Guide
Hilton Head Beach Parking: A Lot-by-Lot Guide
Every beach on Hilton Head is public. Parking is the part that is rationed. Here is what each town lot is like, when it fills, and the one that is free all year.
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Marisa Delgado
Senior Editor
Beat: Beaches, Things to Do, Best Time to Visit
Marisa has edited Lowcountry travel coverage for a decade and spends part of every summer in a rental off Folly Field Road. She writes the practical pages on this site: parking, passes, bridges and what things cost. She checks the town's ordinances before she checks anyone's marketing.
5 guides · 3 news posts
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Guides by Marisa Delgado
Reported guides to Hilton Head Island, each with its own publication and last-updated date.
Guide
Hilton Head Island with Kids: A Guide by Age Band
FeaturedHilton Head is one of the easiest family beach destinations on the Atlantic coast, mostly because of its bike paths and its flat, wide sand. What changes with your children's ages is the logistics.
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Guide
Three Days on Hilton Head Island: An Hour-by-Hour Itinerary
FeaturedThree days is enough for Hilton Head if you plan around the tide instead of the clock. This itinerary does that, and gives you somewhere dry to go when the afternoon storms build.
8 min read
Guide
A First-Timer's Guide to Hilton Head Island
FeaturedThe island is twelve miles long, gated in places, and deliberately hard to read from the road. Here is how it is organised, what you will actually be charged for, and where to base yourself.
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Guide
Do You Need a Car on Hilton Head Island?
Most people need one. A few genuinely do not, and which group you are in is decided almost entirely by where you have booked to sleep.
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Shorter, dated pieces about what is changing in Hilton Head Island.
How this was written. News published under Marisa Delgado's byline was drafted by machine from primary sources — operator notices, government and municipal releases, published schedules — and every factual claim in it was matched to one of those sources before it published. A Hilton Head Guide editor can change or pull any of it. Our editorial standards.
Travel alert
Turnover Saturday: Why US-278 Backs Up Every Summer Afternoon
Checkout is 10, check-in is 4, and everyone tries to cross in between. The fix is arrival timing, not route choice.
Travel alert
Hurricane Season Runs June 1 to November 30. What That Means for a Beach Week
The season is six months long but the real risk clusters August to October. Beaufort County evacuates as a single unit, which changes how you should book.
Event
RBC Heritage Week Reshapes the South End of the Island Every April
FeaturedThe PGA Tour's plaid-jacket tournament returns to Harbour Town Golf Links in mid-April. If you are not here for golf, plan the week around it anyway.
April 13 – April 19