Assateague State Park
One of two campgrounds on Assateague Island, Maryland's Assateague State Park is enormously popular and reservations are recommended by the Maryland Deptartment of Natural Resources. The campground consists of 350 sites organized into 10 loops. Only H-Loop has electrical hook-ups, so most of the sites are oriented towards tent camping. Each site has a parking space, picnic table and fire ring, and the campground is serviced by several centrally placed bathhouses. The camping loops extend down Ocean Drive, nestled between that road and the high, beachfront sand dunes. All campsites are therefore just a few minutes walk from the beach. Assateague State Park's campground is open between late April and early November.
Assateague State Park
7307 Stephen Decatur Highway
Berlin, MD 21811
410-641-2120
dnr.state.md.us
Assateague National Seashore
The national seashore, located due south of the state park, also has a campground. The Oceanside Campground offers a mix of drive-in and walk-in campsites, each equipped with a picnic table and charcoal grill. The 104 campsites and five group camping areas are organized into seven zones behind the sand dunes, and therefore every campsite is just a few minutes walk from the beach. Bayside Campground faces towards Sinepuxent Bay, and has 35 drive-in campsites organized into two loops, each with a picnic table and charcoal grill. Both campgrounds come equipped with water spigots, cold showers and chemical toilets, and have access to the national seashore's hiking trails.
Assateague National Seashore
7206 National Seashore Lane
Berlin, MD 21811
410-641-1441
nps.gov
Frontier Town
Frontier Town is a family-oriented western theme park with a campground attached, located roughly five miles from the bridge into Assateague State Park. It is also only five miles from the vacation town of Ocean City, Maryland, offering a central position for two very different kinds of beach experiences. The 500-site campground is mostly RV-oriented, with the dedicated tent-camping areas. Two of these are by the campground entrance, while the third is situated on a peninsula jutting out into Sinepuxent Bay. Frontier Town's campground is serviced by several bathhouses, a camp store with propane sales, outdoor swimming pool, sporting courts, its own marina, fishing and crabbing piers, and a swimming beach.
Frontier Town
8428 Stephen Decatur Highway
Berlin, MD
410-641-0880
frontiertown.com
Castaways RV Resort and Campground
Like Frontier Town, Castaways is also on the mainland between Ocean City and Assateague Island. The campground is strongly oriented towards RVs, with 318 sites organized into lanes and very little tree shade. However, the sites are grassy and tent campers receive a reduced rate. All campsites have water and electrical hook-ups, and the campground is serviced by bathhouses with coin laundries, its own marina and swimming beach on Sinepuxent Bay, fishing and crabbing piers, deli, arcade, fitness center and rentals for jet skis, kayaks and fishing boats.
Castaways RV Resort and Campground
12550 Eagles Nest Road
Berlin, MD 21811
410-213-1266
castawaysrvoc.com
