Palmettto Dunes is conveniently located mid Island on Hilton Head. This location offers convenience to the north or south end of the Island and you are literally minutes, not not miles away from shopping, dining and all Hilton Head offers.
Palmetto Dunes offers 2,000 acres and is designed with a resort core that includes the Marriott Oceanfront Resort, The Palmetto Dunes Tennis Center, The Robert Trent Jones Golf Course, PD Outfitters, Alexanders and the General Store in a central and convenient just outside the gates for everyone to enjoy. The benefit is the roadways
and nieghborhoods are only accesible by guests, owners and visitors
Palmetto Dunes offer 4 distinct neighborhoods offering something for everyone. These communities include:
* Shelter Cove ~ A community designed around an inland marina
* Leamington ~ Located on Ocean Lane.
* Mariners Section ~ Located within the north gate(residential & villas)
* Inverness Section ~ Located just in the south gate(residential & villas
Palmetto Dunes offers an 11 mile river lagoon system that is the centerpiece of the community. This waterway offers natural beauty and provides the community with excellent drainage.
Palmetto Dunes offers three championship golf courses. The benefit includes flexible play and membership programs to the guests and owners in Palmetto Dunes.
Palmetto Dunes resort core offers resort villas with convenience to the ocean within the gates of the community.
Palmetto Dunes offers membership to the Palmetto Dunes Club located within the south gate of Palmetto Dune. The Palmetto Dunes Club is a wonderful place to meet your neighbors, share common interests and activities, and establish lasting friendships.
Palmetto Dunes Golf, Tennis, Outfitters and rental company are owned and operated by Greenwood Development. This company has taken care of these amenities for years.
Palmetto Dunes and Leamington have an Architectural Review Board(ARB) to ensure residential integrity and protect property values. As homes are built or remodeled, approval must come from these boards.
Palmetto Dunes offers the perfect blend of resort and residential living on Hilton Head Island.
Palmetto Hall is located on the north end of Hilton Head Island with convenience to the Islanders Beach Park, schools, shopping, dining, hospital, airport and library. This location offers the advantage of everything the Island offers just minutes away saving time.
Palmetto Hall offers 750 acres with 523 single family residential properties, 20 acres of stocked lagoons and 100 acres of forest preserve. Palmetto Hall offers a park like setting and overall open feeling from the front gate and throughout the community.
Palmetto Hall offers private roads and security with access for club visitors outside the gates. Owners may operate their own golf carts on the roadways. The benefit is that our community is private and secure with only owners and their guests traveling into the community.
All Palmetto Hall property owners are members to the club at either a Social or Full Golf level. The benefit is that memberships can be custumized for the member.
Palmetto Hall’s Clubhouse, Tennis Courts, Swimming Pool, Practice Greeen and Clubhouse are in the Heart of the community. The benefit is all property owners are members to the same club(although they may be different levels of use) and therefore get to know each by first names rather than mailbox names.
Palmetto Hall’s architecture style is Southern Classical Architecture which includes styles that embrace living in the south with large sweeping porches and decks. The benefit is this style open the home to the neighbors and community. Visit this home for sale on Stonewall Circle to see true southern architecture
It has a great location. Hilton Head Plantation is located on the north end of Hilton Head Island with convenience to the Islanders Beach Park, schools, shopping, dining, hospital, airport and library.
It has open and natural beauty. Hilton Head Plantation is 4,000 acres with 4,086 properties, 2 conservancies(Whooping Crane and the Cypress Conservancy) and acres of unspoiled land and lagoons. The roadways and front gate are maintained beautifully by the association.
It has great parks inside the gates. Hilton Head Plantation offers three parks including Dolphin Head Recreation center, Spring Lake Pavilion and The Surrey Lane Ball Fields.
It has great security. Hilton Head Plantation offers private roads with 24 hour security and courteous and friendly guards at the front gate.
It has great golf courses. Hilton Head Plantation offers four Golf Courses including Dolphin Head, Bear Creek, Oyster Reef and The Country Club of Hilton Head. Each offer a separate membership program.
It has great amenities. Hilton Head Plantation offers 12 Har tru tennis courts, 2 Bocce ball courts, and 3 shuffle board. It also offers the Spring Lake Pool, the Spring Lake Pavilion, the Dolphin Head Recreation Center and the Plantation house.
It has a great beach. Two miles of walking beach along the Port Royal Sound are enjoyed by residents and guests. Parking, playground, picnic tables are located at the Dolphin Head Recreational Center.
