Cumberland Island National Seashore
![]() | Cumberland Island is Georgia's largest and southernmost barrier island. Pristine maritime forests, undeveloped beaches and wide marshes. Enjoy ranger guided tours or explore in quiet solitude. Cumberland Island National Seashore has an incredibly rich history. Archeological studies indicate that Native Americans inhabited the island over 4,000 years ago. Their shell mounds can still be found today and provide scientists with a unique view of early life on Cumberland. |
![]() | In recent history John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette, who both died in a 1999 Massachusetts plane crash, were married at the First African Baptist Church in 1996. The tiny church, with only eleven handmade pews, sits near the original emancipated slave settlement by Burbank Point. |
![]() | Vistors to the Island travel on the Cumberland Queen from the Cumberland National Seashore Visitors Center. Tickets for transportation to the Island can be purchased at this location. or more information, visit . . . |