Parking at Chincoteague starts free, with lots from $10/day. Compare 4 nearby lots and garages by price, walking distance and how full each one is right now, plus metered street parking. Lot locations, rates and hours are real and geocoded. Tap a pin for driving directions.
4 lots · 1,160 spaces. Scrub the time slider for the crowd estimate.
On-street parking
0 metered spaces · Free town lots · Downtown waterfront lots are free, the beach needs a refuge day pass. Pay by plate or ParkMobile.
Rates checked Oct 20, 2026; not confirmed: Robert Reed Waterfront Park, Veterans Memorial Park, Curtis Merritt Harbor. Posted prices at the lot always win.
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A refuge day pass is $10 and covers everyone in one private, non-commercial vehicle. A pass is required at all hours, year round, except on posted free-entrance days.
If nobody is at the entrance fee booth, buy your day pass at the self-serve fee station at the refuge visitor center (second left).
Refuge roads, beach and trails are open 5 AM to 10 PM May through September, 6 AM to 8 PM in October and from mid-March through April, and 6 AM to 6 PM November to mid-March. Overnight parking is prohibited.
Pedestrians and bicyclists enter the refuge free. Taxi, Uber and Lyft passengers pay $5 per person instead of the vehicle pass.
Parking at Chincoteague starts free, with lots from $10/day. The cheapest paid lot is Assateague Beach at $10/day refuge pass.
Yes. Chincoteague has free parking at Robert Reed Waterfront Park, Veterans Memorial Park, Curtis Merritt Harbor. Free spaces are limited and fill first, so arrive early or have a paid backup in mind.
Chincoteague has 4 lots within walking distance; the largest is Assateague Beach (900 spaces). The lots nearest the sand fill first, so the ones a block or two back usually have room. Use the live map above to compare walking distance and how full each lot is right now.
On warm, sunny weekend days the closest Chincoteague lots fill by mid-morning. Arrive before 10 AM or after 4 PM for the easiest parking, and scrub the time slider on the map above for the crowd estimate hour by hour.
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Main parking at Chincoteague: Assateague Beach ($10/day refuge pass) and Robert Reed Waterfront Park (Free), plus street parking at Free town lots. Check today’s water, surf and UV on the conditions page.