Assateague Island National Seashore Campground

A must stay for us every year — Bayside and Oceanside are both excellent! Ponies amazing!

Excellent bird watching. Walk-in campsites we’re very quiet during weekdays in May.

If you love the beach, wildlife, especially the ponies and incredible sunsets, give it a try. Heed the bug warnings on the website If you love ice cream, don’t miss the Island Creamery in Berlin. Original flavors, and homemade. I do think the administration should look at generator hours. They are the same as quiet hours. No generation between 10 pm and 6 am. We were next to someone who started shortly after 6 am and continued off and on through out the day. It really disrupts the beauty of the place. There is a “no generation loop” on the bay side but not on the seaside and we like the seaside. So, I would ask administrators to review hours set by other national parks which are slightly more limiting for generator hours.

Loved it!! Wild horses seen every day!
No bad sites. All great.

Site C48, has views of the Sound, path to the beach for a sunset, stayed mid-May, bugs not bad, toilets are improved pit style, showers decent but cold water (didn't take one). Now for the cautionary notes: horses are everywhere in the campground, we left out a sub sandwich for a few minutes and suddenly the horses were upon it, knocking it to the ground and ate the whole thing. So don't leave food out even for a minute! Also, overnight a raccoon got into the secured food locker under the picnic table, crawled its way into our food box and ate only our chocolate chip cookies! Also the horses like to hang out around smokey campfires (keeps bugs away), so we abandoned the idea of a fire that night. And they sometimes charge each other to establish dominance over other females. We were chased around our vehicle and I hopped on top of a picnic table for safety, then later had to dive into a vehicle while they charged around our campsite again. Anytime you see a pile of horse poo, a stud pile, that means they come around and find out who's been there. And we had a stud pile at the back of our site, ended up in a horse stampede for about a half hour. Be forewarned & keep your children near when horses come around! Other than that, we loved having close views of the horses and it was an awesome experience!

Clean site and lots of space for set up! Only downside is it’s right downwind of the chemical toilets which made it hard to hang out on site due to the smell.

It has always been something I wanted to do. The experience did not fall short of my expectations! I had a lovely and peaceful time in a very beautiful setting!

We camp here every year. Our spot was not cleared and covered with sand, which made for a real mess going in and out of the camper, especially with dogs. Our table was far from where we could park. We love this area and hope next year the spot we get will be cleared better.

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The campground was clean; spaces were easy to back into with plenty of space for our 16 ft trailer and truck. We were a little disappointed that dogs were allowed in the campground but not on the trails. You should pay attention to the warnings about the wild horses and make sure everything is put away even if you are at your site. Storage space is provided under the picnic tables and should be used. The horses came through one evening and did tear into the site across from us.