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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:

  •  Island Video & Ice Cream: 114-D Jungle Road; P.O. Box 412; Edisto Beach, SC 29438 - 843-869-3134

 Fishing:

Golf:

Rentals & Watersports (bikes, kayaks, boats, chairs, etc.)

  • Island Bikes and Outfitters: 142 Jungle Blvd.; Edisto Beach, SC 29438 - 843-869-4444
  • Edisto Essentials:436 Hwy 174; Edisto Island, SC 29438 - 843-869-0951
  • Edisto Bike Rentals: 1 King Cotton Road; Edisto Beach, SC 29438 - 843-869-4575

 Tours:

  • Botany Bay EcoTours - Meg Hoyle - 843-869-2998
  • Island Tours and T'ings - Jan Poston- 1914 Highway 174; Edisto Island, SC 29438 - 843-869-1110
  • Edisto Water Sports and Tackle - Capt. Dillard Young: 3731 Dock Site Road 843-869-0663
  • Pon Pon Guides Unlimited - PO Box 441; Edisto Island, SC 29438 - 843-869-7929

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 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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