Oceanside Assateague Campground — Assateague Island National Seashore
Krystal P.
Reviewed Mar. 27, 2022

Nice beach, terrible experience

So, my trip was just an unluck experience. It was quite literally the worst camping experience I've ever had. I definitely had such a bad experience that I'm not coming back again..which is a shame honestly.

The place is beautiful, absolutely stunning. The beach is well maintained, the park is as well, and the hosts and park rangers aren't bad either.

My experience was because of the weather. I had been looking at the weather for this area for 2 weeks and everyday until I went, I thought I was prepared...you could not have been prepared for this crap.

The weather went from sunny, to extremely windy, so bad that our tent nearly ripped out of the sand.. it definitely almost crushed us.. I bought tent stakes ahead of time, my friend did not and his tent flew away a couple of times too.

It also went from 64 degrees to 34 and at night we saw our breath and I could not stop shivering.

Again, I was prepared for the cold, the wind, the rain...our weather fluctuated so much that even the rangers weren't prepared for it.

If you go here, go in the summer...just don't come at all in the early or even late spring.

The wind will be trash, buy the tent stakes. Just do it. You want the ones that spiral into the ground.

I did see some horses, and if I had slept better I might have had a better experience. Mine was, again, just an unlucky set of circumstances that myself and the other campers there that day all experienced.

Oh, there are showers, toilets (hole in the ground), water spout, fire rings, picnic table with storage underneath it.

I will never do this again, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't camp there! Definitely a bucket list check off for me.

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