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About Cumberland Island National Seashore Camping Permits
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2026 Season availability
Open year round
This campground is open year round, providing flexibility for your stay.
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Water and Hygiene
- Potable Water
- Showers
Water Access
- Beach Access
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Reviews (1133)
What Guests Are Saying
Cumberland Island National Seashore offers a beautiful and peaceful camping experience, with spacious, clean campsites and ample amenities like drinking water and cold outdoor showers. Many visitors appreciated the island's stunning landscapes, diverse wildlife, and opportunities for exploration, often recommending longer stays to fully enjoy the area. While some noted challenges such as heat, rain, and occasional issues with park staff or facilities, the overall sentiment is overwhelmingly positive, with many expressing a desire to return.
What Guests Are Saying
Cumberland Island National Seashore offers a beautiful and peaceful camping experience, with spacious, clean campsites and ample amenities like drinking water and cold outdoor showers. Many visitors appreciated the island's stunning landscapes, diverse wildlife, and opportunities for exploration, often recommending longer stays to fully enjoy the area. While some noted challenges such as heat, rain, and occasional issues with park staff or facilities, the overall sentiment is overwhelmingly positive, with many expressing a desire to return.
Review Summary
Lydia N
VerifiedFebruary 27, 2025 • Stayed at: Brickhill Bluff - Wilderness, Loop: Brickhill Bluff
Incredible place. Brickhill Bluff is where you want to be. Yankee Paradise and Hickory Hill are pretty bare bones. Plan your trip to have time first or last day to check out the Dungess ruins. My only regret is that I didn’t factor in enough time to fully explore.
Eric S
VerifiedFebruary 25, 2025 • Stayed at: Hickory Hill - Wilderness, Loop: Hickory Hill
Beautiful trip, even with the heavy rain one day. The staff is awesome, volunteers are thoughtful, bathhouses are kept up well. This was our second time visiting and it was possibly even more enjoyable.
Eric S
VerifiedFebruary 25, 2025 • Stayed at: Hickory Hill - Wilderness, Loop: Hickory Hill
Beautiful trip, even with the heavy rain one day. The staff is awesome, volunteers are thoughtful, bathhouses are kept up well. This was our second time visiting and it was possibly even more enjoyable.
David G
VerifiedFebruary 24, 2025 • Stayed at: 004, Loop: Stafford Beach
Great experience. Always love this place. Buckley trail is overgrown and needs some help clearing briars.
David G
VerifiedFebruary 24, 2025 • Stayed at: 004, Loop: Stafford Beach
Great experience. Always love this place. Buckley trail is overgrown and needs some help clearing briars.
James W
VerifiedFebruary 19, 2025 • Stayed at: 014, Loop: Sea Camp
The interface is a bit clunky. It should only gray out the nights reserved and not the checkout day. There is a reason that motels do it that way.
James W
VerifiedFebruary 19, 2025 • Stayed at: 014, Loop: Sea Camp
The interface is a bit clunky. It should only gray out the nights reserved and not the checkout day. There is a reason that motels do it that way.
James W
VerifiedFebruary 18, 2025 • Stayed at: 014, Loop: Sea Camp
The reservation system works pretty well overall, but it isn’t the best. There is a glitch that can be confusing. I talked to several other campers that experienced the same situation. When you book for say two nights the calendar on the site shows three days booked. The last being the checkout day. The biggest problem however is the prevalence of no shows. The site showed the island was almost completely booked for our stay, but the campground was only about half full. Campers should be allowed to occupy a vacant spot after 4:00 pm. And if a party selects say, one week then doesn’t show for the first three days they should lose their reservation unless they modify it. This would allow others to take the spot. Overall though , the site works pretty well.
James W
VerifiedFebruary 18, 2025 • Stayed at: 014, Loop: Sea Camp
The reservation system works pretty well overall, but it isn’t the best. There is a glitch that can be confusing. I talked to several other campers that experienced the same situation. When you book for say two nights the calendar on the site shows three days booked. The last being the checkout day. The biggest problem however is the prevalence of no shows. The site showed the island was almost completely booked for our stay, but the campground was only about half full. Campers should be allowed to occupy a vacant spot after 4:00 pm. And if a party selects say, one week then doesn’t show for the first three days they should lose their reservation unless they modify it. This would allow others to take the spot. Overall though , the site works pretty well.
