Neighborhoods in Hilton Head Island, SC

Sea Pines Resort fills the island’s south end with the Harbour Town Lighthouse and marina, championship golf, miles of bike paths and a long stretch of beach.

An oceanfront resort community with three championship golf courses, a tennis and pickleball center, and quiet lagoons a short ride from the beach.

A quiet, wooded community on the island’s north end, between Port Royal Sound and the Intracoastal Waterway, with four golf courses and miles of trails.

A central south-island community with its own beach access, 27 holes at Shipyard Golf Club and the Van der Meer racquet club.

A marina village across from Palmetto Dunes with waterfront restaurants, boutique shops and festivals and live music through the season.

A quiet gated community of lagoons, tall pines and leisure paths, built around the Jack Nicklaus–designed Golden Bear Golf Club.

A private gated community on Broad Creek, with marsh views, quiet lagoons and a Pete Dye golf course ranked among the best in the country.

A residential gated community with no short-term rentals, two 18-hole courses at the Palmetto Hall Plantation Club and moss-draped oaks throughout.

A gated waterfront community built around a lock-controlled private harbour, with deep-water access and an Arnold Palmer–designed golf course.

The island’s only entirely residential oceanfront plantation, on Port Royal Sound, with quiet beaches, the Port Royal Golf & Racquet Club and the site of Fort Walker.

A private peninsula between Broad Creek and Calibogue Sound with estate homes, a deep-water dock, a nine-hole golf course and some of the island’s best sunsets.

A deep-water community on the Intracoastal Waterway, built around a locked harbour and home to the South Carolina Yacht Club.

A walkable beach neighborhood of cottages and vacation homes, a short stroll or bike ride from Coligny Beach Park and Coligny Plaza.

An oceanfront stretch of cottages, villas and resorts with easy beach access, bike paths, and Coligny’s restaurants and shops close by.

A mid-island beach neighborhood of cottages and quiet streets around Folly Field Beach Park, one of the island’s least crowded beaches.

A small, long-established north-end neighborhood of big lots, old oaks and marsh views, close to the island’s tidal creeks.

A historic north-end area of marsh views and tidal creeks, near Fish Haul Beach, Mitchelville and the water on Skull Creek.

A quiet north-end neighborhood of spacious lots and live oaks, close to schools, parks and shops.

A historic Gullah community along Jonesville Road, with large homesites, live oaks and wide marsh views.

A tucked-away north-end neighborhood on Old House Creek, with marsh views, spacious homesites and Fish Haul Beach nearby.

A small, family-friendly gated neighborhood mid-island with a pool, tennis courts and lagoons, minutes from the beaches and the Cross Island Parkway.

A mid-island neighborhood of villas and single-family homes with community pools, tennis courts and playgrounds, close to Broad Creek and the Cross Island Parkway.

A small townhome neighborhood mid-island with sidewalks and shared green space, minutes from schools, shopping and the Cross Island Parkway.

A 55+ community of more than 18,000 residents on the mainland near Bluffton, with three resident-only golf courses and over 100 clubs.

A 20,000-acre, conservation-minded community on the May River, with the Montage resort, golf, a river club and miles of nature trails.

Bluffton’s walkable historic district on the May River, with restored homes, art galleries, boutiques and a lively food scene.

A gated, family-friendly community of about 900 homesites with a Pete Dye golf course, a fitness center, lakes and pools.

A private golf community with two championship courses, marsh and fairway views, and a signature oak-lined entrance.

A 1,200-acre private community with championship golf, equestrian amenities, and river and marsh views.

A gated community built around a 227-acre freshwater lake, with pools, a swim lagoon, a boathouse and a spa.

A private golf community on the Okatie River, where every home comes with a club membership and two Tom Fazio courses.

A member-owned riverfront community on the Okatie River with a Greg Norman golf course, an equestrian center and a River Club.

A gated golf community around an Arnold Palmer Signature course beside the Victoria Bluff Heritage Preserve, a few minutes from the bridge.

A member-owned gated community at the foot of the Hilton Head bridge, with two private Fazio golf courses, a marina on Mackay Creek and two nature preserves.

Minto’s Jimmy Buffett-themed 55+ community in Hardeeville, with a town square, live music every day, pools and a lake club.

A 2,000-acre, semi-rural community with an equestrian center, golf, trails and tidal marshes.