It has great management. Hilton Head Plantation has an Architectural Review Board and an Owners Association ensuring residential integrity that has a plan for now and the future.
It has a great marina. Located in Hilton Head Plantation is Skull Creek Marina on the inter coastal waterway. It offers slips for sale and rental slips.
It has a great neighborhoods. Although one of the largest communities on Hilton Head Island, this community offers smaller more intimate neighborhoods within the gates.
It has great water access. Jonesville Road has two partial deep-watercreeks running down each side. On the right is Jarvis Creek with its view of Calibogue Sound and unspoiled Shoreline. On the other side is Old House Creek which is a tidal creek that offers access to the inter-coastal waterways. Both creeks offer boating, crabbing, fishing and exploring. Homeowners along the creek put in docks and boat lifts to enjoy these waters.
It has a great new communities. The new developments include The Paddocks, Shearwater, Graham Lane The Barn, Wayward Cove and Jonesville. This was the last area to get water on sewer on Hilton Head and it is a place time forgot. It offers a relaxed feeling with architecture that is Southern Vernacular at its best, blurring the lines between indoors and out. Jonesville offers a sanctuary on the Island for a vanishing way of life.
It has a great location. Convenient to both the South End and the North End of Hilton head Island Jonesville is located off Spanish Wells Road home-sites. Follow Spanish Wells Road to Jonesville Rd. Turn onto Jonesville Rd – The Paddocks is .7 mile on right. Although it’s a secluded refuge, it’s just one minute from the Cross Island Parkway, which puts you close to dining, shopping, schools and beaches.
It has great fishing and crabbing. The docks for The Barn or the town crabbing dock on Jonesville are a great place to take the kids(grand-kids?) or a special friend to spend an afternoon an hour before or after high tide which is called “slack tide”. All you really need is a chicken neck a string and a net. Get ready to belly laugh when you finally try to get them in the cooler. Oh be sure to bring tongs as you do not want to get pinched! It is easier to let them go!
It has great stables. The stables of Sandy Creek will take you back in time. It is 8 acres with 32 stalls, tack room, feed room, wash rack, and rest rooms. Residents and guests are greeted by these gentle giants as they spend time in there paddocks. They offer up to one hour trails that loop back through the low country.
It has great neighbors. The neighbors have either lived here all their life or built a new home and moved here. You will find that these neighbors share their love for the outdoors here. You will see them boating, walking, jumping off a dock, kayaking and biking. Many have moved from the larger communities to discover an intimate lifestyle.
It has a sunny dirt road. Although Miller Road is the dirt road that connects Spanish Wells and Jonesville, this road is symbolic for the life-style you will find down these roads. It represents a trip through time where neighborhoods flow together like the tides and where nothing is a hurry.
It has a Hilton Head zipcode. Although this community has a “Bluffton Feel” this community is located on the Island and offers convenience to everything on Hilton Head Island including the beach, shopping and dining.
It has great natural beauty. The marshes come to life with tree swallows, rails, hawks, crickets and crabs making marsh music throughout the 4 seasons. The sunsets over Jarvis Creek is a long smooth drink of calm and is to be enjoyed on the crabbing dock off Spanish Wells. The homes, communities and natural beauty are to be enjoyed by all. Come visit, you do not need a gate pass.
It has room to grow. If you are looking for value and bang for your buck, come see these great homes and properties. As new residents move into or build the neighborhood will grow!
It has great Beach! Spanning South Beach to South Forest Beach and the ocean gate, you will enjoy the dolphins frolicking, sea birds swooping, pelicans floating, the sand and the waves of one of the prettiest beaches in the world. Sea Pines offers five miles of Atlantic Ocean beach and if you get thirsty as you explore stop at full-service Sea Pines Beach Club and Surfside Grill half way through.
It has great security! Sea Pines installed Hilton Head Island first security gates in 1967. Security personnel also patrol the plantations streets, and they can (and do) issue tickets fining offenders for the infraction of plantation rules.
It has great Marinas! Harbour Town Marina is the place to see and be seen with its circular design. Fantastic dining, live music entertainment, unique shopping and every water sport available. Harbour Town has a Gregg Russell Playground and a tree house for children, as well as a nature center. South Beach Village the second marina in the Sea Pines Resort is designed after a New England fishing village and is located at the southernmost tip of Hilton Head Island. Nature tours, dolphin tours, kayaking, and para-sailing are only a handful of the activities available near the home of The Salty Dog Cafe.
