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Jekyll Island Attractions -
Beaches
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Sample Listing of Beaches in the Vicinity
Driftwood Beach, Jekyll Island, GA 31527
Located on the north end of Jekyll Island.
East Beach, St Simons Island, GA 31522
Stretch of beach along the oceanside of St. Simons
Island.
Glory Beach, Jekyll Island, GA 31527
A section of Jekyll Island's beach south of South Dunes
Picnic Area. Access to this beach through the Jekyll
Island Soccer Complex via a long boardwalk which was
built by the producers of the 1989 Civil War movie
Glory.
Gould's Inlet, 15th St, Bruce Dr, St Simons Island, GA
31522
Gould's Inlet can be found on the northern tip of East
Beach & the end of Bruce Dr.
Great Dunes Park, Jekyll Island, GA 31527
Great Dunes Park is located at the end of Ben Fortson
Pkwy on N. Beachview Dr.
Jekyll Island Beach, Jekyll Island, GA 31527
Jekyll Island is a barrier island with 10 miles of
beaches. Includes smaller beaches such as Driftwood
Beach, Glory Beach & St Andrews Beach.
Massengale Park, 1350 Ocean Blvd, St Simons Island, GA
31522
Shaded picnic area & playground.
South Dunes Picnic Area, S Beachview Dr, Jekyll Island,
GA 31527
St Andrews Picnic Area, S Beachview Dr, Jekyll Island,
GA 31527
US Coast Guard Station, 1st St, St Simons Island, GA
31522
Beach location along East Beach & south of Gould's Inlet
Northern end of the
Island
The north end of the island is the main area that has
been impacted by human development over the past few
hundred years. Early settlers and the loggers that came
after they developed plantations in this area and made
fallen trees to be used for extra-strong ships during
wartime. In later years, much of this wilderness has
been developed into golf courses.
Clam Creek Picnic Area
 A short winding road leads to a parking lot and one of
the three picnic areas on the island. To the west is a
vast marsh hammock and an astounding view of the Sidney
Lanier Bridge, a 203-foot (62 m) tall suspension bridge
on Hwy 17. There is a large fishing pier that extends
northwest from the picnic area. To the east, a bridge
crosses Clam Creek in front of an inland marsh to
connect the picnic area to the North End Beach and
Driftwood Beach. These beaches are characterized by
another tidal creek emptying into St. Simons Sound and a
boneyard of pine and live oak tree roots, killed by
beach sand eroded toward the south end of the island.
Southern end of the Island
The southern end of the island was virtually unused by
settlers and visitors until the 20th century. After
homes and motels were built along the northern beaches
of the island, the southern areas were majorly used by
African-Americans for segregated facilities until 1964.
The multiple parallel dunes on the southernmost tip are
a result of the beach sand from the eroding north
beaches traveling southward and being deposited in a
recurved spit.
South Dunes Picnic Area
This picnic area on the ocean side of the island
features plenty of picnic tables, a full bathroom with
showers, and a boardwalk to traverse the 20-foot (6.1 m)
high dune ridge that protects this wooded area from sea
breezes. This area was repaired in 1983, with bulldozers
pushing new primary dunes into place to correct the
damage caused by 30 years of beachgoers trampling over
the enormous dunes to the beach. Alligators can be seen
here in the two ponds near the boardwalk.
Glory Beach
Access to this beach is by way of a long boardwalk built
in the mid-1980s by the producers of the film Glory, and
it can be accessed from the soccer complex at the north
end of the Jekyll Island 4-H center property. The
boardwalk passes through a variety of natural habitats
ranging from ancient dunes to freshwater sloughs.
Looking south from the beach at the end of the boardwalk
one can easily see Little Cumberland Island.
St. Andrews Picnic Area
The farthest point on the beach from Clam Creek, St.
Andrews is a picnic area on the river side of the
island, facing the marsh and mainland. This beach is
very popular with fishing birds and dolphins, surfacing
for air, can commonly be seen to the south.
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