Assateague Island National Seashore

Assateague Island National Seashore is located close to Chincoteague Island, Virginia and Ocean City, Maryland and contains over 37 miles of pristine beach.   More than 300 wild ponies wander the beaches, inland pine forest, and salt marshes.   Assateague became a National Park in 1965 and together with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Refuge and State Park, the land and water boundaries of Assateague Island total over 48,000 acres in Maryland and Virginia.

Gram and Pops visited here in the 1990s.