U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge Reviews

Just a very beautiful park with many wild horses and other great sites.
Dogs not allowed on the island, but can ride on the boat tours.

Love going to Assateague. Wonderful basically natural scenery.

Nice beach with no development. No houses, condos or hotels . The lighthouse is free to enter and you can take the stairs to the top to get a view of the island. The visitor center has a lot of neat displays and the nature center has an aquarium for the kids to learn about and handle horseshoe crabs and other species that live in the ocean.

Beautiful and informative displays. Staff very knowledgeable and enthusiastic to share information to make your visit memorable.

Beautiful and has something for everyone! Such a wise range of wild life and landscapes! Of course that ponies and soooo awesome too!

Take the bus ride and than drive thru the park. If waliking or biking bring bug spray.

Beautiful place. Some kind of construction going on so that detracted from the overall feel but generally speaking it is a wonderful place.

Drove down to see the sunrise and put our feet in the Atlantic, the park was well maintained, awesome views.

Great beach. Usually very clean. Make sure you bring drinks and snacks as there is no where to eat or buy and food or drinks.

Love the beach! Great for swimming or just taking a long walk.

Birds birds and more birds! Stunning place. A nature lovers paradise

Lovely place and adjoins the national seashore. Cleanest beach in America.

Great views. Make it to the light house and a boat tour. Well worth it.

The lighthouse is awesome. Great views from up top. The beach is also awesome here!

Wonderful, beautiful, friendly would highly recommend for at least a day trip!

My boyfriend and I rented bikes to tour the place for $3 an hour. We saw wild ponies! This was a great weekend for sure.

My mom, sister, and I have been coming to Chincoteague for years. Always a wonderful, quaint place to visit as long as you're prepared to battle the hordes of mosquitos that descend on the island after a rain. They're not for the faint of heart.

Absolutely the WORST person I ve ever encountered at an entrance booth. The lady at the booth had the worst attitude towards people because THEIR machine wouldn t accept MasterCard and she thought it was outrageous that people don t carry cash. I really wish I got her name to turn her in to a supervisor. She has no business working in a place like that with that poor of an attitude! If I didn t have my kids in the car she would ve got the same attitude right back that she was giving me!

What a wonderful place. We are so lucky to have a location in our back yard. Go to the top on the light house. It's worth the 142 foot climb.

well the exsperiance has all ways been a great one ive enjoy many days here as well as my mom and my partner .we love the atmosphere and wild life and the people it's something that every family on USA soil should take their children, and have a wonderful education on this as well as the ponies it's the best memories will be 200 percent and more

Alot to do stuff good clean beach.....definately place to visit again and again.

Pro's- No mosquitoes. Cons- No ponies found! Still very pretty

Wild nature is so attractive. I have spent around 4 hours at this refugee. Ocean is not clear. Huge Beach with restrooms, parking lots, and room for changing clothes. Also you can see here (not like every where) trash containers. Ok, what else: people are swimming not only in the ocean, but on the back side of it - lake or something like that. I have visited Light house. Another parking so clear for understanding map and nice walking. If you fan of bike - put yourself on dozen bike miles at this area.

Beautiful place to go! Got to check it out if your in the area!

The refuge trek was very educational. Lots of wildlife and the guide was very knowledgable of the area and the wildlife. Bus was air conditioned which made an other wise misserable trip on a hot muggy day. Wife enjoyed seeing the horses in the natural habitat and I must say it was a peaceful setting and area.

Love the ponies. Hate that although the Chincoteague Fire Dept is working on their 3rd firehouse, they can't build a shade structure for the corralled ponies suffering in the direct sun.

FYI. No dogs allowed- even in the car.
Car tour loop dosen't open till 3pm
If you really want to see ponies go to Assateague.

Beautiful place to see shore birds and of course the horses in addition to the normal shore attractions of the ocean, light house and walking trails. Went on a sunny day in Feb so no bugs and fewer people.

I would recommend you come and visit in the fall/winter cuz once the weather gets nice the mosquitoes come out to play. They are vicious and they can actually bite you through your clothing. This place is so pretty and has alot of trails you can do. Kid/family friendly.

Beautiful landscape. We only saw the ponies from a distance but it is a nice way to spend the day.

Very nice. Great for biking and the beach was really nice.

So much to do. Beach access, trails and a lighthouse to climb.

Beautiful place to see nature. Take a hike, then have lunch in town.

Super peaceful and beautiful terrain. Free to get in if you bike! There are some trails to walk about and the beach is gorgeous. I love the marshland areas.

An absolutely gorgeous spot. All the best parts about spending time at the beach, minus the glitz and glam of tourist trappings.

So great! Drove through on a dampish January during the government shut down. Place was pretty empty but we did walk the beach. Saw many horses on the Assateague side, not this side, thought you can see some captured ones in a coral next to the McDonald's as you enter/exit. For some quarters you can feed them. Beach was very clean, as we're the portapottys, which we were very relieved about. We didn't know if the shut down would affect it. Short walk through the woods on a large but natural path to see the lighthouse. Walk is only about 5 minutes, if that. They have a handicap parking lot tho right at the lighthouse for people who can't so the trail. We we're the only ones there and visited for about 20-30 min taking photos. The visitors center was closed but we did use the picnic tables for lunch.

Great beach, great wildlife trails see the lighthouse

Very nice tour through the National Wild Life Park. Saw various wild life to include ponies and a couple young ones

Natural beach well worth visiting. Mosquitos are vicious. Exciting to see the wild ponies, albeit, in the distance along shoreline. Suggest a boat tour to get close to the ponies. Highly recommend Salt Water Pony tours.

An amazingly beautiful place! One of the best experiences of my life! I saw two bald eagles hungrily devour a freshly caught fish. Numerous other species of birds, and of course the Chincoteague Ponies! The ocean and beach were pristine! I collected beautiful shells!

We weren't lucky enough to see the wild horses, but still enjoyed our short visit. Went & saw the lighthouse (awesome) and short bike ride on one of the trails.

I was really disappointed that a wildlife refuge was over run with tourists who had no regard for the wildlife. People were speeding thru the park in cars and motorbikes. There's only 1 good place to actually see the horses and it's far off the main path so my dad, who has issues walking, was not able to get any closer than a glance from the main road. Maybe going in the off season is better but not sure I'll bother.

Great family national park with wildlife, trails, a lighthouse, and beaches.

Awesome place to get away from the ordinary. Adjacent Assateague beach is one of the most underrated beaches around.

There's a beach. There are birds. If you go at the right time, it won't be to crowded. This is my favorite vacation destination.

Been going all my life . A lot of changes but who doesn't love a beach

Love it here! Relaxing, beautiful, always something new to see.

Always a great time!!! Whether watching nature, hanging on beach, fishing, visiting lighthouse, or just relaxing hikes every experience is a great one. Always something new to see with every trip.

Wonderful, wild. ... with big mosquitos. Bring insect repellant and enjoy!!

1st time here with the family amazing tours of the island and seeing the wild horses roam alot of history to learn a definite summer time visit. Just stock up on Mosquito repellant there is the famous Chincoteague Mosquito likes new blood to taste.