Polly S
VerifiedFebruary 16, 2025 • Stayed at: Yankee Paradise - Wilderness, Loop: Yankee Paradise
amazing trip. the island ferry was right on schedule, the rangers were helpful, and our stay was perfect. Yankee Paradise and Stafford Beach were both great spots for backpack camping. YP was a few hours of hiking, more off the beaten path, and about 1 mi to the Plum Orchard mansion (non-sulfury potable water as opposed to the well water). heads up- the well between YP and Hickory Hill is further than the sign says- it is more than .5 mi. we had no issues with wildlife in our camp while we were staying here.
Stafford Beach was one of the most idyllic spots I've ever pitched a tent! relatively easy access to the beach, too. single stall bathroom with a sink and a shower (all cold water) and a kitchen sink for washing pots, etc. the bear boxes were nice and we did not have any issues with animals in our camp here either.
Location & Directions for Cumberland Island National Seashore Camping Permits
101 Wheeler St, St. Marys, GA 31558 United States
Elevation: 2 ft
Getting There
<p><strong>NPS VISITOR CENTER/FERRY CHECK-IN:</strong> </p>
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<li>Take Exit 3 from Interstate 95. At the exit stop light turn east on to Highway 40. </li>
<li>Follow the signs traveling east into Historic St. Marys. Highway 40 East will become ...
NPS VISITOR CENTER/FERRY CHECK-IN:
- Take Exit 3 from Interstate 95. At the exit stop light turn east on to Highway 40.
- Follow the signs traveling east into Historic St. Marys. Highway 40 East will become Osborne St.
- Once you reach the waterfront, turn right at the stop sign onto St Marys Street.
- The NPS Visitor Center is in the two story, blue building one block down on the left.
The Mainland Visitor Center is located at 113 St. Marys Street West, Marys, GA 31558. Use this address to arrive at the right location. Do not use "Cumberland Island National Seashore" as this will not guide you to the correct location.
Directions & Transportation page
Parking:
All visitors - day visitors and campers - must park in the Cumberland Island Parking Lot one block west of the Visitor Center.
Bus and RV parking is located in marked spots along the roadway along the western edge of the parking area (Seagrove St.).
Getting to the Island:
The only way to get to the island is by passenger ferry (not a car ferry) or private boat. For information about making a reservation with the National Park Service official concessionaire operated ferry visit our Reservations page or visit the Cumberland Island Ferry website.
Highway access
Cumberland Island National Seashore is accessible via Exit 3 from Interstate 95, which is approximately 5 miles to the west. From the exit, travelers use Highway 40 east into Historic St. Marys.
Policies & Rules
Cancellation policy
- Reservation fees are non-refundable. For campsites, cabins, lookouts, yurts, group sites, and similar stays, we charge a reservation service fee of $8.
- Standard cancellations usually have a $10 cancellation fee. Customers can generally cancel before the check-in date online.
- Late cancellation rules differ by stay type.
- Individual campsites: cancelling after 12:00am local time the day before arrival usually means a $10 cancellation fee plus forfeiting the first night's fee.
- Cabins, lookouts, and yurts: cancelling less than 14 days before arrival usually means a $10 cancellation fee plus forfeiting the first night's fee.
- One-night reservations: a late cancellation usually forfeits the full amount paid, up to the total original reservation cost.
- Modifications are allowed before the cut-off window, but fees depend on the change. Changing to dates completely outside the original reservation dates may trigger a $10 change fee. Extending or shortening a stay that still includes original dates usually has no change fee, though refunds may depend on timing and facility rules. Switching to the same type of campsite for the same dates usually has no change fee, but price differences are charged or refunded.
- Early departures may or may not be refunded. At certain facilities, partial refunds may be possible if staff can mark the site available for other visitors. No refund is given for a night if the early departure is requested after that day's check-out time.
- Security deposits are separate. Security deposits may be refunded to the original payment method if the facility is left in acceptable condition, as determined by the property.
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Last updated: October 21, 2026
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