We went camping here and had a great time. Kudos to all the hard work the Park Service does to maintain wild areas like this! … If you've got physical challenges, or are beyond sleeping on a deflating air mattress, maybe try the state park on Assateague or at Pocomoke, or a hotel. Bringing kids camping is a great way to teach them about the real world away from electronics and air conditioning, to appreciate the natural world, and to deal with some small challenges. Check out the programs the parks offer, and learn something cool. Look at the sky: you can see the clouds building up over the mainland! Assateague is a great place. Keep an eye on it and retreat to your car. And it's a flat island in the vortex of ocean and land winds and weather. Do you want to do multiple ice runs a day? Or be at the beach. Or go stay at Pocomoke or the state park which have sites with electricity. Get out on the beach as soon as possible.
HEAT! HUMIDITY!!! NO TREEEEES!!! Duh, welcome to the wild barrier island, you bring your own shade. (PS: there are no venomous sneks here either)(although the hognosed snek will try to convince you he's a danger noodle). Even the mosquitoes only want a little blood. Yes the showers are cold: they are primarily meant to rinse the sand off. Yes, the portapottis may be a bit stinky. WHERE'S THE BATHROOM? If you want hot water and normal flush toilets, you should camp in the state park or at Pocomoke. Flip flops will flip sand into places you'd rather not. Save the bare feet for down closer to the water. Socks will help alleviate the sandy feet in shoes feeling. SAND IS HOT: yeah, don't try to skippy hop from the parking lot or your tent across the burning sands barefoot. You'll need more than a bikini for your evening campfire on the beach. On the beach, on the roads, in dry seasons or areas like behind the dunes, you're OK. Bug nets for your entire head can be found at outfitter stores and online. Have bugproof clothing like light jackets, windbreakers, wind/rain pants, socks, shoes, and spray liberally with 100% DEET or similar serious bug repellents. there.), and any direction the wind is blowing toward. Be like the ponies and avoid buggy spaces like the marsh, bayside camping (never. horse language involves teeth and hooves. They are quite used to humans, but not trained. You won't ever be able to shoo the ponies away. A bomb-proof bear-proof cooler of small size that you can run with is important. Human food not only teaches them bad, dangerous habits, but can kill them (a dissertation on equine digestive systems is too large for this discussion). They are also scouting for picnics they can commandeer. They are also escaping the several dozen kinds of blood sucking tiny insect vampires. Which is why you'll find ponies there too.
ASSATEAGUE CAMPGROUND MAP FREE
Also, the wind is OFTEN blowing from the sea, which makes the beach a nice bug free zone. Sand + wind = "that's an interesting texture in my hot dog." You will want to eat up higher, or out of the wind. The wind has a LOT of fetch, and there is ALWAYS wind. It is low lying, and in front is this giant big thing called the Atlantic Ocean. It is basically a big sandbar rolled up out of the sea, with stuff growing on it. It is a barrier island, with salt marshes on the backside.
SAND: Assateague is, however, a demanding environment. It is the only wild, natural beach close to PA, MD. I have camped, backpacked and kayaked into the backcountry, paddled its shores, snorkeled its shallows.
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