The unique circular yacht basin,  along with the many Harbour Town Villas were designed to utilize the incredible views of Calibogue Sound.  Considered the heart of Hilton Head Island, Harbour Town was designed as an intimate village with the ambience of the low country. The Christmas season tends to bring this out.

Hilton Head Island Homes, located on golf courses can be very attractive at this time of year. With the majority of the country grabbing their shovels to dig out from the snow, many Hilton Head Home Owners are grabbing their clubs and heading to the links. There are more than 50 championship courses on or around the Island. The two resorts that come to mind first are Sea Pines Resort and Palmetto Dunes Resort.

 Sea Pines Resort is probably one of the most popular or at least one of the most well known. There is a wide variety of Sea Pines Homes that enjoy golf course views. The three championship golf courses give future Hilton Head Home Owners a great selection to choose from. The most well known is the Harbour Town Golf Links that hosts the Heritage golf tournament, a PGA event. The Ocean Course and Heron Point are not to be overshadowed by Harbour Town. All three courses are full of centuries-old hardwoods, lagoons and marshes. Sea Pines Resort offers additional amenities once you come off the links. There are 3 miles of sandy beaches, the Sea Pines Racquet Club, two unique marina villages, unlimited water sports and much more.

Palmetto Dunes Home owners also enjoy a great variety of golf course home sites to choose from. There are three championship courses in a beautiful natural setting designed by three legendary golf architects. Each course is unparalleled in design but distinctly different and challenging. There is the Robert Trent Jones Oceanfront course, the George Fazio Course and the Arthur Hills Course. In addition to the pleasure an avid golfer gets from a golf course home, there are many other amenities available. There are three miles of pristine beaches, an award winning tennis center and Shelter Cove Harbour with an abundance of shopping, dining and water sports.

So often, our lifestyles are so busy we overlook a forgotten piece of paradise in Sea Pines Plantation. Whether you are already a Hilton Head Island resident or vacationer looking for that perfect Sea Pines home you need to take the time and explore the Sea Pines Forest Preserve.

The Sea Pines Forest Preserve is open to Sea Pines real estate owners, their guests and visitors of the resort. Made up of 605 acres that offers hiking, fishing, picnicking and wildlife viewing. The landscape is made up of sand ridges and wetlands that was sculpted by changing sea levels over the past 15,000 years.  The first inhabitants were the Nomadic Indians over 4,000 years ago. It has since been used for growing rice, indigo and cotton. You can still see traces of the Indians and rice fields.

Sea Pines Plantation is one of the most unique communities on the east coast showcasing more than you could ever expect in an oceanfront resort. With 3 miles of pristine beaches, two unique marina villages, 4 incredible golf courses, fantastic tennis facilities, miles of bike trails and two nature preserves, Sea Pines Plantation has something for everyone's passion.

 One of the enjoyable aspects of living at Harbourtown in Sea Pines Plantation is the opportunity to walk to so many outstanding events. Besides The Heritage Golf Classic and the advance showing of the Concours d'Elegance, I was able to see the 40^th annual Calibogue Cup sailing race, right from the pier in Harbourtown.

 

In your Hilton Head Island real estate search, you'll hear a lot about Sea Pines—home of the island’s iconic red and white striped lighthouse and site of the annual Heritage PGA Tour golf tournament.  The private resort and residential community, which includes gorgeous beaches, oceanfront homes, elegant villas (condos) and three golf courses, recently celebrated its 50th anniversary. Amenities at The Sea Pines Resort include a beach club, stables, several swimming pools, a nature center and a 600-acre forest preserve for hiking, fishing, picnicking, and wildlife viewing. Harbour Town, where the lighthouse is located, is a center of island activity with shops, dining and a marina. In the summer, entertainer Gregg Russell sings and plays guitar for all ages under the magnificent Liberty Oak.  The history of Sea Pines is centered around Charles Fraser, who is sometimes called the inventor of the modern American resort. As a young visionary developer, he designed t-shaped roads which allow many homeowners direct access to the beach, and built houses that blend into nature rather than stand out. YourHilton Head Island real estate search isn’t complete unless you get to know Sea Pines.