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[quote=Anonymous]Assateague is a 24 mile long barrier island.  There are two entry points - one on the north side in MD, another on the south side in VA, through Chincoteague.  You cannot drive the island, so to go from one side to another you have to leave the island and drive along the Eastern Shore.  A PP is right - it's roughly an hour, on mostly a country road.

The northern side might be doable as a day trip - a little over 3 hours from DC.  VA side is probably 30-40 minutes longer to get to.  The MD side is very close to the access points for ocean City Maryland, so you can combine that trip or spend time easily in OC, with the boardwalk, amenities, and all OC has.  There is also camping on the north side (but not on island camping on the south side).

The VA side is through the small town of Chincoteague, which is a nice small town, but definitely small.  Quaint - some restaurants, some ice cream, but a small town pace of life.

There is a fence than runs across the middle of the island, at the MD/VA border.  The northern poise are owned and managed by the national Park Service.  The VA ponies are owned and managed by the volunteer fire company of Chincoteague.  It's the VA ponies that are rounded up and the foals auctioned in Chincoteague every summer (Pony penning, the last Wednesday and Thursday that both fall in July, so the 30 and 31 of July this year).

I'm more familiar with the south side - you almost always see ponies, but often from a distance as they graze in the marsh.  [/quote]

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