Assateague Island - Beach and Camping - Full Review - Berlin Maryland

[@clydeosterhout1221]

We have camped on Assateague dozens of times. It is important to know that there are actually two parks on the northern part of the island: the MD State park is directly off the bridge, while the National Seashore is down a road that is several miles long. The state park has nicer amenities like hot water and flush toilets), while the National Seashore has cold water showers and outhouses. The National Seashore charges an entrance fee good for seven days, PLUS camping. It is an expensive place if you just want to camp for a single night. The horses are thugs. They will steal your phone, and destroy your property! DON’T bring your cooler onto the beach! Or keep food out on a table. They will crash your meal and eat all your food! And remember: you can’t do anything to stop them. If you try you will be charged and forced to pay a huge fine! But if you are prepared, it is a great place to stay. Enjoy the sea, then go eat and enjoy the boardwalk in nearby Ocean City. Bring your kayak and your camera, and take pictures of the wildlife. Laugh at all the newbies who brought their coolers out on the beach. It is a great place to visit. Just remember that it is a wilderness area, and plan accordingly! If you want to camp in a shadier, more civilized area, the Pocomoke River MD state park is about 25 minutes down Rt 113. Hot showers, flush toilets, electrical power, shade! A beautiful wild and scenic river for kayaking and canoeing, even a swimming pool for cooling off. At $25 a night for out-of-staters, it is a bargain. And unlike Assateague (where camp grounds are almost always filled to capacity) you can almost always get a camp site there.

[@letsgoseeit457]

Thanks for the comment. I will do a second video and incorporate much of what you included. I don’t want to create any confusion. Thanks for watching and I appreciate your support.

[@lynnhunter734]

What you said is a 100% correct about the National Park I have never stayed at the state park by the hear it is much nicer with a lot of amenities. He states that there is electric and water available on the Bayside and that is not true except at the camp host sites. What you said about the horses being thugs. 🤣😂😁 MOST DEFINITELY!! They will steal food right off the grill, break into coolers open bags and they even tried to get in our tent. Yelling and waving your arms and making a lot of noise banging pots really does nothing to deter them. There is water available but it's not right at a site and also Be aware that B loop on the Bayside is no generators so it's great for tent camping but can be hot in a trailer in the summer

[@ahtytak]

Great video, we're going there in 2 days! :)

[@letsgoseeit457]

Hope you enjoy it! Please let me know how your visit goes. I really appreciate you taking the time to watch my video and for leaving a comment. I appreciate your support.

[@vandanamehrotra8324]

Very helpful information 👌👌

[@letsgoseeit457]

Thanks a lot. My goal is to make peoples travel experience worry free, easy, and fun. Please let me know how your trip goes. Thanks again for watching and I’m glad you found the information helpful.

[@CoasterKy]

Hey I am planning a camp out for a youth group and I didn’t know if they had a place for youth camping on the beach. Also I love the video!

[@letsgoseeit457]

Hi, thank you for watching the video. I’m glad that you enjoyed it. I don’t believe that they have a spot designated for youth camping. There is camping on the beach and in a paved area close to the beach but I don’t believe they have a designated space for youth campers.

[@joea400]

They have group camping sites on the beach.

[@letsgoseeit457]

Thanks for sharing this insight.

[@thetravelouscrew]

I love Assateague! I only been to the state park side and tent camp there.

[@letsgoseeit457]

Hi, and thanks for watching my video. I really appreciate you taking the time to leave a comment. I enjoyed my time at Assateague and I strongly recommend you try tent camping on the beach. You will not regret it.

[@WildWonderfulWeekends]

Great video, thanks for sharing! My wife and I are hoping to visit this campground in the next month or so.

[@letsgoseeit457]

Hi and thanks for watching! Please let me know if you enjoyed your visit. I hope that you enjoyed the video and I am glad that you found it helpful. I appreciate your support and thanks again for watching and taking the time to leave a comment.

[@brianhousseal4915]

We go to the beach here and they have lifeguards in season.

[@letsgoseeit457]

Thank you so much for adding that bit of clarity. I also want to thank you for watching the video and for taking the time to leave a comment.

