Hilton Head SC Hotels
Hotels in Hilton Head, South Carolina are often useful for people who need accommodation in the town or island. Some may want to attend a cultural sporting or entertainment events. Some may want to see the culture of the town or the scenery the landscapes of the area. Some may want to use the town as a base for a vacation, or to work, or study in the town. Some may want to have a luxury or cheap hotel. Some may want to have large or small hotel.
Hilton Head Island or Hilton Head is a town (located on an island of the same name) in Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States. It is 20 miles north of Savannah, Georgia, and 95 miles south of Charleston.
The Town of Hilton Head Island incorporated as a municipality in 1983 and is well known for its eco-friendly development. The Town's Natural Resources Division enforces the Land Management Ordinance which minimizes the impact of development and governs the style of buildings and how they are situated amongst existing trees. As a result, Hilton Head Island enjoys an unusual amount of tree cover relative to the amount of development.
Hilton Head Island is a shoe-shaped island that lies just north of Savannah, Georgia, and ninety miles south of Charleston, South Carolina. The terrain of a barrier island is determined by a dynamic beach system with offshore bars, pounding surf, and shifting beaches; as well as grassy dunes behind the beach, maritime forests with wetlands in the interiors, and salt or tidal marshes on the lee side, facing the mainland. A typical barrier island has a headland, a beach and surf zone, and a sand spit.
In 1663, Captain William Hilton sailed on the Adenture from Barbados to explore lands granted by King Charles II to the eight Lords Proprietors. In his travels, he identified a headland near the entrance to Port Royal Sound. He named it "Hilton's Head" after himself. He stayed for several days, making note of the trees, crops, "sweet water" and "clear sweet air".
In 1698, Hilton Head Island was granted as part of a barony to John Bayley of Ballingclough, County of Tipperary, Kingdom of Ireland. Another John Bayley, son of the first, appointed Alexander Trench as the Island's first retail agent. For a time, Hilton Head was known as Trench's Island. In 1729, Trench sold some land to John Gascoine which Gascoine named "John's Island" after himself. The land later came to be known as Jenkin's Island after another owner.
Beaufort County is a county located in the USA state of South Carolina.
Cities and towns
Beaufort, Bluffton, Burton, Hardeeville, Hilton Head Island, Laurel Bay, Parris Island, Port Royal, Shell Point, Yemassee
Named islands
Some islands are also towns.
Dataw Island, Daufuskie Island, Fripp Island, Harbor Island, Hilton Head Island,
Hunting Island, Lady's Island, Parris Island, Port Royal, Saint Helena, Pritchard
Island, Little Capers Island, Callawassie Island, Spring Island, Bull Island,
Lemon Island, Barataria Island , Cane Island, Coosaw Island, Morgan Island, St.
Phillips Island, Warsaw Island
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