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The pier runs out from the south end beside the pavilion, and it is where Tybee gathers, for fishing, for the view back down the strand and for whatever is playing under the roof. Walking it costs nothing. The beach either side is the busiest sand on the island.
Three miles of Atlantic sand with nothing built on it. There is no bridge, which is precisely why it stays that way.
A mid-island access most visitors drive past, with the wetlands at your back rather than a car park. This is the one to set an alarm for.
Coligny Beach Park is Hilton Head’s most popular public beach, offering visitors swinging benches, a refreshing fountain, and easy boardwalk access. This free attraction provides a welcoming spot for a relaxed day by the ocean.
A long boardwalk over the dunes onto wide, flat sand. The parking and the playground are why families end up here rather than anywhere else.
A wilder beach on the Sound, reached by boardwalk, beside the ground where Mitchelville stood — the first self-governed town of freed people in the country.
The mid-island beach locals actually use. Boardwalk over the dunes, lifeguards in season, and a shorter walk from the car than most.
Quiet, shaded and built for an afternoon rather than a photograph — shelters, a playground, and calmer water than the ocean side.
The Sands is Port Royal’s own beach, a short crescent on Battery Creek with a boat ramp at one end and an observation boardwalk at the other. People come to hunt fossil shark teeth along the waterline at low tide, and they find them. The boardwalk climbs high enough to see over the marsh toward Parris Island.
Hunting Island State Park, South Carolina’s most-visited state park, offers a semi-tropical barrier island experience. Here, you can explore five miles of unspoiled beach, tranquil lagoons, and a dense maritime forest. It is a perfect destination for those seeking a natural escape and wildlife viewing.
A boneyard beach, where the shore took the forest back and left the trees standing bleached white. It is a preserve rather than a park: no facilities, and nothing leaves with you.
Shells worth stooping for, maritime forest behind the dunes, and the longest accessible trail system in the state.
The only way onto Kiawah’s sand without owning something on the island. Wide, hard-packed, and good for walking a long way.
The surf town end of the county: a pier, boards for hire, and the Morris Island Lighthouse standing offshore at the far end of the sand.
The pier reaches past the break and is open for walking and fishing. The current structure opened in 2023, replacing the 1995 pier, and retains the diamond-shaped end where fishing rods cluster.
The Washout is the surf spot on the north end of Folly, named for the section of East Ashley Avenue a hurricane removed. It picks up more swell than the rest of the island and holds a crowd whenever anything is running. Parking is roadside and limited, so it goes quickly on a good morning.
Station 28.5 is the beach access most people mean when they say they are going to Sullivan’s. The walk out crosses a wide belt of dune and maritime scrub before the sand opens up, and the inside bar stays shallow a long way out. It is also the island’s kiteboarding launch, best on a side-onshore breeze.
Wide sand, maritime forest behind it, and a fort at one end. Residential and deliberately underbuilt, so bring what you need with you.
Front Beach is the couple of blocks on Ocean Boulevard where Isle of Palms keeps its bars, ice cream and surf shops, with the sand directly across the street. It is the loudest part of the island and the only part with anything open late. Parking is metered and scarce, so most people walk or ride in.
The county park is the stretch of Isle of Palms with lifeguards through the season, along with showers, a play area and volleyball. Parking is paid and it fills early on summer weekends. For families it is the simplest beach day on this side of Charleston, because everything is in one place.
Bulls Island sits inside Cape Romain and is reached by ferry from Garris Landing. Its far shore is Boneyard Beach, where a drowned maritime forest stands bleached in the surf, and it is one of the strangest stretches of coast in the state. Alligators hold the freshwater impoundments inland, so the walk across is not a casual one.