Assateague's Wild Horses - Assateague Island National Seashore (U.S. National Park Service)
People Also Ask
Assateague Island - Visit the National Park and see the wild ponies. Assateague Island National Seashore is located close to Chincoteague Island, Virginia and Ocean City, Maryland. Assateague contains over 37 miles of pristine beach. More than 300 wild ponies wander the beaches, inland pine forest, and salt marshes.
Since the 20th century, nothing has done more to bolster Sable Island's mythic status than its population of roughly 500 free-roaming horses, which have inhabited its dunes since they were abandoned there in the 1700s. Their images pop up everywhere from coffee table books to decorative scarves.