It has great golf! 72 Holes of Golf that is! Sea Pines contains the island’s first golf course, the Ocean Course with its sweeping views of the ocean from the 15th hole. The newly acclaimed Heron Point and the Harbour Town Golf Links which has been home to the PGAs Verizon Heritage Classic since 1969, when it was first won by Arnold Palmer. The Members Only Club Course comes with a membership purchase to the Sea Pines Country Club.
It has pristine open spaces! 1,300 acres of parks which includes the Forest Preserve which covers approximately 605 acres that meander through lagoons and salt marshes. Here you will find a Wildflower Meadow, a thousand-foot-long boardwalk, the Low Ropes Team Building Course, and miles of bike trails and walking paths. Even fishing is allowed with the correct permit.
It has great shopping and dining! The resort features 20 different restaurants from casual to elegant such as the Harbor Town Grill. Restaurants, bakeries, cafes, bars and ice cream shops are woven throughout Harbour Town, Sea Pines Center, and South Beach Marina.
It has great Bike Paths! With over 15 miles of leasure trails which are perfect for walking, biking or in-line skating. These trails wander all through Sea Pines into nature trails, the Baynard Ruins, the beach clubs, the front gate, the communities and the marinas.
It has cool stables! Lawton Stables is home to 50+ American Saddlebred horses. Lawton Stables not only English riding lessons to residents and visitors, but also pony rides for children and guided tours through Sea Pines incredible natural Forest Preserve.
It has great Architecture! The look blends 1960’s Modern, California Modern, Japanese Architecture, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Aldbrass house, and the local vernacular style, or “Low Country Architecture” together and it feels good. It is categorized by large overhangs, screen porches, low roof slopes, earth tone colors, and landscape with native plants rather than formal southern plantings. The desired effect is to blend the house into nature rather than to stand out.
It has great Tennis! With over 100 Tennis Courts and The Sea Pines Racquet Club which boasts 23 clay courts and offers private and semi-private lessons with a center court and all past whispers of past Family Circle Tennis Tournaments.
It has a great neighborhoods. Port Royal offers two very distinct neighborhoods. One is completely private and limited to permanent residents and long term rentals. This community offers 900 single family residences. The other neighborhood offers second homes, resort villas and the Westin Hotel.
It has a great beach. Port Royal stretches over 3 miles of shore line with Atlantic Ocean beach and winds around to the sand covered walking beach of Port Royal Sound.
It has a great master-plan. The unique Port Royal Plantation has over 1250 acres and 2100 homes with oversized lots.
It has great security. Completely Private Security Gate with access for owners and their guests(no short term rentals) and a 24-Hour Full Area Coverage by Port Royal Security.
It has a great waterfront club. Private Port Royal Beach Club offers an olympic sized swimming pool and kids pool overlooking the Port Royal Sound. This recreational facility also offers members club house(for private functions), playground, basketball and beach access.
It has great history. Once 60,000 union troops lived here and this was also the landing for Captain William Hilton’s discovery. As well, the steam gun and Fort Sherman are remnants left by soldiers during the civil and Spanish American wars.
It has great tennis. Port Royal Racquet Club offers 16 courts with Clay, Grass and Hard Court Surfaces. No matter where you choose to live, as a tennis player you may want to look at the membership programs offered here. Inside the gates are Four tennis courts, two of which are lit for members and guests.
It has great golf. Port Royal offers 54 holes of legendary golf nestled within one of Hilton Head Island’s most pristine plantations along the Atlantic coastline. Designed by some of the best golf architects – George Cobb, Pete Dye and William Byrd with the Barony, Planter’s Row, and Robber’s Row.
It has great Hotel. The Westion Resort, the only 4 star hotel on the Island, provides a health club that locals can join(or day visit), an excellent seafood buffet and fantastic dining choices.
It has great neighbors. Events include women’s Friday morning coffee, men’s friday lunch group, numerous social clubs, speakers and special holiday events are just a few things that make this community great
It has a great master plan. In 1981 when Long Cove Club was unveiled it lured to the island a bevy of selective golfers seeking world-class golf with a Pete Dye masterpiece as its crowning jewel. Featuring 660 acres that meander through majestic oaks, the golf course and neighborhoods have a lagoon system that is interconnected for drainage and provides beautiful water views from the course and homes.
It has a great location. Long Cove Club is in the middle of the Broad Creek and the William Hilton Parkway(HWY 278). Just outside the community gate are world-class restaurants, fantastic shopping, unbelievable beaches, grocery stores and all things that make this Island a wonderful place to live.
