The award-winning Coligny Beach Park is Hilton Head Island’s most popular oceanfront park. The park provides access to miles of beautiful beaches for all to enjoy. Scenes from a cold, windy day with striking clouds on the beach.
Coligny Beach
Coligny Beach Landscape
Hilton Head Island’s beaches are more than a scenic escape—they’re critical to the island’s identity, economy, and ecology. In order to preserve the beach, an infusion of sand is needed along some of the coast to ensure the sandy shoreline is wide enough for everyone
The beach is a vital habitat for both migratory birds and nesting sea turtles
Birds at Coligny Beach Renourishment Project
The 2025–2026 Hilton Head beach renourishment project was underway in the Coligny Beach area when we visited. The project involves adding 2.1 million cubic yards of sand to counteract erosion, pumping sand 24/7 from offshore to reshape the beach.
Here are images of the equipment and even birds looking for food.
Closure for Coligny Beach Renourishment Project
Coligny Beach Renourishment Project Equipment
Birds with Coligny Beach Renourishment Project Equipment
The award-winning Coligny Beach Park is Hilton Head Island’s most popular oceanfront park for its central location, wide sandy shores, and easy access to shops, restaurants, and amenities.
Coligny Beach Park
At Coligny Beach
After a walk on Barony Beach, it was nice to come back to the hotel and find a line of colorful hammocks to rest in
Places to Rest at Marriott Barony Beach
The stranded boats provide a nice foreground to the sunset at Barony Beach, Hilton Head, South Carolina
A Boat left at Barony Beach
Sunset at Barony Beach
During a walk on Barony Beach at Hilton Head, we spotted this ring-billed gull enjoying the rays of the sun
Ring-billed Gull at Barony Beach
A totally unexpected sight of an alligator on a walk to the beach, but it was just a statue!
Blue-colored Alligator Statue at Barony Beach
Hilton Head Island is in South Carolina. It’s known for Atlantic Ocean beaches. We will post some images captured on the beaches during our visit there in February 2026.
During the early-sunset walk on Barony Beach, we saw these boats stranded on the beach, with the bright sun behind them.
Bright Sun at Barony Beach
A Setting Sun at Barony Beach
We close the series of images from our trip to Savannah, Georgia, with an interesting sunset image of the leftover power lines from the original purpose of Plant Riverside
Sunset at Plant Riverside District
Post sunset creates a silhouette of an awesome sculpture looking at the river at the Plant Riverside District in Savannah, Georgia
Artistic Silhouette in foreground of Talmadge Memorial Bridge
While relatively small compared to the Talmadge Memorial Bridge in Savannah, the red truck adds a captivating attraction to the image
Red Truck on Talmadge Memorial Bridge
Clouds at sunset offer a striking image of the Talmadge Memorial Bridge in Savannah
Talmadge Memorial Bridge at Cloudy Sunset
In contribution to art in the Plant Riverside District in Savannah, there is an interesting bas-relief sculpture at the end of the walkway on the riverfront
Bas-relief sculpture at Plant Riverside District, Savannah
Plant Riverside District sits on a landmark historic site. Prior to the Riverside Station, it was home to the city’s original freight port, connecting Savannah’s inland canals and rail yards to the shipping channel and Atlantic Ocean.
Plant Riverside District is Savannah’s largest and most transformative adaptive reuse development to date, converting a 1912 power plant into the city’s new epicenter of culture and entertainment.
Plant Riverside Savannah
Rocks on the Roof offers a different view of the Talmadge Memorial Bridge from the rooftop lounge in the Savannah riverfront
Top View of Talmadge Memorial Bridge
After ice cream at Leopold’s went for a view from the top. Rocks on the Roof takes you on a voyage from a captain’s chair view of the Savannah River and a riverboat from this rooftop lounge.
View of the Savannah River from the Top
No trip to Savannah is complete without a visit to Leopold’s Ice Cream! Named one of the top 10 Ice Cream Parlors in the world, Leopold’s is a “Must Do!” From handcrafted, old-fashioned soda fountain favorites to Hollywood movie memorabilia, there’s something for everyone at Leopold’s Ice Cream!
Walking to Leopold’s
Famous Ice Cream Place
The Talmadge Memorial Bridge spans the Savannah River between downtown Savannah, Georgia, and Hutchinson Island. The original cantilever bridge was built in 1953; a replacement bridge, named the Talmadge Memorial Bridge, was completed in 1991.
Reflection of the bridge on a window of the riverfront building creates an interesting image.
Talmadge Memorial Bridge over the Savannah River
Window Reflections of the Bridge
The Georgia Queen can carry 1,000 passengers on cruises, even a bird!
Bird in front of the Georgia Queen