loved that the pass for the car was for the whole week. Beach was gorgeous and the horses were exciting to see while on the beach. We did a couple bike rides (a lotttttt of mosquitoes so cover up and bug spray!) But it was worth the views and walks om the walkways and bridges. Saw snakes, bunnies, deer, horses, cacti, etc.

Linda H

Google

Our cruise to Assateague Island with OC Bayhopper was fantastic! Captain Patrick was amazing and very informative. He answered our questions and we learned about the Island and about Ocean City. We did not see ponies but made up for it with the number of birds spotted and he identified for us. Great trip and I highly recommend OC Bayhopper. Will definitely do this again!

Scott Carlson

Google

Beautiful park, horses were all over and so was horse crap(alley apples) Be patient as people just pull over without any warning to take pics.

Evan Jones

Google

Park is great but the camping was difficult since we were told many different things by different park staff. Felt like a scavenger hunt trying to figure out what we had to do to check in, check out, park, etc.

Phantom

Google

I came with my family and had a good time got to see the horses and saw the beautiful ocean and visited the visitor center and saw the history behind Assateague Island definitely recommend coming here for fun definitely my go-to extraordinary island 😊👍

Shawn Frykberg

Google

My favorite beach! Love seeing the ponies and all the nature. Very relaxing beach. Less crowded.

Vito Gallo

Google

Wow what a beautiful place to visit so relax and welcoming. The horse are beautiful and the beach is really peaceful. Staff is friendly and there are military and veteran friendly. This is a just while on ocean city MD