As of Tuesday, May 27th, there are no lifeguards at the national parks in both Maryland and Virginia. Assateague National ...

Beaches, seafood, and family fun...what's not to love? Virginia's Chincoteague Island seems to glow during the magic hour—that bit of the day just before the sun begins its dramatic descent into ...

ASSATEAGUE, Va. — Chincoteague Public Beach in the Virginia unit and all ocean-facing beaches at Assateague Island National Seashore are closed due to medical waste coming on shore. Here's a ...

ASSATEAGUE ISLAND, Va. -- The public beach will be moving 2.5 miles to the north. It's part of a larger-scale project that will include new trails, an access road and parking lots. The project ...

Get ready to vacuum the sand out of your car! Just a short 2.5-hour drive from Washington D.C., Assateague Island is a beach lover's paradise with a twist – wild horses! The creatures roam ...

All ocean-facing beaches on the Assateague Island National Seashore, a 37-mile-long island along the coasts of Virginia and Maryland, are closed to swimming or wading, the park office announced in ...

Only a small part of Assateague’s beaches are accessible by paved road, which means that sunseekers must either hike to their favorite patch of sand or obtain an over-sand vehicle permit from ...

The warning from Maryland’s busiest resort town was joined by similar notices about surrounding beaches, including Fenwick Island in Delaware as well as Assateague State Park and Assateague ...

The closures stretched along nearly 50 miles of coast that included Fenwick Island in Delaware and Chincoteague Island in Virginia. Among the affected beach areas were Assateague Island ...

BALTIMORE-- Ocean access has been restricted at Assateague State Park, Ocean City, and other Maryland beaches, after a "significant amount" of medical waste washed ashore, according to the ...