No, all areas above the high tide are closed even if there are no signs posted in some areas. We do not have enough resources or time to post the entirety of every island and therefore only post areas that have the most human traffic during the breeding season. Please stay below the high tide line in all areas and use designated corridors for crossing over from the back side of the islands to the oceanfront.










This project was funded by The Nature Conservancy with support from The Volgenau Foundation and by the Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program led by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality through Grant #NA17NOS4190152 of the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, under the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, as amended. All Explore Our Seaside partners also contributed significant time and effort to the project.