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Assateague Island National Seashore Campground: how hard is it to reserve?
Assateague Island National Seashore · National Park Service · Berlin, MD
As of Oct 10, 2026, 86% of Friday and Saturday site-nights at Assateague Island National Seashore Campground over the next 90 days are already reserved, compared with 45% of weeknights. Weekends are much harder than weekdays here — shifting a trip to Sunday–Thursday is the easiest way to get a site. In the next 30 days, 29 of 30 dates have at least one open site (1,682 open site-nights in total; 2,505 over 90 days).
Upcoming weekends
| Weekend (Fri–Sat) | Booked | Open sites Fri | Open sites Sat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 16, 2026 | 97% | 6 | 2 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | 98% | 6 | 1 |
| Oct 30, 2026 | 87% | 19 | 21 |
| Nov 6, 2026 | 92% | 20 | 6 |
| Nov 13, 2026 | 57% | 71 | 62 |
| Nov 20, 2026 | 64% | 2 | 2 |
Snapshot history
| Snapshot date | Score | Weekends booked | Weeknights booked | Open dates 30d |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 10, 2026 | 61 | 86% | 45% | 29 |
About Assateague Island National Seashore Campground
- 159 campsites (159 listed in availability data)
- $40–$80 per night
- Recreation.gov rating 4.6/5 from 2,635 reviews
- Equipment: Tent, RV, Trailer, Horse
- Activities: Swimming, Hiking, Camping, Beachcombing, Biking, Birding, Clam Digging, Crabbing, Fishing, Canoeing
Assateague Island National Seashore is a 37-mile long barrier island on the Atlantic Coast of Maryland and Virginia. Famed for its wild horses, this barrier island is a constantly shifting ribbon of sand, altered daily by powerful wind and waves. Assateague Island, dedicated as a National Seashore on September 1, 1965, lays claim to a long and rich history. Today's visitors can explore sandy beaches, salt marshes, maritime forests, and coastal bays. Only a couple of miles wide at its broadest point, the island's terrain offers shelter to the famed wild horses as well as sika deer, ghost crabs,…
Description excerpt from Recreation.gov.
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