It has a great pools. The Junior-Olympic-sized pool and pool house are in the center of the club and all it offers. This natural and comfortable outdoor living area is the site for parties and cookouts or just an afternnoons with a good book from the complimentary book exchange.
It has a great club. The Clubhouse features two dining rooms, bar/lounge, men and ladies locker room, full service golf pro shop, cart and bag storage. The staff serves members and guests with great care. The food & beverage operation is open six days/week, with evening dining three nights a week.
It has great security. Long Cove has friendly security people that will remember you at the gate and provide 24 hour gated security with only one entrance in and out.
It has a great marina. This marina is located on Broad Creek leading to Calibogue Sound and thence to the sea. It offers 45 kayak slips,and 85 boat slips(brand new docks). The docks are a perfect place for parent and child fishing and crabbing.
It has great tennis. Ten Har-Tru courts (four lighted), a viewing terrace for the matches and a pro shop round out a premier facility.
It has great golf. Golf historian Charles Price: “. . . nobody could intelligently pick the noblest courses without having played Long Cove. It’s beautiful just for golf’s sake. It fits the land that’s there.” This course offers more than 7,000 yards and is a par 71.
It has great property. With 570 properties and over 400 homes built, this community offers a range of sizes and prices for the big family to just a holiday home.
It has great neighbors. All property owners are members to the same club and this is the catalyst in getting to meet some of your best friends you haven’t met yet. Whether it is lunch at the Club, followed by bridge in the afternoon or sunsets in the boat, you will find this communtity offers something for everyone.
Folly Field & Singleton Beach Areas on Hilton Head Island
It has great history! In 1953 The first vacation cottages were developed on Folly Field Road. Olin McIntosh of the Hilton Head Company built the island’s first beach cottages at Folly Field to generate more ferry traffic from the mainland in hopes that the South Carolina government would then build a bridge to accommodate all the new residents and visitors.
It has a great location! Located between Palmetto Dunes and Port Royal in the center of the beach is Folly Field. This community is accessed throught Folly Field Road or Port Royal Resort and is the Islands Oldest beach community.
It has great sports fields! Chaplain park is 70 acres and offers islanders and visitors free well-lit tennis courts, Children’s Playground, Basketball Courts, Softball Fields, Soccer Fields, Bathrooms, and Free Parking.
It has great beach parks! Folly Field Beach Park, off Folly Field Road, provides public beach access where parking is available for residents and guests. Here you will find restrooms, outdoor showers, handicap beach matting, seasonal lifeguards and seasonal beach rentals. It also has the surfers beach which is uncrowded and filled with locals and their dogs(during the posted hours) located at the end of Burkes Beach Road.
It has the great Islanders Beach Park! Near Folly Field Beach and the Islander’s Beach Park, which allows permit parking, this neighborhood contains playgrounds, picnic areas, and a boardwalk to the beach. Hilton Head Beach and Tennis Resort is also located here.
It has great fun for families! This family fun center has been here for as long as most islanders can remember. Instead of the world-class golfing greens of the gated plantation communities, Folly Field offers playful miniature golf, along with arcade games inside the Adventure Cove building.
It has a great blend of property. Neighborhoods with streets named after flowers and villa communities make this a great beach community to live, vacation or rent in. Some of these communities include Sandcastles by the Sea, Singleton Beach, Island Club, Hilton Head Beach and Tennis, Fiddlers Cove, Admirals Row, cozy beach bungalows and brand new homes oceanfront and throughout.
It has great Villa Resorts. The Marriot Surf Watch, Island Club and the Hilton Head Beach and Tennis are all located in Folly Field. These resorts offer a host of amenities with dining and activities for their owners and guests.
It has a great dog park! Located in Chaplin Park is Hilton Head’s only Dog Park. There are two areas fenced off for sizes of dogs. Both areas have working water fountains for you and your pet. Park benches are placed all throughout the area.
It has great Tennis! Hilton Head is a tennis players dream come true. There are hundreds of courts all over the island. Six are at the Chaplin Park with four lighted. These courts are intended for use by islanders.
***Extra bonus. It has Harolds! Located on the corner of Singleton Beach Road is Harolds. Known for great breakfasts, huge burgers and a cook that may bust your chops if you order wrong. This is a fun place to grab lunch with a friend.
It has a great location. Close to the center of the Island, Wexford offers convenience to shops, banks, post office, and the Cross Island Expressway.
