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Assateague island national seashore reviews12/31/2023 Once they are in, it can be very difficult and dangerous to evict them! We had neighbors who were not so lucky! A neighboring camp on Assateague Island about to be overrun by wild ponies! Be sure you have food storage well organized before you get there! We just packed away anything edible (and non-edible things such as sunscreen that smelled edible) and locked it in the truck when we were done and we never had any pony raids. They have a very keen sense of smell and can get into coolers, totes and tents very easily. The horses will pillage your site if they smell your food. With that said – if you plan to camp on Assateague, make sure you have decent food storage and an easy way to get it back and forth from the car. No such occurrences!! They really just want to hang out and want very little to do with people. It was very exciting but a little scary for nine-year-old Dora, who was afraid they would charge through camp and trample us all. The biggest obstacle to overcome at times was the wildlife!!Īs you can see, the wild horses were everywhere! for two or three days, we had two different bands of ponies camped out with us and at night, we could hear them snorting, stomping and whinnying. Our site was maybe another 50 feet behind me from where I shot this pan. Facilities were very clean – the bathroom at the campground was actually cleaner than the boardwalk pizzeria we visited in Ocean City! Path to Assateague walk in campsites. Also shown are the two bathrooms (right) and the showers (left). Here is a pretty good shot of the path from parking to the sites – parking is at the end of the path on the right. We plan to reserve this site next time if possible, it was worth the tiny extra effort! I have already picked out a hand cart to make the hauling as easy and quick as possible. This really wasn’t a big deal – we had to carry our gear in about 500 yards from parking to our site and we liked the site much more than last year’s drive up site (although we were very happy with that last year!). The drive up sites were all booked by the time we made our reservations this year so our site was a walk in. You can choose a drive up site or a walk in site (there are also back country sites which we explored a little for next year’s trip! More on that in another post.). If you plan to visit during peak season, book well ahead because the campground does sell out! It was full the entire week we were there. You are allowed six people and three tents per site and can book about 6 months in advance of your stay. View into our walk-in campsite on Assateague Island from the entrance.Īnd here is how close to the ocean we camped! The ocean is RIGHT over that sand dune! Best campsite EVER! Home sweet home for a week! Our ocean side campsite on Assateague National Seashore. Our site was surrounded by island shrubs so it offered just enough wind protection and we had some shade until around noon without a tarp. By that I mean a fairly flexible structure that can be staked down, such as this MSR tarp…we saw an EZ up destroyed very shortly after going up on a neighboring site, the MSR on another site looked great. If you reserve one of those consider bringing a good sun shade/tarp that can withstand the sometimes strong winds. Some of the ocean sites are very open…just an area on the sand dunes with a picnic table and fire pit. On the ocean side, there are sites RIGHT over a dune from the ocean and we fell asleep every night to the sound of the pounding surf!! You can also opt for a site on the bay side of the island – more sheltered from sun and wind. We stayed on the ocean side of the island. It is run by the National Park Service and definitely the best place I have ever camped! I am so eager to explore other NPS facilities! As mentioned previously, we stayed at the National Seashore campground on Assateague.
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