Walk, Run, Pedal along with me on Hilton Head Island South Carolina. This red bike with a nice comfy seat was my transportation during the first week of our 2 week vacation. Rented this bike directly from Marriott's Monarch Resort for $30.00 a week which included the basket, the lock, delivery, and set up. You really must rent a bike while on The Island. It's loads of fun, easy, cheap and great exercise. You can ride for miles and miles and miles. The beach is nice and packed making it a wonderful place to ride as well as all the bike paths. AND, as you can see wide open during the winter months. We've traveled to Hilton Head now for the 4th year during either January or February. Love it. No, it's not the time of year to go if you want to bake yourself on the beach; but it's a great time of year to go for peace, quiet, fewer crowds, cheaper prices and there's much to see and do.
This map shows the bike trails and the shared bike paths...both paved and not throughout the Island. The part that looks like the toe of the foot is Sea Pines Plantation and they have their own map, showing the trails and paths there. It changes constantly, but currently there are over 100 miles of bike trails/paths and shared roadways to enjoy. Biking is easy as there very little up or down hill biking to worry about. Staying on the bike paths also helps you avoid traffic and is safe for people of all ages. Though I think you'll see more families during the traditional beach months, June, July and August when the kids are out of school.
Once again you can see the Island truly is shaped like a foot. This map shows all the Marriott resorts in the area. Marriott has a huge presence on the Island both with hotels, timeshares, and The Marriott Resort. Click to enlarge so you can read the resorts names. There are 3 time shares in Sea Pines, with a 4th near by that has easy access. Some of the Marriott's are on the ocean, some on the marsh, some in the harbor area.
Here's the bike trail map of the Sea Pines area where one can ride in a very picturesque setting of ponds, golf courses, ocean, marsh and wildlife areas. There's shopping and dining by bike as well. I've added some color dots to this map of locations where we've stayed. Up by the lighthouse where the red dot is Heritage Club in Harbour Town where we've stayed twice. Very nice adult oriented time share. The purple dot middle bottom is the approximate location of Marriott's Monarch, the very first timeshare. We spent our first week there this trip and really enjoyed it. More on Monarch to follow in other posts. Biking from there is the best of both worlds. You're on the beach and in the middle of Sea Pines with somewhere around 17 miles of bike paths! To the right bottom of the map is the blue dot which represents Marriott's Grande Ocean Resort. This resort is also right on the beach and has it's own rather large bike shop. It's a large resort and probably the most family oriented of the 3 with lots of extra kid friendly activities.
Will be blogging in more detail about the various resorts, what to see and do; but......hop on your bike and follow along; don't want you to miss anything.
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