Because we were active duty military we were able to get into the park for free but there is a ranger entrance for fees to enter. They have put up temporary portable bathrooms in the parking lot. The displays at the Visitors Center are closed due to COVID as well as the bathrooms. We visited during the off-season and I found it more crowded than I would have thought. Obviously they succeeded and today the Committee is known as 'Assateague Coastal Trust.' ACT hosts the local Waterkeeper program - the Assateague Coastkeeper.What a great trip from nearby Ocean City where we were vacationing! Best of all, there is a Food Lion grocery store on the way so you can pack a picnic lunch to enjoy while in the park. Assateague Island was once targeted for major development (4,000+ development lots!) and a citizen group The Committee To Preserve Assateague Island was founded by Judith Johnson and others to advocate for the preservation of the island as a National Seashore. ![]() It is well known for great summer surfing, kite-boarding, and amazing surf fishing! There is a kayak launch area at the end of Ferry Landing Road, and many educational walking trails on the bayside and in the dunes. Learn more at Find out more for Assateague Island National Seashore here: This beach is monitored for bacteria by the NPS, and reported by Worcester County: Īssateague Island National Seashore, a remote beautiful barrier island off Maryland and Virginia's Eastern Shore, is a fee based National Park with public swimming beaches, campground sites, walk-in primitive camping sites, and limited off-road vehicle access. Obviously they succeeded and today the Committee is known as 'Assateague Coastal Trust.' ACT hosts the local Waterkeeper program - the Assateague Coastkeeper. Grey means there is no current water quality information, the beach is under construction, there has been an event that has rendered water quality information unreliable or unavailable.Īssateague Island National Seashore, a remote beautiful barrier island off Maryland and Virginia's Eastern Shore, is a fee based National Park with public swimming beaches, campground sites, walk-in primitive camping sites, and limited off-road vehicle access. Red means the water at the site has water quality issues or there is an emergency. This status does not indicate current water quality. This means that this site has been issued a Blue Flag status for the current swimming season. We may manually set the status for a specific beach if we have concerns about the sampling protocol, if there is an emergency, if monitoring practices don't exist or have recently changed, or other reasons that render this site "special." Red means the beach failed water quality tests 40% of the time or more. Yellow means the beach passed water quality tests 60-95% of the time. ![]() Green means the beach passed water quality tests 95% of the time or more. ![]() This means that rather than displaying current data it displays the beach's average water quality for that year. When swimming season is over or when a beach's water quality data has not been updated frequently enough (weekly) it goes into historical status. Grey means water quality information for the beach is too old (more than 7 days old) to be considered current, or that info is unavailable, or unreliable. Red means the beach’s most recent test results failed to meet water quality standards. ![]() Green means the beach’s most recent test results met relevant water quality standards.
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