We have camped on Assateague dozens of times. It is important to know that there are actually two parks on the northern part of the island: the MD State park is directly off the bridge, while the National Seashore is down a road that is several miles long. The state park has nicer amenities like hot water and flush toilets), while the National Seashore has cold water showers and outhouses. The National Seashore charges an entrance fee good for seven days, PLUS camping. It is an expensive place if you just want to camp for a single night. The horses are thugs. They will steal your phone, and destroy your property! DON’T bring your cooler onto the beach! Or keep food out on a table. They will crash your meal and eat all your food! And remember: you can’t do anything to stop them. If you try you will be charged and forced to pay a huge fine! But if you are prepared, it is a great place to stay. Enjoy the sea, then go eat and enjoy the boardwalk in nearby Ocean City. Bring your kayak and your camera, and take pictures of the wildlife. Laugh at all the newbies who brought their coolers out on the beach. It is a great place to visit. Just remember that it is a wilderness area, and plan accordingly! If you want to camp in a shadier, more civilized area, the Pocomoke River MD state park is about 25 minutes down Rt 113. Hot showers, flush toilets, electrical power, shade! A beautiful wild and scenic river for kayaking and canoeing, even a swimming pool for cooling off. At $25 a night for out-of-staters, it is a bargain. And unlike Assateague (where camp grounds are almost always filled to capacity) you can almost always get a camp site there.

Great video, thanks for sharing! My wife and I are hoping to visit this campground in the next month or so.

I'm headed there this weekend, thanks for the video!!

Very helpful information 👌👌

I love Assateague! I only been to the state park side and tent camp there.

Great video, we're going there in 2 days! :)

Cool. This will be the first site I'll camp to if we ever get a camper.

Hey I am planning a camp out for a youth group and I didn’t know if they had a place for youth camping on the beach. Also I love the video!

Such a beautiful place! We’ve been there many times. We’re going to Chincoteague next week and hope to see some horses!

Thank you this was so helpful, I have a spot reserved for next month and was wondering if all sites had portable water.

We go to the beach here and they have lifeguards in season.

Only complaint , is the wide open sun, wish there was more shade, my daughter and i cannot be in the sun, otherwise looks breathtaking! Only in my dreams!ps how do the horses survive in the winter?

Since there is a designated area to drive on the sand, could I theoretically park my SUV on the beach? I've done it in other countries (I usually just park and sleep on an air mattress in the back), but not sure what the state and federal rules are in a place like VA or MD. Great video, great info!!

Great video!! Do you have the exactly location? I would like to go this summer

Hookups are only at the state park correct?

Where did you park the car? I want to park somewhere then bike to the beach

You should of gone to the kayak area 3 years ago it was more of a beach and at that same area you can walk all the way to the other side of the river that is how shallow it is but the channel stops you

What's a sayak?

It's true people have to save a spot one year before??? Or is just for camping??

No water or power ?

30 bucks a night for camping with the 25 bucks entry fee is expensive dude!

Beware the bugs!!

Please please please stay off the Dunes

Thanks for the campground review. Is this video of the state park campground or the national seashore campground? I'm looking at the national seashore campground (rec.gov) and it shows zero hookups? Thanks.