[@kaymmmbb5365]

I'm headed there this weekend, thanks for the video!!

[@letsgoseeit457]

Thanks for watching. I hope you enjoyed your time. Please let me know how it went. I appreciate your support of my channel and thanks again for giving me your time.

[@kaymmmbb5365]

@@letsgoseeit457 We had a ball, no horse incidents. It is absolutely beautiful.

[@venturelyfe]

Cool. This will be the first site I'll camp to if we ever get a camper.

[@letsgoseeit457]

It is an absolutely awesome and beautiful campsite. I’m sure that you will enjoy it. Please check out my channel for other campsites that you might also find interesting. Thanks for watching and I appreciate your support.

[@RaquelllBlackwelll]

Don’t be a wuss just camp normally

[@lillyfong1]

Thank you this was so helpful, I have a spot reserved for next month and was wondering if all sites had portable water.

[@letsgoseeit457]

Hi and thank you for watching. I appreciate you taking the time to leave a comment. If I remember correctly all the sites to not have portable water. There are designated locations get your water.

[@clydeosterhout1221]

The National Seashore has no hookups. As far as I know the state park doesn’t have water hook ups, as the island moves around a lot (I’m not kidding. It is a sand bar). Re-laying pipes would be a pain. Wire for electrical hook ups are easier to deal with. Water is available at spigots around the camp ground. But perhaps things have changed. I haven’t stayed at the State Park portion for several years.

[@thetravelingstewarts]

Such a beautiful place! We’ve been there many times. We’re going to Chincoteague next week and hope to see some horses!

[@letsgoseeit457]

I agree that it is very beautiful. I will have to check out Chincoteague. Thanks for watching.

[@dallycientaASMR]

It's true people have to save a spot one year before??? Or is just for camping??

[@dallycientaASMR]

It's true people have to save a spot one year before??? Or is just for camping??

[@clydeosterhout1221]

@@dallycientaASMR not a year, but getting a site from May through September can be challenging! If you are planning for a specific time frame, a year ahead would be prudent. You might want to check out the Pocomoke River State Park. It is only 25 minutes away, and is actually a more relaxing place to stay. Play at Assateague all day, then relax and sleep on the Pocomoke.

[@clydeosterhout1221]

I cannot imagine how you could possibly manage to miss all of the horses. It is far easier to see them than it is to avoid them!

[@cjsadman3750]

Only complaint , is the wide open sun, wish there was more shade, my daughter and i cannot be in the sun, otherwise looks breathtaking! Only in my dreams!ps how do the horses survive in the winter?

[@letsgoseeit457]

That’s a good question about how the horses survive. I don’t believe anyone takes care of them or feeds them. They are wild. Thank you for watching and I appreciate your viewership and your support.

[@cjsadman3750]

@@letsgoseeit457 you are most welcome , I love to see wild horses!

[@clydeosterhout1221]

I used to live nearby. The winters in Worcester County are very mild. The county doesn’t even own any snow removal equipment! In many ways, the winters are easier on the horses than the summers. Except that they can’t steal KFC from the campers as often!

[@cjsadman3750]

@@clydeosterhout1221 lol thank you for the answer to my question, I appreciate it!

[@letsgoseeit457]

Thanks again for weighing in Clude. I appreciate it.

[@johncremeans969]

The one downside no one mentions the bugs horseflies in the day and mosquitoes all the rest of the time clouds of them

[@letsgoseeit457]

I agree. Although I haven’t experienced them I have been told that when they are there it’s brutal.

[@erickservellon2862]

Great video!! Do you have the exactly location? I would like to go this summer

[@letsgoseeit457]

Thanks for watching. Not sure what you mean by the exact location. I usually place the address within the first few minutes of the video. Traveling now. Let me know if you still have any trouble finding it and I will get it to you when I return home.

[@clydeosterhout1221]

It is south of Ocean City MD. There are plenty of signs on both Route 50 and RT 113. If you want to stay there you will probably want to make reservations several months in advance. Most of the summer months are already filled up. TBH, October is in many ways the best time to visit.

