There's a new map for navigating the hiking trails on Cumberland Island National Seashore/Georgia Conservancy

Thanks to the hard work of the Georgia Conservancy, there's a new trail map to Cumberland Island National Seashore, complete with trail descriptions.

During the past few months, the Georgia Conservancy along with more than 450 volunteers worked on restoring hiking trails on the island off the Georgia coast. They spent more than 6,300 volunteer hours restoring, signing, and mapping the island's 50 miles of trails as part of REI's Every Trail Connects campaign. Part of their effort was to meticulously map all trails, roadways, and features on the island to produce a much-needed trail map.

The map, which you can find on this site, features a trail map on one side and trail descriptions on the opposite side. The decision by the Georgia Conservancy to take on the task of restoring and mapping the trails on the national seashore was easily made.

When we were provided the opportunity by REI to present a location worthy of consideration for their Every Trail Connects campaign, we didn't hesitate. Cumberland Island National Seashore has been at the forefront of the Georgia Conservancy's advocacy and stewardship efforts since our founding in 1967. From its protection as a national seashore in 1972 to the designation of its backcountry as wilderness in the early 1980s to its annual service weekends, the Georgia Conservancy has been Cumberland's champion.

An increasingly wild island, Cumberland offers hikers and backpackers a unique combination of ecosystems in a way that no other southeastern barrier island of its kind can. Towering dunes, freshwater lakes, maritime forest, salt marsh, deserted beach - Cumberland has it all.

The resulting map is the first "professional wilderness hiking map with trail descriptions, GPS coordinates, and trail mileage."