Local servicesHospitalTidalHealth McCready Pavilion19.5 miPost officeWallops Island Post Office1.8 miTown hallHallwood Town Hall6.6 miPoliceChincoteague Police Department7.7 miFire stationNASA Wallops Flight Facility Fire Department2.0 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
Getting aroundAirportSalisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport SBY27 miMajor airportNorfolk International Airport ORF82 miUS highwayUS 132.0 miCoachOak Hall T'S Corner ExxonGreyhound2.1 miTransit3 stops within a mileSTAR TransitSources: OurAirports; US Census Bureau TIGER roads; Bureau of Transportation Statistics NTAD
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Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the 23483 ZIP area.
Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 14 h 48 min5:39 am – 8:27 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 9 h 32 min7:14 am – 4:46 pm
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ClimateWarmest month July: highs 86°F, lows 70°FColdest month January: highs 46°F, lows 30°F43 in of rain a year, on about 72 dayswettest month July8 in of snow a year, on about 5 days19 days above 90°F, 69 nights below freezing in a typical yearSource: NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals, Wallops Island Flight Fac station, 2 mi away
Parks and public landsWallops Island National Wildlife Refugenational wildlife refuge · 2.0 mi · 360 acresAssateague Island National Seashorenational seashore · 6.3 mi · 20,366 acresChincoteague National Wildlife Refugenational wildlife refuge · 5.4 mi · 11,794 acresSaxis Wildlife Management Areastate conservation land · 8.6 mi · 5,534 acresNewtown Parkpark · 8.6 mi · 61 acresMaryland Marine Properties Wmastate conservation land · 9.5 mi · 1,014 acresSource: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US)
EarthquakesNone of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles since 1970Source: USGS Earthquake Catalog
Natural hazardsOverall risk Relatively ModerateAccomack County, VA, compared with all US countiesHigher-risk hazardsCoastal flooding Very HighHurricane Relatively HighSource: FEMA National Risk Index (county level)
Air quality86% of days had good air in 2025314 of 365 days measured51 moderate daysMedian index 39, worst day 84main pollutant: ozoneSource: US EPA Air Quality Index, nearest monitors: Dorchester County, MD, 45 mi away
Drinking waterTown of Chincoteagueserves 3,344 people from ground waterNo health-based violations since 20212 monitoring or reporting violations since 2021Source: US EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System, largest system in the county
Elevation19 ft6 m above sea levelSource: USGS 3D Elevation Program
