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

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Assateague Island is beautiful! It has it all... Camping, RV, the beach, biking, and more. This video explores the area and explains exactly what to expect should you visit Assateague Island in Berlin, Maryland. I look at campsites, the beach, and amenities.
This is one of many videos on my travel vlog. I want to make your travel experience fun and worry free. I specialize in travel ideas in and around the DC metro area. Also, I want to inspire people to go out and see the world.
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@clydeosterhout1221 Год назад

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 Год назад

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 6 месяцев назад

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

@vandanamehrotra8324 Год назад

Very helpful information 👌👌

@letsgoseeit457 Год назад

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.

@thetravelouscrew 2 года назад

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

@letsgoseeit457 2 года назад

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.

@CoasterKy 10 месяцев назад

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 10 месяцев назад

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 9 месяцев назад

They have group camping sites on the beach.

@letsgoseeit457 9 месяцев назад

Thanks for sharing this insight.

@ahtytak Год назад

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

@letsgoseeit457 Год назад

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.

@Imbatmn57 25 дней назад

2:03 thanks for saying something about the current, im not a strong swimmer so i know not to swim in it. Also the cabinet doesn't look very secure so i think ill put my stuff in the car, that cabinet looks way too easy for an animal to open.

@letsgoseeit457 19 дней назад

Yes, the current can be strong at times. I agree that The cabinets don’t look very strong, but they do the job of keeping the horses out.

@brianhousseal4915 7 месяцев назад

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

@letsgoseeit457 3 месяца назад

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.

@WildWonderfulWeekends Год назад

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

@letsgoseeit457 Год назад

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.

@kaymmmbb5365 2 года назад

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

@letsgoseeit457 2 года назад

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 2 года назад

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

@venturelyfe 2 года назад

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

@letsgoseeit457 2 года назад

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 Год назад

Don’t be a wuss just camp normally

@thetravelingstewarts 2 года назад

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

@letsgoseeit457 2 года назад

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

@asmrdallycienta6256 2 года назад

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

@asmrdallycienta6256 2 года назад

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

@clydeosterhout1221 Год назад

@@asmrdallycienta6256 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 Год назад

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!

@lillyfong1 2 года назад

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

@letsgoseeit457 2 года назад

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 Год назад

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.

@johncremeans969 Месяц назад

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

@letsgoseeit457 3 дня назад

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

@cjsadman3750 Год назад

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 Год назад

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 Год назад

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

@clydeosterhout1221 Год назад

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 Год назад

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

@letsgoseeit457 9 месяцев назад

Thanks again for weighing in Clude. I appreciate it.

@erickservellon2862 Год назад

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

@letsgoseeit457 Год назад

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 Год назад

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 9 месяцев назад

Thanks again Clyde

@letsgoseeit457 9 месяцев назад

Thanks Clyde

@avklock 2 года назад

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 2 года назад

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 Год назад

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.

@joea400 9 месяцев назад

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

@letsgoseeit457 9 месяцев назад

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.

@KelvinTaylor-gu4xo 9 месяцев назад

No water or power ?

@letsgoseeit457 8 месяцев назад

Most have power and some have both.

@KelvinTaylor-gu4xo 8 месяцев назад

@@letsgoseeit457 ok

@letsgoseeit457 8 месяцев назад

@TheGamingCat-zo4go 2 года назад

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 2 года назад

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

@bellevue260 2 года назад

Hookups are only at the state park correct?

@letsgoseeit457 2 года назад

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

@ehdeereotutar6843 Год назад

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

@letsgoseeit457 Год назад

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 Год назад

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 9 месяцев назад

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

@skeetermegamoto Год назад

What's a sayak?

@letsgoseeit457 Год назад

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.

@BeckyCampbell-ng3nq 9 месяцев назад

Beware the bugs!!

@letsgoseeit457 8 месяцев назад

Yes, they get out of hand at times.

@asmrdallycienta6256 2 года назад

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

@letsgoseeit457 2 года назад

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.

@SteveO3232 3 месяца назад

Please please please stay off the Dunes

@letsgoseeit457 3 месяца назад

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

@sparkleandspurs Год назад

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 Год назад

I believe it is the state.

@clydeosterhout1221 Год назад

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

@sparkleandspurs Год назад

@@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 Год назад

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