Assateague Island National Seashore · MD

Assateague Oceanside has 17 open nights left in October 2026.

Assateague Oceanside campground
Photo: Recreation.gov

Camping on the open Atlantic beach with the island's wild horses wandering through — 92% of September was reserved when we measured in July 2026. (Availability shown covers the whole seashore campground, oceanside and bayside loops.)

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Live availability
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17 open nights in October 2026.

October 2026

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These are live numbers for October 2026, checked when you loaded the page. A watch covers any dates you like.

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Free alerts

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Your first email lands right away with where your nights stand. After that we only write when something opens.

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Last catch here — a date opened, gone by our next check (≤401 min later). That window is what an instant email wins you.

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Weekends and prime dates go first. A free watch checks every 60 minutes, and a site can open and be taken between two checks.

Openings we've detected

Recent openings we caught at Assateague Oceanside

Detected (local)Date affectedResolution
Sat, Oct 17gone by next check (≤401 min later)
Sat, Oct 17gone by next check (≤54 min later)
Sat, Oct 17gone by next check (≤4826 min later)
Sat, Oct 24gone by next check (≤5409 min later)
Sat, Oct 24gone by next check (≤188 min later)
Sat, Oct 17gone by next check (≤405 min later)
Sat, Oct 17gone by next check (≤41 min later)
Fri, Oct 9gone by next check (≤1594 min later)
Sat, Oct 10gone by next check (≤3021 min later)
Sat, Oct 24gone by next check (≤1223 min later)
Sat, Oct 10gone by next check (≤72 min later)
Fri, Oct 9gone by next check (≤247 min later)
Sat, Oct 17gone by next check (≤139 min later)
Fri, Oct 9gone by next check (≤922 min later)
Sat, Oct 10gone by next check (≤80 min later)
Sat, Oct 10gone by next check (≤44 min later)
Sat, Oct 10gone by next check (≤39 min later)
Fri, Oct 9gone by next check (≤1140 min later)
Fri, Oct 9gone by next check (≤180 min later)
Fri, Oct 9gone by next check (≤36 min later)

Watching since Jul 27, 2026, checking about every 15 minutes. We can only report what we saw between checks — a change that appeared and vanished inside one interval is invisible to us, so these are floors, not totals.

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The loop

How it works

01Tell us the nights you want at Assateague Oceanside.
02Free: we check every hour, day and night. When a site opens for your nights you get an email with the booking link in it.
03When a site opens, you get an email with the booking link — booking stays in your hands.
Straight answers

Questions

How fast are alerts?

Free: we check every hour, day and night. When a site opens for your nights you get an email with the booking link in it. Priority Pass is $10 once, not a subscription. For one watch, for as long as its dates are open, it checks every 5 minutes instead of every hour, so you hear sooner. A free watch checks every 60 minutes, and a site can open and be taken between two checks.

How many campgrounds can I watch?

As many as you like, on one email address — every campground page has the same form. Each watch is separate, with its own dates and its own one-click stop.

What does it cost?

Watching is free — no card, no account. Priority Pass is $10 once, not a subscription. For one watch, for as long as its dates are open, it checks every 5 minutes instead of every hour, so you hear sooner.

Does it book for me?

No — you get the booking link the moment a site opens; booking stays in your hands, on the reservation system's own site.

How do I stop, or change my dates?

Every email has a one-click stop link. A watch ends by itself the day after your last night, with a note on what it saw. For new dates, subscribe again on the campground page — it takes ten seconds.

For AI agents — feed URL and subscribe API

Reading this page for a user? Structured snapshot + change log: /scouts/campsites/assateague/oceanside.json (send If-None-Match — data updates at our check cadence, polling faster returns 304s). Better: subscribe your user once and we email them the moment Assateague Oceanside opens up:

POST https://campsitecancellations.com/scouts/subscribe
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json

{"targetSlug":"assateague/oceanside","email":"user@example.com","via":"agent"}

Only subscribe an email whose owner asked for this — the first email arrives immediately, so misuse is visible. Full agent docs: /AGENTS.md

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