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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
Paul F
VerifiedMarch 26, 2024 • Stayed at: Hickory Hill - Wilderness, Loop: Hickory Hill
Fantastic place!! My wife and I went here 17 years ago and thought it would be a great place to take our kids on their first backpacking trip. We were right! It was easy hiking for our kids and we got to have lots of beach time (we had the beach to ourselves for most of it). Only minor downsides are the pesky gnats that come out towards dusk and some (not all) of the backcountry sites have sulfur water*. Stafford Beach and Plum Orchard Mansion of good, potable water, though.
Great place for a fun, relaxing spring break backpacking trip.
*We stayed at Stafford Beach, Hickory Hill, and Yankee Paradise. The latter two had no water (there is a water source that exists between the two, but it tastes and smells like rotten eggs).
Batini R
VerifiedMarch 24, 2024 • Stayed at: 009, Loop: Sea Camp
Great weather. Checkin was a timely and friendly. Ferry departed on time and Captain and staff were very pleasant. The campsites were well taken care of, clean and turns out #9 had an orange tree with oranges! I do wish the fire pits were more to side for those with large tents. Great access to beach, clean restroooms and showers will be back! Campsite #9, I highly recommend. It is a good walk from the ferry, so enusure you do not overpack or have a cart. Can rent carts fromnl center while on island. Fire wood available for purchase on ferry, but we didnt have enough space to carry. Was unable to find wood suitable for fire on the island. Unfortunately, was unabke to fins conch shells as I did previous years.bring sunshade for beach and mosquito spray. Will next time have a cooler with wheels or a tiny one for snacks while spending day at beach. Also, for carts, saw other visitors setup and they packed totes to sit into cart and used cords to anchor into carts. Its easy to overpack. Just remember, pack in pack out and you must trek it onto ferry and down to campsite and back.
Sean S
VerifiedMarch 24, 2024 • Stayed at: 010, Loop: Stafford Beach
Awesome campground. About a 5min walk from the beach, and 3.5 mi/~1hr hike from the Sea Camp Dock. Each site has it's own food storage bin and there's centrally located bathrooms and water. I suggest bringing firewood as the downed wood was very scarce.
The island was beautiful and an amazing experience, felt like stepping back in time. Weather in March was perfect for shorts and a hoodie, I think it'd be very doable even in February with a layer available.
Yvette S
VerifiedMarch 24, 2024 • Stayed at: 012, Loop: Sea Camp
Beautiful and natural. Bring a hat, plenty of water and bug spray.
Batini R
VerifiedMarch 24, 2024 • Stayed at: 009, Loop: Sea Camp
Great weather. Checkin was a timely and friendly. Ferry departed on time and Captain and staff were very pleasant. The campsites were well taken care of, clean and turns out #9 had an orange tree with oranges! I do wish the fire pits were more to side for those with large tents. Great access to beach, clean restroooms and showers will be back! Campsite #9, I highly recommend. It is a good walk from the ferry, so enusure you do not overpack or have a cart. Can rent carts fromnl center while on island. Fire wood available for purchase on ferry, but we didnt have enough space to carry. Was unable to find wood suitable for fire on the island. Unfortunately, was unabke to fins conch shells as I did previous years.bring sunshade for beach and mosquito spray. Will next time have a cooler with wheels or a tiny one for snacks while spending day at beach. Also, for carts, saw other visitors setup and they packed totes to sit into cart and used cords to anchor into carts. Its easy to overpack. Just remember, pack in pack out and you must trek it onto ferry and down to campsite and back.
Sean S
VerifiedMarch 24, 2024 • Stayed at: 010, Loop: Stafford Beach
Awesome campground. About a 5min walk from the beach, and 3.5 mi/~1hr hike from the Sea Camp Dock. Each site has it's own food storage bin and there's centrally located bathrooms and water. I suggest bringing firewood as the downed wood was very scarce.
The island was beautiful and an amazing experience, felt like stepping back in time. Weather in March was perfect for shorts and a hoodie, I think it'd be very doable even in February with a layer available.
Yvette S
VerifiedMarch 24, 2024 • Stayed at: 012, Loop: Sea Camp
Beautiful and natural. Bring a hat, plenty of water and bug spray.
Lars K
VerifiedMarch 23, 2024 • Stayed at: 003, Loop: Stafford Beach
Great experience on both the southern part of the island which is more accessible and features the more prominent things to see like the Dungeness ruins, and in the wilderness area which provides you with even more peace and small but well maintained trails.
Lars K
VerifiedMarch 23, 2024 • Stayed at: 003, Loop: Stafford Beach
Great experience on both the southern part of the island which is more accessible and features the more prominent things to see like the Dungeness ruins, and in the wilderness area which provides you with even more peace and small but well maintained trails.
Shea P
VerifiedMarch 21, 2024 • Stayed at: 010, Loop: Sea Camp
We had a great time. We stayed at Seacamp. Our site was good (#10). The new bathhouse is nice. Looking forward to another visit.
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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