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If you desire the time and a place to relax, Edisto can provide it to you. If you are tired and stressed from 9 to 5 days, Edisto's lack of commercialization and easy laid back attitude will embrace you. This paradise lies at the end of the road (literally, the end of Highway 174) and is a place devoid of traffic lights and has a top speed limit of 35 miles per hour. A stopped clock doesn't mean much around here.
Though Edisto remains unblemished by neon and drive-thrus, your vacation holiday can be filled with indulgences for the body, mind and spirit. You will find souvenir shopping a delight in a half-dozen or so of the most unique galleries and gift shops anywhere on the east coast. Local artists bring the exquisite beauty of the Island to canvas, furniture, jewelry and pottery and one of Edisto's local cookbooks, 'Pon Top Edisto, is a required take home reading assignment. (But beware, reading our local cookbooks can be agonizing if you are living out of reach of the fresh seafood and locally grown vegetables available in the road-side stands and dockside seafood markets.)
Dining out will be a memorable experience in any one of about a dozen restaurants on the Island. Enjoy local oysters in the Fall and Winter months, crabs in the summer, shrimp just about year 'round. But leave your "dress for dinner" clothes at home. We'll have none of that here. Remember, the key word is "casual".
Keep an eye on the ocean while you are here and you'll likely earn a glimpse of dolphins gracefully breaking the water with their dorsal fins. Drive carefully at night on the Island's side roads for deer may be crossing. Look carefully in the lagoons and marsh grass to find a great blue heron tiptoeing about. These are surely snapshots in the mind that you'll take home to treasure.
You will want to explore the creeks and marshes on one of the many boat tours our local captains offer. View plantation homes from the water and visit secluded beaches for some prime time shelling. Or you can rent a canoe, kayak or motorboat and explore the waters yourself. Off-shore and in-shore fishing trips present an opportunity to bring home supper and forever after bore your friends with "the one that got away" stories.
After you explore the Island via water, see the "high and dry" version of Edisto and the surrounding Lowcountry. Several land tours are available and each tour is unique in its own way, presenting history and legend via various perspectives. If you crave an aerobic heartbeat, rent a bike. Exploring the beach by bicycle is fun and safe with miles of designated bike paths just a step away from most doorways.
The list goes on. . . play tennis or golf, check out the museums, visit a Serpentarium (FYI; that's a reptile museum). Or spend a long day under the shade of an umbrella with that paperback that has been calling your name. Just choose your pleasure. Life need not be complicated, at least while you are here.
Museums
Gift Shops (Gifts, gallery, Beachwear & toys)
Entertainment:
Fishing:
Golf:
Rentals & Watersports (bikes, kayaks, boats, chairs, etc.)
Tours:
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Island Tours and T'ings - Jan Poston- 1914 Highway 174; Edisto Island, SC 29438 - 843-869-1110
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Pon Pon Guides Unlimited - PO Box 441; Edisto Island, SC 29438 - 843-869-7929
Outdoors
2010 Calendar of Events
January 11, 2010
EIHPS Annual Members Meeting
New First Baptist Church
Edisto Island Historic Preservation Society, 843-869-1954
2010 Date TBA
Ducks Unlimited
Banquet
Edisto
Beach Civic Center
April 4, 2010
Easter
Sunrise Service
Pavilion Parking Lot
6:30 am
March 25 - 28, 2010
Bull in a
China Shop - a play by the
Edisto
Art
Guild
Players
Edisto
Beach
Civic
Center
March 20, 2010
Great American Clean-Up Spring Campaign
Sponsored by EdistoPride, 9 a.m. – noon, various locations.
April 3, 2010 (Always the Saturday before Easter)
Art Guild Spring Show & Sale
The Edistonian General Store
May 1, 2010 (Always the First Saturday in May)
Edisto Day Bazaar - Arts & Crafts Festival
Lion's Club (King's Daughters)
Sponsored by the King's Daughters
May 15, 2010
Back to Nature Celebration
Outings all day on land and water with top S.C. naturalists.
Sponsor:
Edisto
Island
Open
Land Trust (843-869-9004)
May 16, 2010
Legacy Live Oak Dedication and Conservation Celebration
TBA
Sponsored by the
Edisto
Island
Open
Land Trust (843-869-9004)
May 29 (Always the Saturday before Memorial Day)
Fire Department Fish Fry
Lion's Club
June14 - September 7, 2010
Edisto Art Guild - Jennie Gowan Juried
Art
Show
Edisto
Museum
Show, June 14 - 17
Exhibit &
Sale, June 21 - Sept 7
June 2010, Date TBA
Sweet Corn Day
King’s Market (10:00am – 6:00pm, 843-869-3600)
Bounce castle, snow cones, sweet corn boiled fresh from the field, boiled peanuts, antique cars, and a tractor display
June 25, 2010
The Tomato Open Golf Tournament
The Plantation Course at
Edisto (843-869-1111)
Tournament benefits the Edisto Island Open Land Trust (843-869-9004).
http://www.edisto.org
2010
Dates
TBA
Bingo
Edisto
Beach Lions Club
Tuesdays & Thursdays
July 28 - 31, 2010
South Carolina Governor's Cup Billfishing Tournament
Edisto
Marina
September 18, 2010 (Always the Third Saturday in September)
Beach & River
Sweep
Edisto
Beach
State Park
Sponsored by EdistoPride
October 9, 2010 (Second Saturday in Oct)
Art Guild Fall Show & Sale
Trinity Episcopal Church
October 9, 2010 (Always the Second Saturday in Oct)
Beyond Edisto
Plantation Tour
Edisto
Island Historic Preservation Society
Annual Tour of Plantations, Churches Graveyards & Historic Sites
October 16, 2010 (Always the Third Saturday in Oct)
Edisto Fall Festival
Date TBA, 2010
14th Annual Edisto Beach Elementary Silent Auction
Edisto Beach Civic Center
November 14, 2010
Oyster Roast and Annual Meeting
TBA
Sponsored by the
Edisto
Island
Open
Land Trust (843-869-9004)
November 26, 2010 (Always the Friday After Thanksgiving)
Edisto Island Museum Open House
Edisto Island Museum
Edisto Island Historic Preservation Society 843-869-1954
December 11 - 2:00 PM - 2010 (Always the Second Saturday in Dec)
19th
Annual
Edisto
Beach Christmas Parade
Edisto Chamber of Commerce
December 11 - 5:00 PM - 2010 (Always the Second Saturday in Dec)
Edisto Boat Parade
Live Oak Landing to Bay Point, Begins at 5:00 pm
Contact Edisto Watersports & Tackle (869-0663), Lindsey Young or Robin McAliley.
December 12, 2010 (Always the Second Sunday in Dec)
Edisto Community Chorus Christmas Concert
Edisto Beach Baptist Church
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