National Seashore

California's Point Reyes includes sand beaches, brush hillside, and forested ridges. The seashore offers hiking, events, and wildlife exploration programs.

Padre Island National Seashore separates the Gulf of Mexico from the Laguna Madre, and protects coastline, dunes, prairies, and wind tidal flats.

Gulf Islands National Seashore features sparkling blue waters, magnificent snowy-white beaches, historic forts, fertile coastal marshes, and beautiful winding nature trails.

Fire Island, just one hour east of New York City, has been a special place for diverse plants, animals, and people for centuries.

Cumberland Island is Georgia's largest and southernmost barrier island, full of pristine maritime forests, undeveloped beaches, and wide marshes.

Cape Lookout National Seashore protects the southernmost section of the Outer Banks of North Carolina, just east of the mainland.

A haven for recreation and reflection, the islands of Cape Hatteras National Seashore are constantly changing by tide, storm, current, and wind.

Visitors to Cape Cod National Seashore can explore David Thoreau's famous route as he traced the coast of the Atlantic Ocean in Massachusetts.

Canaveral National Seashore is on a barrier island which includes ocean, beach, dune, hammock, lagoon, salt marsh, and pine flatland habitats.

Enjoy the beauty of the herds of wild Assateague horses that roam the beaches and woods. Explore sandy beaches, salt marshes, maritime forests, and coastal bays.