Explore Hunting Island

01/16/2025

Nothing screams "South Carolina" quite like our iconic palmetto trees. 🌴💚

The palmetto tree is on just about everything across S.C. and South Carolinians love for the iconic tree is a sense of pride that goes way back.

01/16/2025

Could we be getting some snow in ? The thought is both exciting...and slightly frightening. ❄️

Some meteorologists say it’s very possible that we could see some snow here in Beaufort SC next week on Wednesday, January 22nd.

01/15/2025

A beautiful shot of St. Phillips Island from high above. 🙌

📸 Melissa Schramkowski

01/09/2025

Interesting piece of .
U.S. Route 21 is a north-south highway that originally ran from Cleveland, Ohio, to Hunting Island here in . Over the years, parts of the route were replaced by Interstate highways. Today, 21 primarily runs through South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia, ending near the West Virginia border.
U.S. Route 21 has great historical significance as a major route for travelers and has played a role in various migration patterns, including the Great Migration of African Americans from the rural South to northern cities.
How far have you traveled it?

01/09/2025

There’s nothing like horseback riding along the beach and visiting Hunting Island in the winter means coming across lots of beautiful horses enjoying their long walks. 🌊🌴🐴

📸 LaDonna Heise

01/09/2025

If you’re looking for history, then is definitely the right place. 😎

Being over 500 years old, you're never too far from history in Beaufort SC. 500 years is a long time to create a story.

01/09/2025

to January 3, 2018 when was blanketed in 5+ inches of , and the whole area shut down for 4 days. But, it sure was beautiful. And, we never thought we'd see snow at the beach. ❄️❄️❄️

01/09/2025

Starting out as a hunting preserve in the 1800s as its name suggests, Hunting Island came to be our favorite beach and state park in the 1930s as a way to help put people back to work during the Great Depression. 🌊🌴⛱️

Although there's no shortage of sweet spots in our neck of the Southeastern coast, one of the most popular is undoubtedly Hunting Island State Park.

01/08/2025

The famous herd of beautiful wild marsh ponies roaming the Beaufort sea islands since the 1960s has been removed and rehomed locally in the Beaufort County area. 🐴

The legendary her of Beaufort's wild marsh ponies has been removed from their sea island location, and rehomed for their lifetimes.

01/05/2025

Being surprised when you see a shark along the beach is as odd as being shocked when you look up in the sky and see a bird. 🤦‍♀️ Here's an idea where you can see sharks in the water around . 🦈

01/05/2025

The Beaufort Oyster Festival is coming to downtown Beaufort’s Waterfront Park with two days of food, entertainment, and fun to enjoy. 🦪

The huge two-day Beaufort Oyster Festival is a celebration of community and the bounty of the sea in the Lowcountry.

01/04/2025

Ya just gotta love when the sand at Hunting Island beach looks like snow. So perfect. ⛱ ❄️

📸 Linda Miller

01/04/2025

Keep an eye out. 50 ton right whales have returned to Lowcountry waters to spend winter in the warmer ocean and give birth. 🐳

It's right whale season in Lowcountry waters and boaters are asked to beware and be on the lookout for the migrating mammals moving south to warmer waters.

01/03/2025

Camping under the stars next to the ocean at Hunting Island. This is just so perfect. ⛺🌊⛱

📸 Gary McPhee

01/02/2025

In what must be the largest turnout ever, brave beachgoers took advantage of a mild day and enjoyed the annual New Year's Day Pelican Plunge at Hunting Island Beach on Wednesday.
If you were at the big event, then you're probably in one of these photos!
🌊⛱️

01/02/2025

Beaufort has the largest number of tabby structures in the entire U.S. and some date way back to the 1500s. In fact, you could say that is a city made of tabby.

Tabby was introduced to Beaufort by the Spanish in the 17th century as an accessible building material, because you have to work with what's around you.

01/01/2025

Hundreds of brave beachgoers enjoyed the annual Pelican Plunge at Hunting Island Beach this afternoon, celebrating New Year's Day the way we do it here in . 🌊⛱️

🎥 Emma Cecil

12/30/2024

If you've never seen a swing bridge in action, visited a haunted chapel or had shrimp & grits...then you've probably never visited . 😊

Have you ever seen a swing bridge in action? Have you enjoyed shrimp & grits for breakfast? Here are 14 signs that you’ve never been to Beaufort SC.