About Cumberland Island National Seashore Camping Permits
Number of accommodations: 43
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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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- Potable Water
- Showers
Water Access
- Beach Access
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Reviews (1076)
What Guests Are Saying
Cumberland Island National Seashore offers a unique and beautiful camping experience, with many visitors praising its serene environment, diverse wildlife, and enchanting scenery. Campsites like Sea Camp and Stafford Beach are highlighted for their spaciousness and privacy, making them ideal for families and nature lovers. While some challenges like trail conditions and water issues were mentioned, the overall sentiment is overwhelmingly positive, with many campers planning to return for future visits.
What Guests Are Saying
Cumberland Island National Seashore offers a unique and beautiful camping experience, with many visitors praising its serene environment, diverse wildlife, and enchanting scenery. Campsites like Sea Camp and Stafford Beach are highlighted for their spaciousness and privacy, making them ideal for families and nature lovers. While some challenges like trail conditions and water issues were mentioned, the overall sentiment is overwhelmingly positive, with many campers planning to return for future visits.
Review Summary
Gretchen W
VerifiedApril 15, 2023 • Stayed at: 004, Loop: Sea Camp
After 40 years of anticipation, I finally got to camp at Sea Camp, and as high as my expectations were, Cumberland exceeded every one! The weather was immaculate. The island, wild and beautiful. Everyone was friendly and relaxed, and the campsites are mostly shaded under the oak canopy and felt well spaced and very private.
We reserved #4, which is small. The “need to know” on the reservation site is absolutely correct - no more than two small tents. I slept in my hammock on a 13 foot stand under a tarp. (No hanging from trees.) The stand fit perfectly in a little niche in the palmetto, but staking a big tent would mean getting into the brush, a sure way to get ticks. Except for some huge cockroaches in the bear box, insects didn’t bother us much, not even the gnats.
Being my first visit to Cumberland, I didn’t stray far from well traveled paths between the dock, camp, and Dungeness. Still, I saw all kinds of wildlife - armadillos and deer unperturbed by humans, of course horses by Dungeness and in the dunes by Sea Camp, and then there were the raccoons. I am experienced camping with those little bandits, but the ones around Sea Camp are brazen. We had to shoo away so many on the first night that we made sure to finish eating before dusk. They are really grabby, even jumped on the table!
I wish I had brought sand stakes for the tarp poles. Tension on the lines was too much for regular stakes, and had to anchor lines on the food cage and picnic table.
The new bathhouse was not yet complete as of late March 2023, but the temporary toilets flushed just fine. The new ones look nice.
Mobile phone service is practically nil. I got a bar or two out on the beach and over near the docks. Still, it was good to shut off the devices and just be.
I can’t wait to return. Camping on Cumberland was an amazing experience, absolutely beautiful! Can’t recommend enough!
Svitlana T
VerifiedApril 15, 2023 • Stayed at: 006, Loop: Stafford Beach
It was nice! Cumberland Island is fantastic place!
Gretchen W
VerifiedApril 15, 2023 • Stayed at: 004, Loop: Sea Camp
After 40 years of anticipation, I finally got to camp at Sea Camp, and as high as my expectations were, Cumberland exceeded every one! The weather was immaculate. The island, wild and beautiful. Everyone was friendly and relaxed, and the campsites are mostly shaded under the oak canopy and felt well spaced and very private.
We reserved #4, which is small. The “need to know” on the reservation site is absolutely correct - no more than two small tents. I slept in my hammock on a 13 foot stand under a tarp. (No hanging from trees.) The stand fit perfectly in a little niche in the palmetto, but staking a big tent would mean getting into the brush, a sure way to get ticks. Except for some huge cockroaches in the bear box, insects didn’t bother us much, not even the gnats.
Being my first visit to Cumberland, I didn’t stray far from well traveled paths between the dock, camp, and Dungeness. Still, I saw all kinds of wildlife - armadillos and deer unperturbed by humans, of course horses by Dungeness and in the dunes by Sea Camp, and then there were the raccoons. I am experienced camping with those little bandits, but the ones around Sea Camp are brazen. We had to shoo away so many on the first night that we made sure to finish eating before dusk. They are really grabby, even jumped on the table!
I wish I had brought sand stakes for the tarp poles. Tension on the lines was too much for regular stakes, and had to anchor lines on the food cage and picnic table.
The new bathhouse was not yet complete as of late March 2023, but the temporary toilets flushed just fine. The new ones look nice.
Mobile phone service is practically nil. I got a bar or two out on the beach and over near the docks. Still, it was good to shut off the devices and just be.
I can’t wait to return. Camping on Cumberland was an amazing experience, absolutely beautiful! Can’t recommend enough!
Svitlana T
VerifiedApril 15, 2023 • Stayed at: 006, Loop: Stafford Beach
It was nice! Cumberland Island is fantastic place!
Marshall C
VerifiedApril 14, 2023 • Stayed at: Yankee Paradise - Wilderness, Loop: Yankee Paradise
Beautiful scenery, wildlife, & vegetation. Couldn't recommend vising this wild place more.
Marshall C
VerifiedApril 14, 2023 • Stayed at: Yankee Paradise - Wilderness, Loop: Yankee Paradise
Beautiful scenery, wildlife, & vegetation. Couldn't recommend vising this wild place more.
Charlie W
VerifiedApril 11, 2023 • Stayed at: 007, Loop: Sea Camp
Absolutely beautiful scenery and rich history! My third trip. Be careful, the raccoons are relentless at Sea Camp and take the rangers seriously when they say all food in the provided metal boxes!
Charlie W
VerifiedApril 11, 2023 • Stayed at: 007, Loop: Sea Camp
Absolutely beautiful scenery and rich history! My third trip. Be careful, the raccoons are relentless at Sea Camp and take the rangers seriously when they say all food in the provided metal boxes!
Ken B
VerifiedApril 6, 2023 • Stayed at: 008, Loop: Sea Camp
Cumberland Island is so beautiful and so much fun. My 10 year old granddaughter rated the trip A+++. We camped 4 nights, initially planned split time between Sea Camp and Stafford Beach but no-shows at Sea Camp resulted in us staying all 4 nights there, albeit in 4 different sites because there is unfortunately no way to know until after the last boat if campers who booked but didn’t cancel are coming or not. 3 sites booked all week ended up empty all week. Both campgrounds are beautiful and close to the beach, we just had a lot of gear so this time staying at Sea Camp was easier.
EliaMaria L
VerifiedApril 6, 2023 • Stayed at: 003, Loop: Stafford Beach
Always an amazing time on Cumberland Island. 2nd time utilizing Stafford Beach campground and you can't beat it.
Location Cumberland Island National Seashore Camping Permits
Address:
101 Wheeler St
St. Marys, GA, 31558
United States
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.
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.
Latitude & Longitude: 30.7204 / -81.5497
Elevation: 2 feet
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: June 4, 2026
