Cumberland Island National Seashore A short ferry ride transports you to this unspoiled National Seashore. Share your spot on the wide white beaches with wild ponies grazing amidst the windswept dunes. Inland, majestic live oak and palmetto forests provide shelter for wild horses, turkey, alligator, armadillo, deer, mink and a tremendous variety of coastal birds. Ruins of the once magnificent Carnegie Estate "Dungeness" still stand on the South End. Kingsland offers you the largest selection of national chain hotels, just 10 minutes from the ferry departure point. Click here for more information on this National Park. Cumberland Island Museum NEW - The Cumberland Island Museum recently opened its doors. Located on the mainland, visitors who are unable to take the ferry over to the island can still capture a glance of mysterious life on the island. This newly opened facility houses a collection of artifacts from Cumberland Island and includes an exhibit area open to the public. The museum features island exhibits and provides a glimpse of life on the barrier ialnd suring the "gilded age'. The exhibitions highlight the lives of the Native Americans, African Americans, the Carnegie Family, as well as others who lived on the island in the 19th and 20th centuries.