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Operating Hours & Seasons
Cumberland Island National Seashore
The park is open 24 hours a day, all year. The island is only accessible by boat. The visitor center, other facilities, ferry operations, and docks for private boats all have separate hours, however; please see descriptions of those facilities elsewhere.
Standard Hours
- Sunday:Open 24 hours
- Monday:Open 24 hours
- Tuesday:Open 24 hours
- Wednesday:Open 24 hours
- Thursday:Open 24 hours
- Friday:Open 24 hours
- Saturday:Open 24 hours
Fees & Passes
Entrance Fees:
- $7.00 – Entrance Fee – Adults 16 and over
This per-person fee is valid for seven consecutive days. - $4.00 – Sea Camp Campground – through April 30th, 2017
Campground fees are per person, per night. - $2.00 – Wilderness Campground – through April 30th, 2017
Campground fees are per person, per night. - $22.00 – Sea Camp Campground – beginning May 1st, 2017
Permit fee is per night, for an individual campsite at the Sea Camp Campground. Permits are good for up to six people. - $12.00 – Stafford Beach Campground – beginning May 1st, 2017
Permit fee is for one night, for an individual campsite at Stafford Beach Campground. Permit is good for up to six people. - $9.00 – Hickory Hill Campground – beginning May 1st, 2017
Permit is good for one night at Hickory Hill Campground. This is a wilderness campground. Camping must be in the designated campground area but specific sites are not assigned. Permit is good for up to 6 people. - $9.00 – Yankee Paradise Campground – beginning May 1st, 2017
Permit is good for one night at Yankee Paradise Campground. This is a wilderness campground. Camping must be in the designated campground area but specific sites are not assigned. Permit is good for up to 6 people. - $9.00 – Brickhill Bluff Campground – beginning May 1st, 2017
Permit is good for one night at Brickhill Bluff Campground. This is a wilderness campground. Camping must be in the designated campground area but specific sites are not assigned. Permit is good for up to 6 people. - $40.00 – Sea Camp Groupsite – beginning May 1st, 2017
Permit fee is good for one night at a designated groupsite at Sea Camp Campground. Permit is good for 7 – 20 people.
Entrance Passes:
- $30.00 – Cumberland Island National Seashore Annual Pass
The pass is good for one calendar year from month of purchase. The pass admits only the pass holder.
About
Where Nature and History Meet
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.
Directions
Driving Directions To reach the visitor center from Interstate 95: • Take Exit 3 for US 40 • Take US 40 East toward “Historic Downtown St. Marys” • US 40 becomes Osborne Rd. Continue on until you reach the waterfront • Turn right on St. Marys Rd • The visitor center will be two blocks down on your left (113 St. Marys St W, St Marys GA 31558)
Visitor Centers
Mainland Visitor Center
The Mainland Visitor Center is located at the waterfront in downtown St. Marys, GA. Visitors taking a ferry to the island should check in at this location 30 minutes prior to departure. The visitor center offers exhibits, a bookstore with memorabilia, and information to help you plan your visit to the island. Rangers are available to answer questions, sell park passes, and issue camping permits for private boaters . Long term parking is located one block west on the north side of the street. Sea Camp Ranger Station
Located at the Sea Camp dock on Cumberland Island. Visitors camping on the island must visit Sea Camp for a quick orientation and to receive their camping permits. Volunteers and rangers staff the station when available throughout the day. Here visitors can get information, see exhibits, attend interpretive programs, and rent bicycles when the ferry arrives. Mainland Museum
Exhibits explore the cultural and natural history of the island from prehistoric American Indian lives, through British occupation during the war of 1812, the Plantation Era, the Gilded Age, and the island today.
Weather
Cumberland Island’s climate is hot and humid during summer when temperatures tend to be in the 80’s (>26 C) and mild during winter when temperatures tend to be in the 60’s (
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