Assateague Island

I went here in Sept. 2007 for a wedding. While I was there, I fell in love with the place. We really only had time to go to the wedding and walk on the beach before we went home. I learned about the migratory birds that visit the island in the fall/early winter and decided to make a trip back to the island to see them. It was amazing! I was so impressed. We saw so much wildlife while we were there. The snow geese were amazing just by the large number of birds that were there. Watching them all take off when scared by an eagle is absolutely breathtaking. Also, we enjoyed looking at the views from the lighthouse. The nature centers are really fantastic. We signed up for a bus tour of the island and it was so worth it!

The only bad thing about Assateague is the bugs. The bug bites can be pretty bad.

i went here while the rest of my senior class was at beach week in Ocean City, Maryland. i really liked it, i went with some friends and it beat what the rest of my class was doing [getting drunk every night and walking the boardwalk]. The horses are so beautiful, and i wish we had more time to explore the park, because it was pretty massive, and we just skipped over the whole thing to get to the beach.

I used to hop in my car and drive on down and camp there a lot

the first time i went to this place is also the last i will ever go. my family and i were staying at ocean city and heard this was a nice place to go. the wild horses are kinda cool, but the smelly poo and dirty sand, not so much.

The island is divided between two states, Maryland and Virginia. In Maryland, it includes a state park and parts of a national seashore and a national wildlife refuge.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assateague_Island

I only went for a day a few years ago and it was probably around October or November so most of the park area was closed. We still drove out to the island and saw some of the wild horses and walked around the beach for a few hours. I’d love to go back for a camping trip or something like that.

Another Edge of the World

I was really pumped about going here so I could see the wild horses. On one of the nature loops on the Maryland side, there was a path out to the beach. My family and I took the path, and there was a wild horse just walking along the beach, grazing. Aah! We were able to get really close to it, then we stood in the dunes and it walked by us, still eating. It was amazing.

i love this place. it means alot to me. i have been going since i was born and i loved it. the only problem is i havent been there in 5 years. assateague was my dads favorate place to go. he would look forward for the time we would go so he could relax. heres the problem he died 4 years ago from cancer. a small part of me thinks i can never go back becouse this was his favorate place but alot of me wants to go back. its just amasing there and if u ever get a chance go and enjoy urselfs, thx for reading peace!!

I haven’t been to Assateague since I was a child, so really this was a new experience.

We were down just for the day but amazingly enough the ponies came to US .. RIGHT ON THE BEACH. I feel sorry for the poor souls who left their food out in the open because the ponies got to them. I did stay away from the animals because after all – they are wild, but got lots of pictures.

The beach was superb. The sand is actually sand not gritty shells which makes the trip worth while.

Except for the tons of people ( we were there on a Saturday ), I’d go again in a heartbeat.