Cumberland Island has been made into a National Park to preserve its complex ecological systems, which include salt marsh, maritime forest, and sparkling white sand ocean beaches.
A passenger ferry makes tw0 round trips a day from St. Mary's.
The ferry makes two stops on the island, less than a mile apart. Most tourists get off at the first. The boat landing above is the second stop, at the Sea Camp Ranger Station, where beach cruiser bicycles may be rented.
After riding on the "main road" for a while, we took the narrow Pratt's Trail, which cuts diagonally through the forest to the campground at Stafford Beach. We walked the beach cruisers through the white sand and over the dune until we came out onto the dazzling brightness of Stafford Beach. The birds are pelicans.
A ghost crab assumes an aggressive posture, ready to fight rather than run.
A passenger ferry makes tw0 round trips a day from St. Mary's.
The ferry makes two stops on the island, less than a mile apart. Most tourists get off at the first. The boat landing above is the second stop, at the Sea Camp Ranger Station, where beach cruiser bicycles may be rented.
After riding on the "main road" for a while, we took the narrow Pratt's Trail, which cuts diagonally through the forest to the campground at Stafford Beach. We walked the beach cruisers through the white sand and over the dune until we came out onto the dazzling brightness of Stafford Beach. The birds are pelicans.
A ghost crab assumes an aggressive posture, ready to fight rather than run.
