Local And Regional Trails
St. Marys Tabby Trail
This educational and scenic "work in progress" is an 11-mile (22 miles roundtrip) bike and multi-use path from St. Marys Waterfront Park to Crooked River State Park. Comfort stations are located at Sweetwater Park on Pt. Peter Road and at the McIntosh Sugar Mill Tabby Ruins on Ga Spur 40 (across from the Stimson Gate of Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay). Restrooms and a Bike Repair Station are located at the St. Marys Waterfront Park. Paths are still in progress along the route.
Planning for the Future
Health, recreation, and education make this trail a well-rounded, "something-for-everyone" option for your day out on the trails. Once complete, the Tabby Trail will join four large parks and conservation areas which have hundreds of acres of walking and biking trails. This provides an opportunity for users to experience nature through visits to the Crooked River, the Mcintosh Sugar Mill Tabby Ruins, the St. Marys Rookery Conservation Area, and the ferry launch for the nationally protected Cumberland Island National Seashore. Thanks to a partnership with The Nature Conservancy and their expertise, numerous educational signs will be included along the trail path explaining the importance of environmental sustainability, especially the endangered species endemic to Georgia, such as the Wood Stork, the Pitcher Plant, and others. The Tabby Trail will also be building an accessible "spur" to the St. Marys Rookery Conservation Area. This unique ecological site, that prominenlty features Roseate Spoonbills and Wood Storks, is currenlty under utilized and offeres few opportunities for public viewing. You will also find comfort stations, bike racks and repair stations, a wildlife and bird-watching stand, and educational interpretive signage along the route. Environmental Education is an important goal of the Tabby Trail and it will add to the outdoor recreational experience of the area while focusing on sustainability and environmental stewardship.
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Walking, Biking, Birding, Hiking, Kayaking Fun
Choose Your Path to Inspiration in a destination that offers connectivity to history and nature.
Colonial Coast Birding Trail
A visit to one or more sites along the Colonial Coast Birding Trail will provide you with the opportunity to experience the beauty of the area. Each site along the trail is unique and many offer the chance to watch birds and visit 18th and 19th Century historic places. The numbers of birds found along the trail change with the rising and falling of the tides and with the seasons.
Crooked River State Park Trails
Several trails to choose from Palmetto Trail, Sempervirens Trail, River Trail, Bay Boardwalk Trail & the newest is the Storybook Trail. Common trees and plants include loblolly bay, water oak, red maple, sweet gum, swamp and water tupelo. Birders may spot red-bellied woodpecker, pileated woodpecker, flicker, sapsucker, yellowthroat warbler, pine warbler, migratory songbirds and more.
Georgia WWII Heritage Trail
Explore our state's legacy of inspiring wartime stories at the museums that make up this trail. Take flight in a World War II airplane, build a Liberty ship, explore a pilot training base, march in the boots of the Band of Brothers, and learn personal stories of courage, character and patriotism. Suggested routes for:
Weekend Routes for The Coast, Middle Georgia, and North Georgia
Gum Branch Nature Preserve + Disc Golf
A few miles west of St. Mary’s and Cumberland Island. It is in the upper reaches of Gum Branch, a creek flowing eastward to waters of the Crooked River and Cumberland Sound. You’ll see flatwoods type long-leaf and slash pine forest with heavy blueberry and gallberry under-story. Camden PSA has set up a disc golf course on the paths. website
St. Marys History Walk
The history walk offers education beyond the classroom on a 600-foot walking trail where 24 interpretive panels outline the history of the area. As you begin your self-guided tour, you’re drawn into our history and culture.
Located at the corner of Bartlett St. & W. St. Marys Street.
Southeast Coast Saltwater Paddling Trail
The Georgia coastline stretches over 100 miles from the St. Marys River Sound to the Savannah River Sound. A majority of the trail in Georgia is for intermediate to advanced paddlers only. Contacting an experienced outfitter/guide is highly recommended. The trail is divided into 11 sections starting at St. Marys and going north. website
Woodbine Riverwalk and Rail-Trail
A great place to walk, run, or bike. Part of the Georgia Coast Rail-Trail. This 3-mile segment offers scenery changes from wetlands, to live oaks, to Victorian homes. You can also enjoy the Satilla River Waterfront Park at the northern end, where you'll find a boardwalk observation pier that was once a railroad trestle. Satilla River Waterfront Park on E. 1st Street in Woodbine. website
White Oak Rail Trail -Northern Camden County
This nature trail is a part of the Rails to Trails initiative, the EAST COAST GREENWAY, and the Coastal Georgia Greenway. It can be accessed from Hwy 17 S coming from Brunswick at Hwy 252 in White Oak, at Refuge Road right outside of Woodbine, or at several other intersections spaced along Hwy 17 between White Oak and Waverly. The total length of the trail is 6.1 out and back and it has a number of well-maintained path surfaces, including some gravel.website
Rosalynn Carter Butterfly Trail Site #248
The Cumberland Island Rosalynn Carter Butterfly Garden #248 is located next to the museum at 129 Osborne Street. Plantings include bleeding heart, scarlet silvia, aster, lupin, purple cone flower, creeping phlox, gerber daisy, echinacea, black eyed susan, lily of the valey, lily, passion flower, rainy lily, and butterfly milkweed. Also placed is a butterfly house and plant labeling signs.
Rosalynn Carter Butterfly Trail Site #377
St. Marys Public Library Seed Garden #377 is located next to the library at 100 Her Bauer Drive. The garden attracts Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, Black Swallowtail, and Common Buckeye butterflies. Nectar and host plants include asclepias incarnata, asclepias tuberosa, coreopsis integrifolia, helianthus angustifolius, liatris squarrulosa, melanthera nivea, monarda fistulosa, salvia coccinea, solidago stricta, and stokesia laevis.