Things To Do
Key West Cottages are a new and unique destination. Whether you are traveling for business or pleasure, as a couple or a family, you are sure to enjoy your experience.
Minutes from the resort you will find the area's most popular attractions: restaurants, boutiques, family fun, the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge & pristine Assateague beaches, nature trails and much more.
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Boat Tours
A scenic nature boat tour is a must do activity for your Chincoteague Island vacation! You will gain a perspective of the area that is not achievable any other way!
Here are a few of our favorites:
Assateague Adventures
Captain Barry’s Back Bay Cruises
Captain Dan’s Around the Island Tours
Chincoteague Island Adventures
Cowboy Cruise Company
Daisey’s Island Cruises
Up The Bay Pony Tours
Here are a few of our favorites:
Assateague Adventures
Captain Barry’s Back Bay Cruises
Captain Dan’s Around the Island Tours
Chincoteague Island Adventures
Cowboy Cruise Company
Daisey’s Island Cruises
Up The Bay Pony Tours
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Captain Timothy Hill House
The Captain Timothy Hill House represents the only known survivor of these early homes and is also only one of two known buildings still standing in Virginia that was built to have a wooden chimney - surprisingly common in the day! The house was built circa 1800 at a time when Chincoteague Island was transforming itself from pastureland into a community of homes and farms. After much research and restoration, its historical significance is now here for all to see.
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Iron Pony Adventure Park
Join them to challenge yourself, friends, & family members on our aerial adventure course. Our guests can climb to new heights & experience the thrill of 30+ aerial obstacles on 2 full levels. Throughout your adventure, you will move from platform to platform by traversing different obstacles, like ladders, tight ropes, balance beams, wobbly bridges, and cargo nets while fully secured with harnesses at all times. Take yourself to the edge and try the pony plunge, a 26-foot-high leap of faith!
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The Town of Chincoteague has a lovely waterfront park, Chincoteague Veteran’s Memorial Park, for the recreation of residents and visitors. Memorial Park is located on Eastside Road. The Park has tennis courts, basketball courts, playground equipment, fishing/crabbing pier, ball field, boat ramp, skate park, pavilion and restrooms. The pavilion may be reserved for groups through a permit issued by the Town for approval
Memorial Park
The Town of Chincoteague has a lovely waterfront park, Chincoteague Veteran’s Memorial Park, for the recreation of residents and visitors. Memorial Park is located on Eastside Road. The Park has tennis courts, basketball courts, playground equipment, fishing/crabbing pier, ball field, boat ramp, skate park, pavilion and restrooms. The pavilion may be reserved for groups through a permit issued by the Town for approval
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Museum of Chincoteague Island
The Museum of Chincoteague Island celebrates the people, culture and heritage of Chincoteague Island. Inside the Museum you’ll discover the 1st Order Fresnel Lens from the Assateague Island Lighthouse, the iconic Chincoteague ponies known as Misty and Stormy, models of vessels that plied the Chincoteague waters long ago, items that washed ashore from shipwrecks, a decoy carver’s workshop, and oral histories, documents, and artifacts that tell the story of Chincoteague Island life throughout it’s long and varied existence.
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Shopping
One of the greatest pleasures for your leisure hours on Chincoteague Island is a tour of the island’s great variety of shops and galleries. Chincoteague Island is home to a thriving artist community of very talented folks specializing in oils, watercolors, acrylics, hand-carved decoys, pottery, silk embroidery and more, for an enjoyable day of shopping.
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Brianna’s Kindness Park
The park includes a sensory playground and an athletic field, with restrooms currently under construction and plans for a pavilion, outdoor chess tables, and more.
A sensory playground is one with equipment that stimulates the different senses. The park on Chincoteague includes several music-oriented pieces of equipment.
A sensory playground is one with equipment that stimulates the different senses. The park on Chincoteague includes several music-oriented pieces of equipment.
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Farmer's Market
Chincoteague Island Farmers Market is sponsored by CCA a local non-profit group of enthusiasts working to promote the arts on the island! Feeding the area of culinary arts, and craftsman CCA is helping this island have a thriving farmers market that brings local seafood, produce, plants, wares, and more to the community.
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Horseback Riding
Just minutes from Chincoteague Island, provides fun for the whole family! From riding lessons, boarding, pony auction assistance, a petting zoo, trail riding, and more! Visit the Farms below!
Queen Hive Farm
Neversink Bay Meadows Farm
KerKaKen Acres (Home of the Chincoteague Pony Drill Team)
Queen Hive Farm
Neversink Bay Meadows Farm
KerKaKen Acres (Home of the Chincoteague Pony Drill Team)
Explore Our Island Oasis
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Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge
A 14,000-acre wildlife preserve operated by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.
More than 2,600 acres of man-made marshes, or moist soil management units, are managed for wintering waterfowl and shorebirds during migration. Unique residents of the island, the famous Chincoteague ponies, are housed in two areas on the refuge through a special agreement with the ponies' owners, the Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Company.
With approximately 1.4 million visits a year, Chincoteague NWR is one of the most visited refuges in the nation. Chincoteague Refuge provides visitors with extraordinary educational and recreational opportunities.
More than 2,600 acres of man-made marshes, or moist soil management units, are managed for wintering waterfowl and shorebirds during migration. Unique residents of the island, the famous Chincoteague ponies, are housed in two areas on the refuge through a special agreement with the ponies' owners, the Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Company.
With approximately 1.4 million visits a year, Chincoteague NWR is one of the most visited refuges in the nation. Chincoteague Refuge provides visitors with extraordinary educational and recreational opportunities.
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Assateague Lighthouse
The Assateague Lighthouse is approximately 1/4 mile away from Chincoteague Island and visitors can drive there from Chincoteague in about 5 minutes. You can ride a bicycle or walk on the trail that leads from Chincoteague over to Assateague Island. The trail is maintained by the National Park Service and Fish and Wildlife Service at Assateague Island.
The original lighthouse was constructed here in 1833 at a cost of approximately $55,000. In 1860, construction on a taller, more powerfully illuminated brick lighthouse began, but was delayed by the Civil War. After the war, work resumed and the lighthouse was completed in 1867. Assateague's lighthouse has twin rotating lights that flash one after the other from a height of 154 feet above sea level. The lights can be seen 19 miles out to sea. The Assateague Lighthouse stands 142 feet high, its base over 27 feet in diameter.
The original lighthouse was constructed here in 1833 at a cost of approximately $55,000. In 1860, construction on a taller, more powerfully illuminated brick lighthouse began, but was delayed by the Civil War. After the war, work resumed and the lighthouse was completed in 1867. Assateague's lighthouse has twin rotating lights that flash one after the other from a height of 154 feet above sea level. The lights can be seen 19 miles out to sea. The Assateague Lighthouse stands 142 feet high, its base over 27 feet in diameter.
