A footpath provides onward access down to the beach and connects to the Moray Coastal Trail network.

It also lends access to the wells which provided the village's water supply in times past.

Cummingston's raised location means the majority of the properties have a view of the Moray Firth.

Separated to the west from Burghead by farmland and from Hopeman to the east by a closed landfill site and further farmland, the Moray Council Local Plan seeks to retain the village's present small linear nature by preventing housing construction in these areas.

Now part of the Moray Council's Coastal trail,[1] the trackbed is now an excellent footpath laid in gravel, popular with walkers and cyclists.