NPS Photo/S. Tobin Programs Located at the Maryland Visitor Center (20 Minutes) - Join us as we unlock many of the mysteries that surround the wild horses of Assateague Island!
- Wheelchair Accessible (20 Minutes) - Stop by the visitor center for a short “meet and greet” with the “locals!” Learn, observe and touch a few of Assateague’s resident marine life.
- Wheelchair accessible - Please wash hands before the start of the program (15 Minutes) - Meet with a Ranger to learn about a facinating feature of Assateague Island.
- Wheelchair accessible 
NPS Photo/L. Brendel Programs Located on the Island (20 Minutes) - Join a Ranger at the historic U.S. Lifesaving Service boathouse to learn about the heroic men who risked their lives to rescue shipwrecked mariners and the continued fight against nature on Assateague Island.
- Located just off Bayberry Drive, across from Ferry Landing Road. (45 Minutes) - Try our dip nets and take a closer look at marine organisms that thrive in the marshes and bay. Plan on getting wet as you wade the shallows.
- Appropriate clothing and water footwear (no flip-flops) required (45 Minutes) - During this “crab and release” program you’ll learn the mysteries of catching this delectable denizen of the bay, the Blue Crab.
- Wheelchair accessible (30 Minutes) - Join a Ranger to learn the art of collecting hard-shell clams.
- Appropriate clothing and water footwear (no flip-flops) required |
Last updated: May 5, 2025