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Outdoors and Sports Assateague Island National Seashore

  • Address
    Tom's Cove Visitor Center
    8586 Beach Road
    Chincoteague Island, VA 23336
  • Phone
    757-336-6577
  • City
    Chincoteague Island
    Locality
    Accomack
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Assateague Island National Seashore, stretching 37 miles from Virginia into Maryland is one of the world's best beaches for communing with nature.  Here you'll find windswept beaches, maritime forest, coastal bay waters and nature at its best on one of America's last fully functioning barrier island ecosystems. 

From the little island town of Chincoteague, Virginia, a short causeway leads into the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge and to its Atlantic Ocean beach at Assateague Island National Seashore.  Here, you can walk along miles and miles of powdery, white sand and share the beach with descendants of the wild Chincoteague Ponies made famous by the town's saltwater cowboys and the book, "Misty of Chincoteague."  The world-famous ponies live in communion with some of the world's most precious species of birds which thrive here, protected from development.  The piping plover is among those protected by this nationally preserved nesting ground. 

The Audubon Society has named this intact ecosystem a Global Important Bird Area for its many rare species of migratory birds.  Nature is always the center attraction here, whether you're watching the sun rise or set, or listening to the whinnies of ponies or the gentle sounds of the ocean.   

 

 

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  • Fishing

Price Information

  • $8 per day/$15 per week per vehicle to enter Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge

Region

Coastal Virginia - Eastern Shore

Last Updated: 12/18/2015

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  • Chincoteague Island
    Chincoteague Island
    6733 Maddox Blvd.
    Chincoteague Island, VA 23336
  • Chincoteague Island Visitor's Center and Chamber of Commerce
    Chincoteague Island Visitor's Center and Chamber of Commerce
    6733 Maddox Blvd.
    Chincoteague Island, VA 23336
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  • Assateague Lighthouse
    Assateague Lighthouse
    Assateague Island
    Chincoteague Island, VA 23336
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    Color Me Chincoteague
    5442 Main St.
    Chincoteague, VA 23336
    0 MI
  • The Eclectic Beachcomber
    The Eclectic Beachcomber
    4019 Main St
    Chincoteague Island, VA 23336
    0 MI
  • Hot Stuff! of Chincoteague
    Hot Stuff! of Chincoteague
    6273 Cropper Street
    Chincoteague Island, VA 23336
    0.04 MI
  • Bill's Prime Seafood & Steaks
    Bill's Prime Seafood & Steaks
    4040 Main Street
    Chincoteague Island, VA 23336
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