Alt Text Map of Cumberland Island National Seashore in Georgia. The park is a long, thin island off Georgia’s Atlantic coast, just above the Florida state line. A tall section in the center of the park is wilderness. Extended Description The park boundary includes the island and a thin stretch of the waters surrounding it. Some sections of the park are shaded gray to indicate private property. Most of the land is shaded green to indicate maritime forest, while the long ocean-facing shoreline is shaded white to indicate beach and dunes. Pale, blue-shaded land along the island’s coastal side is salt marsh. Mainland areas are beige. The Atlantic Coast is dotted with dune crossing markers from north to south. This description will start outside the park area on the road leading to the Visitor Center, then will travel up the island from there, moving from the bottom to the top, noting park features along the way. A transcription of the legend will follow. An inset detail map will then be described, followed by a transcription of its legend. On the Mainland Near the middle-left side of the map is Crooked River State Park, whose diagonal west boundary runs along State Route Spur 40, which leads off the left edge of the map. State Route 40 emerges further south, from the left, below the Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base, curving around St Marys to the Mainland Museum and the Cumberland Island National Seashore Visitor Center, on the St Marys River. Text next to State Route 40 reads “To Interstate 95 Exit 3.” A dashed blue line representing a passenger ferry winds east through St Marys River, then up the Intracoastal Waterway a short distance to two docks on the island’s lower west side. On the Island The lower dock has the Ice House Museum, which has restrooms and potable water. The upper dock, Sea Camp Ranger Station, also has restrooms and potable water. The two points are connected by the River Trail, and also by the unpaved Main Road, which runs vertically up the island. The Main Road starts south of the dock points, near Dungeness Ruins, which has restrooms and potable water. Dungeness sits at the top of Beach Creek, which winds down salt marsh area toward South End Ponds and the South End Trail, which cuts across the island’s bottom tip to the Atlantic Coast. A spur off the road from Dungeness Ruins connects to the east shoreline. Another spur travels east from Sea Camp Ranger Station to Sea Camp, on the beach/dune and maritime forest area. Sea Camp has campgrounds, restrooms, potable water, and showers. The section from Sea Camp to Dungeness has an offset detail map at the bottom. From Sea Camp, the Parallel Trail heads north through forest and private land, past Little Greyfield Beach and up to Hickory Hill near the middle of the island. The Main Road also heads north. Above Greyfield, the offshoot Old House Road leads to Old House Creek in the salt marsh and a trail that goes northeast back up to the main road. Pratts Trail goes from Old House Road northeast toward Stafford Beach on the Atlantic side, which has restrooms, non-potable water, showers, and a primitive campsite. Back up the Main Road, after crossing private land, is the Wilderness Area. The Old River Trail heads toward the salt marsh and reconnects to the Main Road further north. The Willow Pond Trail leads to Hickory Hill, which has a primitive campsite, in the middle of the forest area. The Willow Pond Trail leads to the beach. The Yankee Paradise Trail goes from Hickory Hill up to Yankee Paradise primitive campsite, passing non-potable water on the way. At Yankee Paradise, the Duck House Trail cuts across from the main road over to the coast, with the Tar Kiln Trail and Lost Trail as offshoots that continue north through forest. West of the Duck House Trail off the main road, near the salt marsh, is Plum Orchard, which has a dock, restrooms, and potable water. A road continues up through the forest area to the Table Point Trail, below Brickhill River. The Table Point Trail connects to the Ashley Pond Trail and Kings Bottom Trail, both of which head back down to meet up with the main road. The Main Road continues diagonally up the edge of maritime forest land near salt marsh, passing the Oyster Pond Trail and Roller Coaster Trail, which continues up the coast toward Whitney Lake. Perpendicular to the Main Road, the South Cut Trail lines up with the Brickhill River and runs east toward the coast, intersecting with the Roller Coaster Trail. The Killman Field Trail curves out from the Main Road, then reconnects near the Brickhill River. The Bunkley Trail runs parallel with the Main Road, up to the Wilderness Area Boundary and North Cut Road. The Brickhill River stretches from around Plum Orchard Dock, winding up through the island’s salt-marsh-dense western corner, above the Table Point Trail. Its south end feeds into the Cumberland Dividings and its northern mouth feeds into the Cumberland River, along the northwest boundary of the park. Near a bend of the Brickhill River, the Main Road reaches Brickhill Bluff, which has non-potable water and primitive camping, as well as the Brickhill Trail which runs between the road and the salt marsh. The Main Road continues up to the northwest park boundary to Cumberland Wharf Ruins, passing by the Terrapin Point Trail to the west. The Wilderness Area Boundary goes diagonally from the ruins down to North Cut Road and over to the coast. A road running parallel crosses with another road that goes up to The Settlement and First African Baptist Church, which has restrooms and nonpotable water, just south of Burbank Point and west of more salt marsh land. The road that runs diagonally above North Cut Road continues east to the coast, passing High Point. Text here reads “road through High Point is private; use North Cut Road.” Farther east, North Cut Road crosses another road going north-south up toward Christmas Creek, which forms the bottom boundary of Little Cumberland Island, a private section of land that includes the tip of the land. Inset Map: Southend Loop Area A detail map set into the lower left corner of the main map shows the suggested walking route around this stretch of land, which includes Sea Camp Ranger Station at the top and Raccoon Keys on the bottom left side of the island. The walking route is shown as a red-highlighted path, whose total distance is 4.3 miles (6.9 kilometers). Text notes the trail is unmarked on the beach. Unpaved road leads from Raccoon Keys in the salt marsh, up toward Dungeness Ruins. From Dungeness Ruins, a red-highlighted road going southeast above the salt marsh passes by restrooms, potable water, and a cemetery. The road continues to the coast, but the red suggested route veers below it to a dashed yellow trail which includes the Marsh Boardwalk, Interdune Boardwalk, and the Dungeness Trail to the coast. The distance from Dungeness Ruins to the coast is 0.9 mile (1.4 kilometers). The route continues north up the coast for 1.5 miles (2.4 kilometers). West of this point is Sea Camp, which has a campground, restrooms, potable water, and showers. From here, the walking route continues on unpaved road, crossing the Main Road, to Sea Camp Ranger Station and Sea Camp Dock, which has restrooms and potable water, on the Cumberland Sound. The River Trail runs south from here to Ice House Museum for 0.8 mile (1.3 kilometers). Ice House has restrooms, potable water, and Dungeness Dock. The route continues back down to Dungeness Ruins for 0.5 miles (0.8 kilometers). A scale in the inset map shows distances of 0.25 and 0.5 kilometers and 0.25 and 0.5 miles. Legend A scale in the upper left corner of the main map shows distances of 1 and 2 kilometers, and 1 and 2 miles. The legend below reads as follows: Yellow dashed line for Trails, White line for Unpaved roads, White land for Beach and dunes, Green land for Maritime forest, Blue land for Salt marsh, Gray-shaded land for private/retained-rights property, and Green line for wilderness area boundary. Text below reads, “Small private property parcels are not shown. Respect private property. All roads on Cumberland Island are unpaved. Bicycles are permitted only on Main Road, North Cut Road, and the road to Plum Orchard. There are no lifeguards; swim at your own risk.” Two columns of symbols represent Restrooms, Showers, Campground, Primitive campsite, Potable water, Non-potable water, and Dune crossing marker. On the lower right side of the map, next to a silhouette of the island with wilderness area marked off in the middle section, text reads, “Wilderness: Congress designated the Cumberland Island Wilderness in 1982 and it now has a total of 9,906 acres. For information about the National Wilderness Preservation System, visit www.wilderness.net.”