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📍 Assateague Cottages
🗺️ Assateague Island, Maryland

🌊 Fall asleep listening to the ocean
🏖️ Wake up right on the beach
⛺ Perfect if you want the camping vibe without the hassle of setting up a tent
🌧️ We stayed during a rainstorm and loved having a cozy, dry place to relax while still enjoying the beach atmosphere

🤯 Assateague Island is one of the few places in the United States where wild horses still roam freely along the beaches, marshes, and dunes.

Plan your trip:
🏠 Sleeps 2–4
⛺ You’ll need to book a campsite through Assateague State Park Campground
💻 Then book your cottage separately through Assateague Cottages
🪑 Cottages include a bed (some also have a futon), small table and chairs, and you’ll use campground amenities for bathrooms and showers
🌊 Pro tip: Choose an oceanfront campsite for the best views

Perfect if you’re looking for:
✨ Places to stay on Assateague Island
✨ Maryland beach camping
✨ Unique places to stay in Maryland
✨ Weekend getaways from DC or Baltimore

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Book here 👉 https://www.assateaguecottage.com/

How to book👇

🚗 But first! Follow Jessica | Mid Atlantic Travel | East Coast Adventures for family road trips, the best Maryland beaches, and unique places to stay

📍 Assateague Cottages
🗺️ Assateague Island, Maryland

🌊 Fall asleep listening to the ocean
🏖️ Wake up right on the beach
⛺ Perfect if you want the camping vibe without the hassle of setting up a tent
🌧️ We stayed during a rainstorm and loved having a cozy, dry place to relax while still enjoying the beach atmosphere

🤯 Assateague Island is one of the few places in the United States where wild horses still roam freely along the beaches, marshes, and dunes.

Plan your trip:
🏠 Sleeps 2–4
⛺ You’ll need to book a campsite through Assateague State Park Campground
💻 Then book your cottage separately through Assateague Cottages
🪑 Cottages include a bed (some also have a futon), small table and chairs, and you’ll use campground amenities for bathrooms and showers
🌊 Pro tip: Choose an oceanfront campsite for the best views

Perfect if you’re looking for:
✨ Places to stay on Assateague Island
✨ Maryland beach camping
✨ Unique places to stay in Maryland
✨ Weekend getaways from DC or Baltimore

♻️ Send this to someone who loves camping but hates sleeping in a tent

💾 Save this for your Assateague Island bucket list

How to get here👇

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📍 Sugarloaf Mountain 🗺️ Frederick County, Maryland

🥾 White Trail Loop – 2.4 miles
⛰️ Shortest route with the main overlooks
👨‍👩‍👧 Best for families and casual hikers

🥾 Blue Trail Loop – 5 miles
🌲 More woods, fewer crowds, and a longer mountain circuit
🥾 Best for hikers looking for more of a challenge

🥾 Full Loop – 7 miles
⛰️ Includes the summit, White Rocks, and the most elevation gain
🔥 Best if the hike itself is the destination

🅿️ Plenty of parking, but it fills up fast on weekends
🚻 Porta-potties available
🐶 Dog-friendly on leash
👧 Doable for kids who can handle some steep hiking

🤯 You can do the short 2.4-mile loop and still get one of the best mountain overlooks in Maryland.

🍦 Great ice cream stops nearby

🍦 Rocky Point Creamery – homemade scoops + farm vibes
🍦 Deere Valley Farm – roadside soft serve about 10 minutes away

🍺 Easy brewery stop after your hike

🍺 Comus Beer Garden – right by the trail
🍺 Mad Science Brewing – set on a flower farm
🍺 Waredaca Brewing – scenic and laid-back

Perfect if you’re looking for one of the best summer hikes in Maryland, an easy day trip from DC, or a quick Maryland mountain hike with a view.

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💬 What’s your favorite hike + ice cream combo in Maryland?

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Looking for the best swimming holes near D.C. & Baltimore?👇

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📍 Best swimming holes near D.C. & Baltimore

🌊 From Maryland swimming holes and waterfall pools to tubing rivers, quarry swims, and lake beaches, these are some of the best natural swimming spots near DC, summer day trips from Baltimore, and places to cool off during the hottest months of the year.

🌊 15 spots to save:

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🤯 Some of these spots are famous for waterfall swimming, rope swings, quarry beaches, and tubing, but most people only know about a handful of them.

🚗 Baltimore: most are 30 min–2 hr

🚗 DC: most are 1–2.5 hr

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🤯 Did you know there are three East Coast beaches famous for wild horses? Assateague, Chincoteague, and Corolla.

🌊 1. Assateague Island, MD
Wild horses • Best beach camping in Maryland

🌊 2. First Landing State Park, VA
Shaded campsites near the beach • Less crowded Virginia Beach alternative

🌊 3. Cape Hatteras, NC
Less crowded Outer Banks beaches • Great surf fishing

🌊 4. Janes Island State Park, MD
One of Maryland’s best campgrounds • Beaches you can only reach by boat

🌊 5. Nags Head, NC
Largest living sand dune system on the East Coast • Great Outer Banks basecamp

🌊 6. Kiptopeke State Park, VA
Chesapeake Bay camping • One of Virginia’s best beaches for swimming with kids

🌊 7. Chincoteague Island, VA
Wild ponies • Assateague National Seashore

🌊 8. Cape Henlopen State Park, DE
One of Delaware’s best beach campgrounds • WWII towers you can climb

🌊 9. Edisto Beach, SC
Less crowded than Myrtle Beach • Quiet beach vacation

🌊 10. Ocracoke Island, NC
One of the most remote beach towns on the East Coast • Less crowded than most Outer Banks beaches

🌊 11. Corolla Beach, NC
Wild horses • Drive your vehicle right on the beach

🌊 12. Duck, NC
One of the prettiest towns in the Outer Banks • Wide beaches without the Nags Head crowds

🌊 13. Lewes, DE
Delaware beach town • Less crowded alternative to Rehoboth Beach

🌊 14. Bethany Beach, DE
Less crowded than Ocean City • One of Delaware’s best family beach towns

🌊 15. Cape Charles, VA
Calm Chesapeake Bay beaches • Perfect for a weekend beach getaway from DC

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