Assateague Island National Seashore Campground

Beautiful place to camp!

I Love assateague! So pristine and uncrowded like other beaches. Oceanside campsites are the best! What a treasure!

My only complaint would be that you need to change your reservation policy to state that if an individual does not check into their reserved site within 24 hours of first day reservation without calling or registering, then they should forfeit their site. There have been way too many times this and last year where I would be staying on the island and at least 1/3 of the sites would be empty because of no shows who did not bother to cancel. There is no place I know of, including hotels and other campsites that would allow this to continue. Almost all the places I go camping have a 24 hour check-in policy. If you don't check in within 24 hours you forfeit your site and money. Otherwise everything at the park is wonderful. Not really sure I understand why you are cutting the grass though. I always hear about the limited food supply for the horses on the island and yet I see that you guys are now mowing the lawn at the campsites. I think this is not a good thing for the horses and is a waste of tax payer money. Spraying for ticks and mosquitos is a different thing altogether. I am glad to see you are now spraying to protect the children, dogs and other animals from tick borne diseases. Thanks in advance for your attention to this review. Overall, any day on the island is a GOOD DAY!

Beach, biking and walking.

We had a lovely time. The park staff was helpful. The beach was really clean. Our campsite was orderly. The horses will come right up to your tent/camp site, which the kids loved. Loved our stay here, would come again.

The nature and overall experience was great. I loved swimming in the ocean and the birdwatching is unparalleled. We loved how comprehensive the visitors center was. It was fun for all ages. The horses were everywhere, and were fun to look at. Knocking off a star because of the campsite bathrooms. These were by far the most unpleasant we’ve ever used. The building doubles as a bad weather shelter. I can’t imagine having to stay huddled up in one. If you’re a tent camper be warned.

Very helpful staff and an overall great experience

We were very dissapointed with our trip but it was entirely our own fault…the natural beauty and facilities at assateague is every bit what you would expect from pictures online. Unfortunately the drive on beach fills up very early and we were not aware of this…we took our time cooking breakfast and breaking down camp before we headed down to discover a line that appeared to be somewhere between 50-75 vehicles waiting to get on the beach…once the beach reaches it’s limit each vehicle has to wait until someone else leaves. We expected it would be hours to wait judging by the length of the line and having no cars move forward in the 30 minutes we waited so we decided to leave without getting onto the beach. If staying over you should try to get to the drive on beach at your earliest convenience to beat the line of others who come just to access the drive on beach on the weekends without camping.

lots of bugs so be ready with some thing to keep them in check

We had a campsite that you walked to, and I have Stage 3 heart failure 💔 so my husband had to do most of the work but we stayed two nights and loved it !! I will say pack light the sand kicked our butt and pack lots of deet we did buy the firewood for the park and it was wet so stop on the way in at the store also beware of all the horse poop, I didn't mind but I think they could do better it was all in front of restrooms and that was annoying to see people with Children trying to navigate!! But we had an amazing time and also enjoyed the horses on the beach for the day, the weather was gorgeous !!