Museums
Museum of Chincoteague Island
Under $25A nonprofit museum on Chincoteague Island showing the history, culture, and heritage of the island and nearby Assateague.
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Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge
Watch Chincoteague ponies graze in the salt marsh, look for shorebirds and walk an undeveloped Atlantic beach.
8231 Beach Rd · Chincoteague, VA
About Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge
This 14,000-acre refuge, established in 1943 to protect migratory birds, covers most of the Virginia end of Assateague Island with beach, dunes, salt marsh and maritime forest. You can hike or bike a 15-mile trail network, watch the Chincoteague ponies graze in the marsh, and visit the red-and-white Assateague Lighthouse. More than 275 bird species use the refuge through the year, and the Wildlife Loop is open to cars as an auto tour.
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