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Jekyll Island, Jekyll Island, GA

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Jekyll Island

Bike, beachcomb and ride a trolley through the Jekyll Island Club historic district on a state-owned barrier island with wide Atlantic beaches.

Jekyll Island Causeway (GA-520) entry gate · Jekyll Island, GA

About Jekyll Island

Jekyll Island is a barrier island owned by the State of Georgia and run as a state park, reached by a causeway where every vehicle pays a parking fee. You get 8 miles of wide, flat beaches on the east shore, including Driftwood Beach with its boneyard of tree roots, and more than 24 miles of paths and trails for biking. Guided trolley tours cover the historic district and its late 1800s and early 1900s buildings. The Georgia Sea Turtle Center and Summer Waves Water Park fill out a stay.

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The closest stops to Jekyll Island, ordered by straight-line distance. A few more like it, plus some different kinds of fun so you can build a full day.

  • Museums

    Mosaic, Jekyll Island Museum

    Under $25

    History museum on Jekyll Island in the former historic stables, showing the island's cultural and natural past.

    0.8 mi awaySwitch it up: Museums

  • Museums

    St. Simons Island Lighthouse Museum

    Under $25

    A museum in the lighthouse keeper's dwelling showing Coastal Georgia history through artifacts, photographs, and hands-on displays.

    4.7 mi awaySwitch it up: Museums

  • Museums

    World War II Home Front Museum

    Under $25

    Immersive museum in a 1936 Coast Guard station on St. Simons Island, telling how Coastal Georgia contributed to the Allied victory in World War II.

    5.9 mi awaySwitch it up: Museums

  • Sports & Outdoors

    Crooked River State Park

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    A 500-acre Georgia state park on the tidal Crooked River, known for forest, salt marsh, and coastal wildlife.

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    Outdoor Adventure

    Cumberland Island National Seashore

    Under $25

    Ride a passenger ferry to a car-free barrier island of empty beach, maritime forest and Carnegie mansion ruins.

    25 mi awayMore like this

  • Sports & Outdoors

    Laura S. Walker State Park

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    A southeast Georgia state park near the Okefenokee Swamp, with a lake, hiking trails, and an 18-hole golf course.

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