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Maps – 2

CUMBERLAND ISLAND NATIONAL SEASHORE (CINS)

Year National Seashore Formed:
1972


Wilderness Designation:
1982
8,840 wilderness and 11,718 acres as potential wilderness


Wilderness Redesignation:
2004
(Lost appx. 200 acres)


Total Current Wilderness Acreage:
9,907
(abt 15 square miles)


Managed by:
National Park Service


Annual Visitors:
60,000
*this number excludes private boaters kayakers, scientists/naturalists and guests of private events


Additional Designations/Recognitions:
Previously designated as an
International Biosphere Reserve
(this designation was removed in 2017)

LITTLE KNOWN FACT!
Over 11,000 acres were designated as ‘potential wilderness’ which, legally, must be managed in the same manner as the Wilderness Area. Less than 5% of the United States is under this designation, with most of it in the western US.