Cumberland Island National Seashore

Vegetation holds dunes in place providing a barrier to erosion forces and creating essential interdune meadows to support island life.
St Marys is the gateway to Cumberland Island, Georgia's largest and southernmost barrier island. Here pristine maritime forests, undeveloped beaches and wide marshes whisper the stories of both man and nature. Natives, missionaries, enslaved African Americans and Wealthy Industrialists all walked here. Cumberland Island is also home to over 9,800 acres of Congressionally designated Wilderness.
Map showing location of park.
a sign posted in front of a dirt trail reads "Parallel Trail Hikers use this trail to avoid traffic of main road"
Cumberland Island National Seashore Invites Public Input on Proposed Voluntary Land Exchange Environmental Assessment
Cumberland Island National Seashore today announced a 30-day public comment period on two voluntary proposed land exchanges.
Large white mansion with live oak trees in the foreground
Cumberland Island National Seashore Finalizes New Comprehensive Visitor Use Management Plan
Cumberland Island National Seashore has finalized a new Visitor Use Management Plan that amends the 1984 General Management Plan and establishes clear, adaptive strategies for visitor access, recreation and resource protection to this historic and ecologically rich barrier island.
Group of hunters stand facing a wooden structure with a porch on it under large trees
Cumberland Island National Seashore Announces 2026-2027 Hunt Season
2026 annual archery hunt opens applications on July 1
Sand dunes covered with shrubs and grasses
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Alligator resting on a log in pond
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Ocean beach at sunrise
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large, white mansion behind oak trees draped with Spanish Moss
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rippled sands of a beach in front of pine tree covered bluffs
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huge oak trees and palm shrubs line a sand road
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brick and stone ruins of a large mansion at sunset under colorful clouds
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small white one room church, old red house in the background, under cloudy skies
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tidal creek at low tide surrounded by palm and oak trees
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