Holiday Nights and Lights: A Sparkling Drive Through History
Enjoy a family night together with a luminous drive through Historic Mitchelville Freedom Park December 7, 8 & 9, 2024 from 6-9PM. Holiday Nights and Lights returns with thousands of sparkling lights and holiday displays. For the safety of volunteers and participants, attendees must remain in their vehicles. Grab your coffee or cocoa and cookies, […]
HARBOUR TOWN LIGHTHOUSE
Perched at the southern point of Hilton Head Island overlooking the Harbour Town Yacht Basin sits the iconic red-and-white striped Harbour Town Lighthouse. The stunning 360-degree views encompass water and marsh, stretching for miles in all directions. This landmark has been welcoming guests to Hilton Head Island for over fifty years. In 2001 an informative, […]
FISH AND GRITS MUSIC FESTIVAL
Take a break from searching Hilton Head real estate and come celebrate the Gullah Geechee culture on October 5, 2024, at Lowcountry Celebration Park! The Fish and Grits Music Festival is a one day event showcasing Gullah Geechee cuisine, crafts and performing arts. West African slaves on remote plantations and sea islands from Wilmington, NC […]
Hounds on the Harbour
Looking for a day of fun and activities for the whole family, including the fluffy, furry members? Check out Hounds on the Harbour at Harbour Town in Sea Pines on October 5, 2024, from 10AM-12PM. Dance along with the DJ. Try you luck at the raffles. Check out some new stylish accessories for your favorite […]
TABBY CONSTRUCTION
Necessity is the mother of invention. That proverb was certainly true when it came tothe creation of tabby construction. Scarcity of clay for bricks and a humid climate whichexacerbated wood rot along with an abundance of sand and oyster shells found inNative American trash middens gave birth to the labor intensive process of tabby. Tabby […]
AUDUBON NEWHALL PRESERVE
Nestled in the south end of Hilton Head Island is a 50-acre nature preserve called theAudubon Newhall Preserve. As the island was rapidly being developed, Caroline“Beany” Newhall saw the need to preserve the natural areas and woodlands. In 1965,with land deeded by Charles Frasier, the Island Wildlife Preserve was established. In1976, the Preserve was deeded […]
LETTERED OLIVE SHELL
Forty years ago, the lettered olive was named the State Shell of South Carolina. The
highly polished shell is valued by collectors and abundant along the shorelines of the
Lowcountry.
