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Assateague Island National Seashore

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100% of people who have been to Assateague Island National Seashore think it's worth visiting. Assateague Island National Seashore is located in Maryland. Assateague Island National Seashore is featured on the lists America's National Seashores/Lakeshores, US National Park Service National Park Guide, and National Seashores, Lakeshores, Rivers.

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The national seashore covers parts of both Maryland and Virginia. It occupies much of Assateague Island in Maryland and in Virginia.

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  • travel.nytimes.com Introduction to Assateague Island National Seashore by FROMMER'S November 20, 2006 Imagine yourself here on a sunny afternoon -- enjoying the surf, ocean breezes, and warm sand with your family, your friends, and a fat white-and-brown pony. The famous wild horses of Assateague are not shy. The band of bachelor ponies isn't, anyway. The majority of the horses try to stay away from people, but the rest hang around the parking lot, poke their noses in open car windows, pose for pictures along the highway, or stand completely still on the beach while the wind tosses their mane. More than 2.5 million people come to Assateague Island each year to enjoy this pristine barrier island and those ponies. On the Maryland half of this 37-mile-long island, you can see some of the 150 ponies up close. They are harder to see on the Virginia side, where they tend to stay farther from the walking trails. (read article)
  • www.nytimes.com In the Company of Wild Horses (read article)


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