Harbor Town Village and Marina was modeled after small French and Italian ports and developed for privacy and ambiance. This center with Mediterranean influences offers independent clothing/jewelry shops, craft shops, restaurants, concerts and all the water sports available. Harbor Town has a park and treehouse for children, as well as a nature center. Gregg Russell Playground, named after the artist of Harbor Town for 25 consecutive years, is located just off Liberty Oak. The quaint Sea Pines Village Center also offers a free trolley that runs daily, with varying hours of operation throughout the year between Harbor Town, South Beach Village and Turtle Lane Beach Club.

Consider owning a “dockominium” at the yacht club: it’s like a condo on the water, but your land is your boat launch. The many amenities available at the Yacht Basin include unique shops, restaurants, and a grocery store within the same complex. Concerts and other forms of entertainment are frequently held on the nearby golf course where Harbor Town Golf Links sponsors tournaments, including the Verizon Heritage each year.

Sea Pines Resort’s second marina is modeled after New England fishing villages and is located on the southern tip of Hilton Head Island. Nature tours, dolphin tours, kayaking and parasailing are just a few of the activities available near the Salty Dog Café house. For lodging, the colorful South Beach Inn is located nearby at the southern tip of the island, and has weekly and nightly rates.

Marine Pines Activities

Sea Pines contains the island’s first golf course, the Ocean Course designed by George Cobb, was built in 1959. Restructured by Mike McCumber in September 1995, the highlight of the Ocean Course is its 15th hole with a breathtaking view of the ocean.

George Cobb also designed the 1967 Sea Marsh course. Remodeled by Clyde Johnson in 1990, the Sea Marsh course – like the Ocean course – is known not only for its age and elegance, but also for having become an Audubon-certified cooperative sanctuary. . Watch out for the 13th hole; it extends over 163 meters.

Harbor Town Golf Links, developed in 1970 by Pete Dye and Jack Nicklaus, is and has been the home of the PGA’s Verizon Heritage Classic since 1969 when it was first won by Arnold Palmer. Among the many features of this famous course is its photogenic 18th hole, with the Harbor Town Lighthouse in the background. Noted for excellence in design and playability, the par-71 Harbor Town Golf Links has been rated one of the nation’s top golf courses by several magazines since 1971.

The Sea Pines Racquet Club, run by world-renowned trainer and US Open and Wimbledon champion Stan Smith, hosted the Family Circle Cup from 1973 to 2000, and frequently other tournaments, such as the Corel Champions Tour , the Dupont All-American, the World Invitational and the Stan Smith Invitational, among others. The club has 23 clay courts and offers private and semi-private lessons.

When Charles Fraser began developing Sea Pines in the early 1950s, he focused on keeping the island’s abundance of natural beauty as untouched as possible. To date, the Sea Pines Forest Reserve covers approximately 605 acres, home to diverse flora and fauna, including over 200 species of creatures, as well as lagoons and salt marshes. Here you’ll find a wildflower meadow, a thousand-foot boardwalk, the Low Ropes team building course, and miles of biking and walking trails. Even fishing is allowed, but with the appropriate permit.

Are you a history fanatic? The Sea Pines Plantation Forest Preserve has its share of historic landmarks. The 4,000-year-old Indian Shell Ring, for example, is believed to have been built around 1450 BC. Those responsible for its assembly are also said to have invented pottery here in North America.

The ruins of Stoney-Baynard, once an 18th-century plantation house, are now open for tours. The property is covered in oyster shells and its architecture includes porthole-like windows.

Lawton Stables is home to over 50 American Saddlebred horses, a breed generated by crossing the Narragansett Pacer, Thoroughbred and Morgan lines to develop beautiful, tough animals now often used for show. Lawton Stables offers – at affordable rates – not only English riding lessons to residents and visitors, but also pony rides for children and guided tours through the fantastic Sea Pines Nature Forest Reserve.

This quaint and sprawling community, bordering the Atlantic Ocean to the east and Calibogue Sound to the west, is ideal for vacationers and residents alike. Villas, condos, homes and land available in Sea Pines for building that dream home abound in this huge complex that is just waiting for the perfect family to take advantage of the many amenities on offer.