National parks expect record visitors this holiday weekend while facing severe staffing shortages. At Maryland's Assateague ...

At the Assateague Island National Seashore in Maryland, visitors this summer are seeing shuttered lifeguard towers and signs ...

There are no lifeguards on duty at national parks in Maryland. Local beachgoer Scott said the absence of lifeguards does not ...

If you want to cool off at a beach this summer, here are the top options for Marylanders, and they are all an easy drive.

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 ...

Assateague Island is one of Maryland's greatest natural treasures. It is home to a plethora of unique animal species, and also boasts a rich history that dates back centuries. Before European ...

Amid the Fourth of July holiday, the National Parks Conservation Association says fewer than half of the nearly 8,000 season ...

Get Out of Town. Assateague Island National Seashore & Berlin, MD. Season 2 Episode 6 | 28m 52s Video has Closed Captions | CC. Laurita & Lauren travel to Maryland’s Eastern shore.

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.

The Assateague Island National Seashore, which is in both Maryland and Virginia, prohibited swimming along “ALL” ocean-facing beaches, according to alerts sent Sunday. The island is 37 miles long.