Jekyll Island, Georgia ?

I have not been in a while and I will let people with more experience make recommendations, but I will say it is one of my all time favorite beaches I have been to. I absolutely loved that place.

We were there for one night in January; we took a short road trip and went to Hilton Head, Jekyll, St. Simon, Savannah and Myrtle Beach for one night each. All those places are fairly close together.

It is a small island and you can see it all in about a 1/2 day. It has some walking/biking trails.

We stayed at the Hampton Inn and they had a nice board walk through the tree tops, over the sand dune to the beach. It is a few miles away from where most of the hotels and restaurants are.

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View of the beach from the HI board walk.

We ate at Zachry's Riverhouse based on a recommendation of the hotel clerk.

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The restaurant and the seafood we had.

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Driftwood beach is known for the driftwood. I was a little disappointed in this because I had seen pictures that were more interesting than what we saw. But is was a nice walk on the beach to get there; but I think there is a short cut.

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They have an historical area with some older, probably early 1900's era homes, thats nice. One is the Goodyear house; I think at one time some very rich people would go there and they had some kind of club. There is a Jekyll Island Club resort in the historical area but we did not go there.

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It is so small that the Episcopal's, Methodist and Catholics all use the same church. The Baptist had their own.

St. Simons Island is only about 20-30 minutes from Jekyll and they have some good restaurants and historical sites if that interest you.

Catch dinner at the Jekyll Club Wharf Resturant, good music, food and views....





And an obligatory...

Nice. Thanks guys.

And yes I plan to stay at least one night on the island. Gonna drive most of the way from central louisiana on that Thursday, stay in jekyll island that Friday before race , and then probably in gainesville that Saturday after the football game.

Appreciate the info y'all.

Be careful, you'll fall in love with the Georgia coast.

That's what i hear. Lol.

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If you'll be there for more than a day, I'd highly recommend going to Cumberland Island. Amazing place. It's the last barrier island in Ga before the state line with Florida.

You have to drive down to St Mary's and take a ferry, but it's a virtually uninhabited island, part of the national park system. There are a few people and one small inn, but other than that, it's all natural.

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There is also Sapalo Island. R.J Reynolds (tobacco) gave it to the state of Georgia. I spent a couple of summers working with the UGA Marine Institute. R.J. Reynolds built a Bavarian village next to his mansion.

My extended family goes every 3-4 years for our summer vacation just to mix things up from the gulf. Driftwood Beach is really cool if you go to the right spot. The food scene is ok but getting better. As somebody stated above, there is a toll bridge to get on the island. I would make sure you had everything you needed for your entire stay, and you don't have to get a multi-day pass.

Awesome. Did she run the Jekyll island half marathon or the Under the Oaks half marathon? Both are on Jekyll island. I am doing the Under the Oaks one lines up with our schedule. Definitely going for an extra day now after reading through this thread .

The Georgia coast is very beautiful and special since most of it is still undeveloped.