Located on Wallops Island on Virginia's Eastern Shore, about 5 miles south of the Maryland/Virginia border, neighboring Chincoteague and Assateague Islands and the NASA Wallops Flight Facility.
Founded
1968
Activities
Waterfront
Kayaking
More activities
birding
camp olympics
fish biology
herpetology
invertebrate study
marsh plunge
nature journaling
night hikes
plankton study
research cruise
shark dissection
tie dye
water chemistry
Clues to fit
Setting — location on Virginia's Eastern Shore
Chincoteague Bay Field Station is located on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, about 5 miles south of the Maryland/Virginia border. We neighbor Chincoteague and Assateague Islands and the NASA Wallops Flight Facility. The barrier islands of the Eastern Shore create a series of close-by habitats that are biologically diverse and geologically dynamic.
Chincoteague Bay Field Station provides outstanding multi-disciplinary, educational and research opportunities that celebrate the rich natural, cultural, economic, and technological resources of the mid-Atlantic Coastal region through field-based and hands-on learning. The Field Station is located in Wallops Island, VA and has been serving thousands of students and learners since 1968.
Chincoteague Bay Field Station stresses that electronic devices are not brought on school programs or to camp and are left at home. The Field Station does not accept responsibility for the loss, damage, or theft of such devices. Any abuse of this policy will result in confiscation and storage of the electronic device until the end of the trip.
Our office is open from 8am–4:30pm Monday through Friday. You can call and leave a message with the office staff. If it is a non-office-hours emergency, you can call our emergency cell phone, which is carried by a staff member from 4:30pm through 8am. The emergency number is 757-854-8312.