Hilton Head Island Sailing Travel Guide

Hilton Head Island Sailing Travel Guide

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Hilton Head Island, South Carolina (courtesy, Hilton Head Island Convention & Visitors Bureau)
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Hilton Head Island Sailing Travel Tips

By Sarah White

  • Head to Calibogue Sound's calmer waters along Broad Creek with Cheers Charters, which offers morning and evening excursions on a sleek, 45-foot sloop. Tuesday evening tours include fireworks in summer.
  • Take to the skies in a parasailing rig with H2O Sports in Harbour Town Marina, and see as far as 25 miles in all directions. Adults fly for US$65.
  • Get up close and personal with dolphins, ospreys, and a wide variety of wildlife inhabiting Hilton Head Island.
  • Billed as the island's fastest sailboat, the 27-foot catamaran Flying Circus departs daily from the Palmetto Bay Marina.

Hilton Head Travel Guide

The largest sea island between New Jersey and Florida, and one of America's great resort meccas, Hilton Head is surrounded by the Low Country, where much of the romance, beauty, and graciousness of the Old South survives. Broad white-sand beaches are warmed by the Gulf Stream and fringed with palm trees and rolling dunes. Palms mingle with live oaks, dogwood, and pines, and everything is draped in Spanish moss. Graceful sea oats, anchoring the beaches, wave in the wind. The subtropical climate makes all this beauty the ideal setting for golf and for some of the Southeast's finest saltwater fishing. Far more sophisticated and upscale than Myrtle Beach and the Grand Strand, Hilton Head's "plantations" (as most resort areas here call themselves) offer visitors something of the traditional leisurely lifestyle that's always held sway here. Read More

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Main Street Inn

2200 Main Street PO Box 23886
Hilton Head Island, SC Map

Distance: 1.5 mi.
(from destination center)

Hotel Class: 2 class stars

expert favorite hotel
Good For Sailing
Expert Rated & Recommended
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Desoto Beach Bed and Breakfast

210 Butler Avenue
Tybee Island , GA 31328 Map

Distance: 15.2 mi.
(from destination center)

Hotel Class: Not Yet Rated
expert favorite hotel
Good For Sailing
Expert Rated & Recommended
4.0

The Georgianne Inn

1312 Butler Avenue
Tybee Island , GA 31328 Map

Distance: 16.2 mi.
(from destination center)

Hotel Class: Not Yet Rated
expert favorite hotel
Good For Sailing
Expert Rated & Recommended
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Attractions

Dolphin Cruises

expert favorite attraction
Broad Creek Marina, Marshland Road
Hilton Head Island, South Carolina 29926

Distance: 1.0 mi. (from destination center)

Description: Dolphin Adventure Nature Cruise offers rides with Sonny C Charters aboard the 21-passenger S. S.... Read More
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Coastal Discovery Museum tours

expert favorite attraction
P.O. Box 23497; 100 William Hilton Parkway
Hilton Head Island, South Carolina 29925

Distance: 3.7 mi. (from destination center)

Description: The Coastal Discovery Museum offers programs, activities, and exhibits highlighting Hilton Head... Read More
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Tybee Island Lighthouse

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(Just off Hwy 80)
Meddin Dr
Tybee Island, Georgia 31328

Distance: 14.6 mi. (from destination center)
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Airports

Major Airports near Hilton Head Island

Distance (mi.)
Jacksonville International Airport 134.9 map
Charlotte Douglas Airport 207.8 map
Hartfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport 235.5 map

Other Smaller Airports near Hilton Head Island

Distance (mi.)
Hilton Head Airport 3.1 map
Hilton Head/Savannah Airport 26.8 map
Charleston AFB Municipal Airport 62.9 map

Flight Deals to Hilton Head Island

Originating From
Columbus, OH (CMH) to Jacksonville (JAX) $151
Atlanta (ATL) to Jacksonville (JAX) $156
Manchester (MHT) to Jacksonville (JAX) $158
Providence (PVD) to Jacksonville (JAX) $158
Buffalo (BUF) to Jacksonville (JAX) $164

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