It has a great masterplan. Wexford is 500 acres with 37 acres of waterfront winding through the residential neighborhoods. Originally 525 home-sites were planned but some lots have been combined and site plans altered so that only 460 remain today. By design, every home has a view of marsh, lagoon, golf course or harbour.
It has a great amenities. In addition to golf and boating, there are six Har Tru tennis courts, a swimming pool, playground, bathhouse, patio area, a croquet, bocce ball court, biking and walking trails
It has great water. Wexford’s 37.5 acre 138 slip harbour offers direct access to the intercostal waterway and Broad Creek. You can get a slip or park your boat in the backyard. There are only two other communities on the east coast with lock-controlled harbors.
It has a great clubhouse. The British style clubhouse with marble foyer and Tiffany glass skylight offers pro shop, locker rooms, private lounge, and a first class restaurant. On Thursdays, Happy Hour from 6:00 – to 7:30 pm provides the perfect way to make friends with your neighbors.
It has great architecture. Homes are designed with a British West Indies design with colonial and Caribbean architectural elements embracing the land that it sits on. The private, championship golf course passes amongst Wexford’s beautiful homes.
It has great security. Wexford Plantation is tucked behind 24 hour gated security. Security monitors the community round the clock
It has great history. Alexander Trench sailed from Wexford, Ireland in 1690 to Port Royal Sound. The name Wexford is derived from their sister community in Norse, Weissfjord.
It has great golf. The 18 hole championship golf course was designed by Willard Byrd with five sets of tees which extend a short 4,000 yards to a long 7,000 yard course.
It has a great blend of neighbors. Attractive to young and old, this community offers leisure trails, a heated swimming pool and safe cul-de-sacs. Members are spotted out riding in golf carts, in their boats, bicycling, jogging, dog-walking, and pushing babies in strollers and enjoying their community and this Island paradise.
Don’t be a Dinosaur. The real estate market is changing quickly and as a buyer, seller, or agent there are some great opportunities that come with this change. These changes will take place and there is nothing we can do to stop them. While other conditions are simply beyond our control we believe that OUR TOP TEN LIST FOR REAL ESTATE SURVIVAL IN 2009 can help you buy a home, sell a home or earn a commission. If you are ready to make a move here are some suggestions for this changing market:
The Top Ten List for Real Estate Survival in 2009
Communicate – Information now travels at the speed of light and because of this we are expected to respond faster. Let’s all communicate faster right now!
Embrace – Technology will continue to change the way we do business. In fact, today 90% of all buyers research real estate on the net…this in unbelievable. Let’s embrace technology right now!
Network – Do not take for granted your old networks will be as reliable as they were for you in the past. Business and the people in it are changing. Look for new networks right now!
Research – Do you really know what market or situation you are in? Reliable information is now readily and easy to gather. There is no excuse for not finding the information you need to move. Call your agent or go to the net to find some answers right now!
Build up – Sell the sizzle, not the steak! In other words build the value and not try to sell the price. Just one idea but sellers and agents should team up and provide a list of buyer benefits their real estate offers. Benefit lists should include all the improvements and special features of the property and the community. These lists should be shared with other agents and their clients in a checklist format via email or by flyer. Some more ideas include CLICK HERE TO READ MORE+++. Let’s all sell the sizzle and build up the value of our properties right now!
Phone – Pick up the phone and turn off the computer. With the advent of the internet we have stopped calling and settled for email to correspond important thoughts and messages. Use the net for backup communication only. Let’s all call someone on the phone right now!
Encourage – Buyers, agents and sellers need encouragement from each other. It is amazing how a sincere rah-rah can move a deal into closing. A pat on the back or a “from the heart” encouraging word goes a long way. Tell someone “good job, good job” right now!
Perseverance – Never, never give up. If you are a buyer keep calling your agent. If you are a seller keep calling your agent. If you are an agent keep calling your sellers, buyers and other agents. Agents, buyers and sellers are throwing in the towel too early. In this market we all must keep pushing each other harder. It may take more time and effort right now, but WE CAN DO IT right now!
Ask – I am a subscriber to “the green eggs and ham” closing technique. Just keep on asking! Never settle for indecision. Go ask someone right now!
Move – The market is busy and it requires all of us to move. If you are a buyer or seller, it is time to move and there are agents ready to help. Let’s all move right now!
We have the resources, networks and communication that can help you get to where you are going. In fact, our latest Market Trend Report can show you how to take advantage of this market today.
If you are ready to make your move… give us a call. We will do all of the above and then some!
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