Cumberland Island National Seashore preserves much of Cumberland Island, Georgia’s largest and southernmost barrier island. The island’s landscapes include maritime forests, undeveloped beaches and dunes, salt marshes, and freshwater wetlands.

Visitors can explore miles of trails and shoreline, see historic sites and ruins, watch for wildlife—including the island’s well-known free-roaming horses—or simply enjoy the quiet of one of Georgia’s most distinctive coastal landscapes. Camping, hiking, biking, beachcombing, and wildlife viewing are among the many ways to experience the island.

Cumberland Island also holds thousands of years of human history. Indigenous peoples, missionaries, enslaved African Americans, freed communities, and wealthy industrialists all have connections to the island. Today, more than 9,800 acres are protected as congressionally designated wilderness.

Cumberland Island National Seashore is accessible by passenger ferry from downtown St. Marys or by private boat.

For more information about exploring Cumberland Island, visit: https://visitkingsland.com/home/explore/cumberland-island/