Hilton Head Island has beautiful beaches. They are clean and well maintained. The water is warm and the surf is usually not rough. There are natural grasses and many birds. It is a relaxing beach.

Hilton Head Island’s hard sand beaches are perfect for bicycling.

All of the beaches are public up to the high tide water mark. But, you can’t get to most of them without crossing private property, often gated. Here is a list of public beaches and public access to beaches.

Public Access Beaches with Lifeguards

• Alder Lane Beach Access, South Forest Beach Drive
  Metered Parking Spaces
  Wheelchair accessible
  Restrooms and showers
• Coligny Beach, Pope Avenue off Coligny Circle
  Free Parking Lot
  Wheelchair accessible
  Lots of shops and cafes, Wi-Fi, showers, gazebos, benches and swings, binocular machine, restrooms, play-in splash water fountain
• Driessen Beach Park, Bradley Beach Road
  Large Metered Parking Lot
  Wheelchair accessible
  Boardwalk, playground, restrooms, showers, pavilion, picnic tables, grill
• Folly Field Beach, Just off Folly Field Road, where Starfish Drive and Sand Dollar Road meet
  Small Metered Parking Lots
  Wheelchair accessible
  Boardwalk, restrooms, showers, wooden boardwalk bridge, water fountain, soda machine
• Islanders Beach, Folly Field Road
  Metered Parking
  Wheelchair accessible
  Boardwalk, playground, picnic pavilions, grills, restrooms and showers

These all have lifeguards during season.

Public Access Beaches without Lifeguards

• Burkes Beach, Burkes Beach Road
  Metered Parking Spaces
  Paved trails, showers, basketball courts, tennis courts, dog park
• Fish Haul Creek Beach, near the end of Beach City Road
  Observation deck, covered pavilion, benches, picnic tables, binocular machine
• Mitchelville Beach, Mitchelville Road off Beach City Road
  Wheelchair accessible
  Restrooms and showers

Pets

• Pets are allowed on the beach before 10:00 AM and after 5:00 PM from the day after Labor Day until the day before Memorial Day.
• If you have a very well behaved dog, “under positive voice control,” your dog may be off leash from October 1 through the end of March.
• You must clean up after your pet.

This information may change.

Usually the beaches are quite uncrowded, but we made the mistake of going over Labor Day one year! Wow!

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