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Assateague Island National Seashore
IUCN Category V (Protected Landscape/Seascape)
Location Worcester County, Maryland & Accomack County, Virginia, USA
Nearest city Ocean City, MD & Chincoteague, VA
Coordinates 38°5′0″N 75°12′30″W / 38.083333°N 75.20833°W / 38.083333; -75.20833Coordinates: 38°5′0″N 75°12′30″W / 38.083333°N 75.20833°W / 38.083333; -75.20833
Area 39,630 acres (160 km²)
Established January 1, 1965
Visitors 2,110,918 (in 2007)
Governing body National Park Service

Assateague Island National Seashore is a unit of the National Park Service occupying much of Assateague Island along the Atlantic coast of Maryland and Virginia. It is a barrier island shaped by stormy seas and gentle winds. It lies adjacent to Assateague State Park and Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge. Over 2.1 million people visit the park each year.

In the 1950s, some 5,000 private lots comprising what is now National Park Service land were zoned and sold for resort development. The Ash Wednesday Storm of 1962 halted the plans for development. The Nor'easter destroyed the few existing structures on the island and ripped roads apart. In 1965, Assateague became a National Seashore.

Bands of feral horses freely roam among plants and native animals that have adapted to a life of sand, salt and wind. Special thickened leaves and odd shapes reveal the plant world's successful struggle here. Ghost crabs buried in the cool beach sand and tree swallows plucking bayberries on their southward migration offer glimpses of the animal world's connection to Assateague.

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