The beaches at Assateague Island and Ocean City, Maryland, are closed due to dangerous rip currents and high surf brought on ...

Chincoteague Beach at Assateague Island National Seashore has been closed indefinitely after Hurricane Erin's powerful storm ...

Due to the approach of Hurricane Erin, the following closures are in effect on Assateague Island-effective immediately: The ...

Beaches on Assateague Island have been closed due to eroded shoreline posing a threat to visitors. Restrictions have been ...

Effective immediately, all ocean side beaches, including the Assateague Island State Park, have suspended in-water activities ...

A drowning death off an Assateague Island National Seashore beach last Thursday came less than two weeks after Maryland lawmakers implored the Trump administration to restore lifeguard services to ...

A beach along Maryland’s Assateague Island National Seashore has been temporarily shuttered by the National Park Service as a growing number of unexploded military ordnance is being discovered ...

Maryland Public Television’s award-winning original series Outdoors Maryland, now in its 35th anniversary season, will launch an episode about the one and only Assateague Island — the 37-mile ...

Maryland Public Television’s award-winning original series Outdoors Maryland, now in its 35th anniversary season, will launch an episode about the one and only Assateague Island — the 37-mile ...

A swimmer died at Assateague Island, weeks after state leaders called on the Trump administration to increase lifeguard staffing.

Assateague is a barrier island and its contours have changed with time, tides and storms. It was once connected to Ocean City, but the August 1933 Chesapeake-Potomac hurricane created an inlet.