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Sea Camp Campground is located a half mile from the Sea Camp dock. All sites are walk-to, tent sites and campers are responsible for transporting all gear. Carts can be used. There are flush toilets, drinking water, cold showers, and a dish washing sink. Each site has a fire ring with grill, picnic table and food storage. It is common for this campground to fill up.
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 the https://www.nps.gov/cuis/planyourvisit/permitsandreservations.htm or visit https://www.cumberlandislandferry.com/.
* Sea Camp and Stafford Beach have drinkable water (treat water at wilderness campgrounds)
* No fires at the wilderness sites (Hickory Hill, Yankee Paradise, and Brickhill Bluff)
* Be prepared to hang your food at all three wilderness campgrounds
*There are no trash cans on the island. Please plan to pack out all trash and follow Leave No Trace principles.
* Carts of any kind are not allowed north of Sea Camp. Campers should be prepared to hike all gear into Stafford Beach and all three wilderness sites.
* Plan camping reservation around seasonal ferry schedule (no Tuesday/Wednesday ferry during winter, Dec. 1st - Feb. 28th)
*Hammocks must be free-standing. Tying to trees or any structures prohibited.
Transportation to Cumberland Island National Seashore is via the Cumberland Queen ferry. The ferry is a concession operation. Private boats are also allowed to dock during daylight hours on the north end of the Dungeness and Sea Camp docks, but must pay the entrance fee.
Permits are $22 a night for individual sites good for up to 6 people. Group sites are $40 a night good for up to 20 people.
* You must have a reservation to camp on the island * Print a copy of your camping permit within 10 days of the start of your trip and bring it with you to the park
The scenery is beautiful and the beach just a fairly short walk away down flat paths and a boardwalk. The campsites have several picnic tables and bear boxes, as well as a couple of gear poles for hanging packs. There are plenty of good locations for both tents and hammocks, and the huge twisty branches of the oak trees make it easy to tie up tarps over the picnic tables. The bathhouse was in good condition and clean, and provided a source of filtered water and outlets for charging electronics. As someone who usually prefers primative camping, this was far more luxury then I was expecting, but made camping over the Labor Day weekend with a small group a delight.
Make sure to keep your food in the bear boxes, because the raccoons are determined and clever. And if a horse wanderers into your campsite, just let him graze. We named him Steve McQueen Carnegie III, and he won't bother you as long as you keep your distance.
Beautiful clean campground. Shower house has filtered water and phone charging station. Not much phone signal except at ruins and ranger station. Friendly accommodating rangers & volunteers! They even set out several coolers of ice water around the island because it was so hot and dry.
A must day trip or camping place to be.. had fun walking through the mix of woods, ruins, white sand, dunes and beach view and horses on the beach was cherry on the cake. Absolutely worth it. Only access to this island is getting on on a ferry from St. Marys.
Good location lots of shade not too far from the bathhouse not much more to say other than it is backpack it in backpack it out camping
