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Current Conditions

Alerts

Caution

• Virginia District-Beach Parking Lot Closures

  Alert 1 , Severity ,caution ,, Virginia District-Beach Parking Lot Closures 10-4-17-Beach Parking lots #3 and #4 are closed due to overwash. Limited parking is available in parking lots #1 & #2 and on Beach Road by the Toms Cove Visitor Center.

• Maryland District - Backcountry Camping Closures

  Alert 2 , Severity ,caution ,, Maryland District - Backcountry Camping Closures All bayside backcountry campsites (Tingles Island, Pine Tree, Green Run & Pope Bay) will be closed on these dates due to hunting seasons: October 18-28, 2017; November 9 & 10, 2017; November 26-December 9, 2017; January 12 & 13, 2018.

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The Assateague Island Visitor Center in the Maryland district.

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Visitor Centers

MD District - The Assateague Island Visitor Center is open daily from 9 am - 5 pm, March through December. January and February open 9 am - 5 pm, Thursday through Monday.

VA District - The Toms Cove Visitor Center is open daily from 9 am - 5 pm, May through October and from 9 am - 4 pm daily in March, April and November. It is open Fridays through Mondays from 9 am - 4 pm in December, January and February.
Both visitor centers are closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas days.

 

Roads and Parking Lots

MD District - All parking lots are open.
VA District - Beach parking lots #3 and #4 are closed due to overwash. Limited parking is available in parking lots #1 & #2 and along Beach Road near the Toms Cove Visitor Center.