Assateague Island National Seashore

A Day In The Park: Assateague Island National Seashore

Viewing wild horses is just one of many activities you can do while visiting Assateague Island National Seashore in Maryland and Virginia. There are over 200 species of birds to view and photograph, 37 miles of beach to walk, trails for hiking and biking, and exploring the bays and coves by kayak or canoe. You can even catch your own dinner surf fishing or crabbing.

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By Rebecca Latson - January 2nd, 2026

UPDATE | National Seashores Bracing For Hurricane Erin's Impacts

Though hundreds of miles of the Outer Banks of North Carolina, Hurricane Erin was continuing to whip into a furious tempest threatening to inundate Cape Hatteras and Cape Lookout national seashores this week with towering waves and floodwaters.

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By Kurt Repanshek - August 19th, 2025

What To Know About Rip Currents At National Parks And Seashores This Summer

Frequent national park visitors are often aware of potential dangers such as wild animals, hot weather, and getting lost on hiking trails. But ahead of the busy summer season, park officials at national seashores and national lakeshores are warning of something that might not be as familiar: Rip currents.

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By Jan Wesner Childs - May 23rd, 2025

National Parks Quiz And Trivia #83

“Knowledge is power,” so the saying goes. Just how knowledgeable are you about the units of the National Park System? You may know more than you realize, and you can put your knowledge to the test with this latest quiz and trivia piece.

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By Rebecca Latson - February 8th, 2025

Assateague Island National Seashore Asks NPS To Eliminate Restrictions On Beach Driving

Officials at Assateague Island National Seashore say rules nearly 50 years old restricting beach-going vehicles by size are no longer needed.

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By Justin Housman - February 5th, 2025

Popular Assateague Island National Seashore Beach Access To Be Relocated

Erosion is threatening a beloved beach access point at Assateague Island National Seashore.

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December 2nd, 2024

Assateague Island National Seashore Reopens Beaches

Assateague Island National Seashore has reopened beaches that were closed earlier this week due to medical wastes and other garbage washing ashore.

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By Compiled from NPS news releases - September 20th, 2024

Medical Wastes Lead To Closure Of Beaches At Assateague Island National Seashore

Medical wastes washing ashore at Assateague Island National Seashore in Virginia and Maryland have led to a closure of all ocean-facing beaches to swimming or wading.

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By Compiled from NPS releases - September 16th, 2024

Traveler's View: National Park Service Has Its Blinders On At Cumberland Island

A decade after the National Park Service acknowledged feral horses at Cumberland Island National Seashore are a nonnative species that has damaged natural, cultural, and historical resources and that a management plan needed to be developed for them, the agency still lacks such a plan and has endorsed a defense of legal technicalities to oppose emergency food and water for them.

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By Kurt Repanshek - September 5th, 2024

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National Park Service Struggles With Feral Horses

In a coastal landscape of Spanish moss-draped live oaks, salt marshes, and white sand beaches, a land that offers nesting habitat for loggerhead sea turtles, is crawling with armadillos, and feeds Red knots, a threatened bird species, and wood storks, horses are incongruous.

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By Kurt Repanshek - May 28th, 2023

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