[@letsgoseeit457]

Thanks again Clyde

[@letsgoseeit457]

Thanks Clyde

[@avklock]

Since there is a designated area to drive on the sand, could I theoretically park my SUV on the beach? I've done it in other countries (I usually just park and sleep on an air mattress in the back), but not sure what the state and federal rules are in a place like VA or MD. Great video, great info!!

[@letsgoseeit457]

Hi, thanks for watching this video and taking the time to leave a comment. I am not so sure about the rules regarding driving vehicles on the beach. I know that places allow you to do so but I’m not sure if this is one of them. I wish I could be more informative.

[@clydeosterhout1221]

If you camp on the ocean side camp sites you are basically parked on the beach. Taking your vehicle actually out on the beach requires a very pricey permit, plus the $$$ entrance fee.

[@bellevue260]

Hookups are only at the state park correct?

[@letsgoseeit457]

Hi and thank you for watching my video. Unfortunately, I’m not sure if the state park has hook ups.

[@ehdeereotutar6843]

Where did you park the car? I want to park somewhere then bike to the beach

[@letsgoseeit457]

The odd thing is that they allow bikers and pedestrians to enter the park for free. However, there is no easily accessible parking spaces for cars close to the entrance. What I did was park illegally a short distance from the front entrance and then biked it in. I was lucky I did not get a ticket.

[@clydeosterhout1221]

Most bikers park their cars at the visitor’s center on the mainland. There is a bridge just for bikers and pedestrians that crosses the sound. Biking into the National Seashore has the advantage of being free, as far as I can tell. In 50 years of visiting the park I have never seen a biker pay at the entrance booth!

[@letsgoseeit457]

Thank you for adding your perspective. I appreciate your feedback.

[@KelvinTaylor-gu4xo]

No water or power ?

[@letsgoseeit457]

Most have power and some have both.

[@KelvinTaylor-gu4xo]

@@letsgoseeit457 ok

[@letsgoseeit457]

NP

[@TheGamingCat-zo4go]

You should of gone to the kayak area 3 years ago it was more of a beach and at that same area you can walk all the way to the other side of the river that is how shallow it is but the channel stops you

[@letsgoseeit457]

Wow! That is really shallow. Thanks for watching and taking the time to leave a comment. I really appreciate it.

[@skeetermegamoto]

What's a sayak?

[@letsgoseeit457]

Hi and thanks for watching. Looks like I butchered the word “kayak.” I hope that you enjoyed the video. I appreciate your support and thanks again for watching and taking the time to leave a comment.

[@joea400]

30 bucks a night for camping with the 25 bucks entry fee is expensive dude!

[@letsgoseeit457]

I believe if you enter the site to go camping, then you don’t have to pay twice. Also, if you’re entering the campsite with a trailer, that’s a pretty good bargain. In light of what I just said, please let me know what you think.

[@dallycientaASMR]

It's true people have to save a spot one year before??? Or is just for camping??

[@letsgoseeit457]

Hi and thanks for watching. I do not believe this is true. If you want a spot directly on the beach that may be harder to get. However camp spots off the beach or not terribly difficult to find.

[@BeckyCampbell-ng3nq]

Beware the bugs!!

[@letsgoseeit457]

Yes, they get out of hand at times.

[@SteveO3232]

Please please please stay off the Dunes

[@letsgoseeit457]

That’s right, I forgot to mention they want us off the dunes to prevent erosion.

[@sparkleandspurs]

Thanks for the campground review. Is this video of the state park campground or the national seashore campground? I'm looking at the national seashore campground (rec.gov) and it shows zero hookups? Thanks.

[@letsgoseeit457]

I believe it is the state.

[@clydeosterhout1221]

There are no hook ups in the National Seashore. Or hot showers or flush toilets. It is hard core camping!

[@sparkleandspurs]

@@clydeosterhout1221 Tks. Just saw loop B @ national seashores prohibits generators. I made 2 weeks reservations 7 mos ago for June 2023 & wouldn’t you know it’s for loop B. 👎Hate to cancel but that won’t work for me. I’ll look at Pocomoke River 🤞

[@clydeosterhout1221]

@@sparkleandspurs make sure it is the Shads Landing area. Thats where the hook ups are.