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Hilton Head Island, SC is known for its stunning beaches, lush golf courses, and endless recreational activities. It's a great spot for families looking for a getaway or retirees looking to relax and soak up the sun. Visitors to Hilton Head Island often rave about the beautiful scenery and friendly locals, making it one of the most popular vacation spots in the United States. Aside from its natural beauty, Hilton Head Island provides plenty of things to do, from exploring nature at Sea Pines Forest Preserve to seeing exhibits at Coastal Discovery Museum. With so much to do and see, Hilton Head Island has earned excellent reviews from travelers everywhere. Visitors praise the island’s plethora of attractions as well as its laid-back atmosphere and stunning views. For those who have been fortunate enough to visit this charming island, it’s easy to understand why Hilton Head Island is such a highly sought-after destination.
based on 21 ReviewsGet to know Hilton Head Island with the latest comments and reviews from people who live in or have visited Hilton Head Island
Ruined - 11/26/2020
Unfortunately Beaufort county is full of transplanted northerners who do nothing but whine and cry about everything. They leave the north to come to the south and then complain about the area and talk how wonderful the north was. I've actually heard them saying this for all to hear numerous times. I have traveled extensively, the north, especially the northeast is horrible, that is why they are all moving south. They've ruined most of the natural beauty in Beaufort County, traffic is horrendous, housing costs have spiraled out of control. Gated communities are everywhere which limit beach access to most. Golf courses and manicured lawns are all over which pollute the natural environment with fertilizers that run off into once pristine saltwater rivers and marshes. Gullah and Geechee, African American cultural languages and traditions once common in the area have been erased and their land stolen. Many years ago this area was beautiful, but not anymore... Most of my family members who
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Hilton Head Island is the Best Kept Secret in the - 3/4/2016
We got a second home on Hilton Head Island 10 years ago to get away from the Canadian winter weather. It took about 3 days to realize this is where we want to be permanently. We looked from Myrtle Beach to Naples and chose Hilton Head because it is like Goldilocks - not too hot, not too cold...it's just right. The restaurants, entertainment and activities are endless but one of the best thing to do is nothing. The main industries are tourism and real estate, which tells you that you will receive great service and have a choice of homes that range from starter homes to luxury waterfront estates.
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Viciously Intolerant Right Wingers - 7/27/2013
I have watched HHI change remarkably in the 40 years I have lived there. Development really started in 1979 and the early residents were explorers and drop outs who were very mellow and very much environmentally aware and concerned. Today it is a fiercely judgmental and intolerant population of republican right wing zealots, and worse. If you can't preach Rush and Coulter 24/7 you will not like it here and you will be actively disliked. As the right wing now has control the negatives are predictable. Everything is about growth and tourists. Concerns for low density, limited night lighting, abundant green space, and an understated resort have been forgotten and abandoned. Public education in South Carolina is viewed by the conservative state as unnecessary. The schools are poor. The HHI economy is relentless tourism and it is annoying to even drive the streets as they are flooded with out of town bike riders who are heedless of others. Being tourist dependent, it requires a
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Intolerant and Insufferable - 7/4/2013
I have lived on barrier islands in the SE for forty years and on Hilton Head for the past twenty years. HHI is self destructing due to the fact that it the population has become a very conservative republican group. This is a sad change from an easy going apolitical group 40 years ago to a nasty conservative group. The Republican values of ignoring the environment is opposite to what made HHI desirable. Light pollution, density, dangerous traffic, loss of green space are now problems. The Island was not designed to give any public view of the ocean and the few view corridors of the salt marshes are disappearing. Homes and businesses are showing the seedy signs of aging and no plan for remediation is even discussed. Racism is visible and ugly. Although the economy depends upon service industry employees there has been no attempt to create affordable housing for them. As a proximate result about half of the Island is now formally recognized, declared, and admitted as a high crime
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Palmetto's Finest - 8/2/2012
Hilton Head Island has the Best Public School system in the State -- Litterally! Amanda O'Nan has done a magnificant job with Hilton Head Island High School and has worked them to the
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Former Yankee - 6/6/2011
After many years in the northeast and a short stint in Atlanta, we moved to Hilton Head in 2007 and have not regretted it for a moment. We did not move here to retire, but to start our virtual company. The diverse population, the generous spirit of the residents, the natural beauty and temperate climate are just a few of the features we enjoy most about living here. We have no
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Paradise is Starting to Suffer - 4/25/2011
I remember in the early '70s living on Martha's Vineyard that the natives would say in the Summer, "Here comes the onslaught of the damn Pilgrims". Hilton Head Island traffic now looks like a medium size city rather than a paradise to escape to. A cash register has an insatiable desire to ring. At some point, it becomes deafening. Time to move.
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Nice Place to Visit, But You Don't Want to Live He - 2/8/2011
Expensive, racist, rude, extremely high crime rates, terrible schools ... honestly, I've never been so disappointed in a place I've lived. There are WAY too many grumpy old people, but at least they're smart enough to stay within the comfy confines of their retirement communities. All the really wealthy people live in gated communities and leave their compounds in their Escalades to mingle with the common man only when forced to. Then you have extreme poverty -- lots of dilapidated mobile homes everywhere you look. Now, the place is gorgeous -- love the history, love the culture, love the surroundings. But you can get your fill of that in about a week -- then it's time to get back to reality. The locals who work in the stores are very poorly educated, so service is really bad and they're really, really lazy. Walk through the aisles of Target, Wal-Mart, Kroger and you smell pot on a lot of them. Not a ton of ambition in these parts, but hey, that's the south and they don't pretend to
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Crowding in... - 12/10/2009
Living in Hilton Head is great, but very expensive. Time was when the tourists left in the winter that prices tended to fall or discounts for locals became available. No more. The island is crowded, the mainland is even worse. We're thinking it's time to go.
Still, we remember what someone said to us this summer when we visited a town in Massachusetts where we used to live - "How many dress shops and restaurants does a town of 14,000 people
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Hilton Head Island - 10/16/2008
Lush, green, wide sandy beaches....what's not to love? It's like being on vacation 24/7. A more serene, beautiful place I've not yet
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