asateague island camping ?'s

I booked about a month ago, booked 3 nights for the week of june 5. we have site H38. When I booked it was slim pickens at best.

This will be our first time there, looking forward to going! thanks for the bug alert!

Mike

We have been to Assateague several times in late April, May and early June. Never had a problem with mosquitoes, but we don't sit outside a lot. We always go to the national seashore campground and have used both the ocean and bay side loops.

You do have to watch out for ticks. Avoid walking in tall grass or through bushes adjacent to the trails and check for ticks before getting back into the RV. I walked off trail for a few minutes one time to retrieve a dropped lens cap and came back with 14 ticks on my clothing.

suprz wrote:
Looking recommendations for camping there. Time of year, etc. We will be in the RV. (Class C, 31 ft) and want the H loop for electric hookups. I am a mosquito magnet and I have read about the bugs etc. I guess I will bring a bucket of DEET. But any info is much appreciated!

Bug - tick warning are good info - we usually stay in Berlin and day trip to Assateague, so you best bet is the reservation route.

Bring lots of Deet - spray it everywhere and often just too many Deer Tick stories of late.

If you fail at Assateague you can always look into the Delaware Park at Indian River - they expanded and when we drove by a few weeks ago they had a number of spaces available.

BOL,

The electric loop is the hardest to get into. We stay in the National Park bayside campground because they have some trees an grass.Two loops allow generators during certain hours.

I suggest a drive just a little south to Chincoteague Island in VA. We've stayed several times at Tom's Cove CG on Chincoteague, with a short 7 mile drive across the channel bridge to Assateague National Seashore every day for the beach experience. Tom's Cove has plenty of sites for the vacation crowds, many with FHU.

We just returned last weekend from five nights and four days at Assateague. We stayed in H loop. No problems with bugs/mosquitoes at all in August. It was very hot though and although I feel like that place was magical, I wouldn't want to stay in the summer without AC.
Just fyi, all of the sites for the whole month of August were booked within two minutes. Plan accordingly.

Prefer the bayside in the Nat Seashore park here. Most visits have been late Sep so not too bad on the Mossies.

Do you surf fish? Red drum start next month and rock soon after. We drive and camp on the beach in a truck camper most weekends, we live 1 hour away. But if you need full hookups, try the state park in Maryland or Chincoteague, Virginia. No hookups at the national park.
And bring the fishing rods! And the deet.
Have fun, we love AI!
Rick

Just FYI, there are 2 separate Assateague areas. The MD end contains the state and federal campgrounds. The VA end has trails and a beach, no campgrounds.
It is a one hour ride to go from one to the other.

Slick Rick wrote:
if you need full hookups, try the state park in Maryland or Chincoteague, Virginia. No hookups at the national park.
Rick

The Maryland side only has electric and just one loop. September is a great time to be there. Slightly cooler but the water is still warm.