Chincoteague is a town in Accomack County, Virginia, United States. The town includes the whole of Chincoteague Island and an area of adjacent water. The population was 3,344 at the 2020 census. The t
West side of Chincoteague at sunrise.
Misty of Chincoteague statue on Main Street
The 82nd Annual Chincoteague Pony Swim
Aerial view of the Naval Auxiliary Air Station Chincoteague in the mid-1940s
Assateague Island is a 37-mile long barrier island located off the eastern coast of the Delmarva Peninsula facing the Atlantic Ocean. The northern two-thirds of the island are in Maryland, and the sou
Chincoteague, Virginia
…of adjacent water. The population was 3,344 at the 2020 census. The town is a tourist gateway to the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge on adjacent Assateague Island, the location of a popular recreational beach and home of the Virginia herd of Chincoteague Ponies. These ponies and the annual Pony Swim are the subject…
Aerial view of Assateague Island with Ocean City, Maryland in the background
Horses play near an Assateague Island campsite
Assateague Lighthouse in 2001