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Kiawah Island Overview
Twenty one miles southwest of Charleston stretches perhaps the
most spectacular and lush resort ever established on a barrier
island.
Kiawah Island is a private resort and preserve hosting people
from around the globe while remaining home to 18 species of mammals
and more than 140 species of birds. Its maritime forest is dominated
by oak, palmetto, pines, hickory, sweetgum, magnolia, redbay, sassafras,
wax myrtle and yaupon holly in the lower understory and sea oats
along the dunes.
The Island
Kiawah Island has over 10 miles of uninterrupted white sand beach
that protects our Atlantic shoreline and is often 100 yards wide
at low tide. Kiawah sits at the junction point of the Kiawah
and Stono Rivers and the Intracoastal Waterway, giving the island
one of the largest and most diverse estuary systems along the
South Carolina coast. Forty-five miles of high-land edge lagoons,
marshes, fresh water estuaries and over 65 ponds and lagoons
that dot the island make Kiawah a nature lover's paradise.
History
Named for the Kiawah (KEE-a-wah) Indians, who inhabited the island
through the 1500s, this 10,000-acre island paradise is now home
to the Kiawah Island Resort, a 4 Diamond with an exclusive residential
development that has won nearly every award available for beauty
and environmental sensitivity.
Lifestyle
Kiawah is a natural beauty. Carefully and thoughtfully planned,
as lush as it has always been, the island offers relaxation,
recreation and privacy. Having escaped the wind and water of
Hugo, Kiawah is the vision of what a Carolina barrier island
should be. Live Oaks dripping with Spanish Moss. Palmettos swaying
in the ocean breeze. Beautifully manicured lawns edged with Azaleas.
Visitors and transplanted residents come to Kiawah to sit on the
beach, to play tennis, golf or just relax. Six courses make this
a golfer's paradise.
Kiawah's reputation as a world-class golf and tennis resort is
evident by the standard of instruction on hand at both sports'
learning centers. Improvement at either game's technique significantly
increases enjoyment of a vacation. Alternatively, a day spent on
the beach with service, or at one of the resort pools, is equally
appetizing.
Kiawah Villas, Cottages, Condos,
and Townhomes:
Beach Townhomes
Courtside Villas
Dunside
Villas I & II
Fairway Oaks Villas
Greenslake Cottages
Inlet Cove Cottages
Night Heron cottages
Mariners Watch Villas
Oceanwoods Homes
Parkside Villas
Seascape Villas
Shipwatch Villas
Sparrow Pond Cottages
Tennis Club Villas
Turtle Cove Villas
Village at Turtle Beach
Windswept Villas
Attractions
- West Beach Village features include an Inn
with restaurants and lounges, villas, cottages, home accommodations
and meeting facilities. This area also features Straw Market
shops and restaurant, Cougar Point Golf Course and the West Beach
Racquet Club with 16 courts and a pro shop.
- East Beach Village features include: villa,
cottage, and home accommodations; Turtle Point Golf Course and
pro shop; The East Beach Tennis Center with 12 courts, an automated
practice court and pro shop; The Indigo House restaurant; and
the East Beach Conference Center and Town Center with food court
and sundries market.
- Night Heron Park is a 21-acre preserve highlighted
by an Olympic-size swimming pool, fitness trails, basketball
and volleyball courts, a children's playground and soccer field.
Amenities
- The longest stretch of sand on the Charleston Coast, home to
sunbathers and sea turtles alike
- Weekly cookouts and other special events
make the Park a center for family fun. Nearby is an ocean
access path with an observation deck and bathhouse.
- Everything from gourmet to casual outdoor
dining in five restaurants
- Shopping includes The Straw Market
shops at West Beach, the various golf and tennis pro shops,
the General Store, Town Center Market at East Beach and much
more on nearby Johns Island.
- Sailing, windsurfing, canoeing and
kayaking, deep sea charters, tidal and fresh water fishing,
and of course, crabbing and shrimping
- More than 30 miles of paved bike trails
- Other activities include Summer Youth Recreation Program (ages
4-17) supervised by trained counselors; the Kiawah Kollege Program
(all ages) conducts salt marsh and beach participation tours
led by naturalists; the Kiawah Island Marathon; the Kiawah Island
Road Race; Spring and Fall concerts by the Charleston Symphony
Orchestra; Summer festivals at Night Heron Park and traditional
holiday activities.
- Golf Courses
- The quintessential golf resort,
Kiawah's variety of seaside courses is comparable
to that of Pebble Beach and the Monterey
Peninsula.
- The Ocean Course,
designed by Pete Dye and located at Kiawah's
eastern tip, features 18 holes, none of
which is more than a parallel hole away
from the ocean. Currently ranked #3 among
resort courses by Golf Digest, The Ocean
Course played host to the 1991 Ryder Cup
matches and the 1997 World Cup of Golf.
- Osprey Point, designed
by Tom Fazio, is built around four natural
lakes and is ranked 54th among resort courses
by Golf Digest.
- Turtle Point has
three ocean holes and was designed by Jack
Nicklaus.
- Cougar Point, designed
by Gary Player, has water on 13 holes.
- Oak Point, located
a mile outside Kiawah's outer gate and
recently purchased by the resort, is a
marsh course designed by Clyde Johnson
and is ranked among the top 50 venues in
South Carolina by readers of Golf Week.
- The River Course, the island's only private course, was
designed by Tom Fazio and built within the most historically
significant area of the Island, known as the Settlement.
- Tom Watson's new Cassique reminds world travelers of
a classic Scottish linkside course.
- Tennis
- Ranked #3 on Tennis Magazine's list of Top 50 Greatest
U.S. Tennis Resorts, these facilities include 23 Har-Tru
courts, five hard courts, pro shop and the best instruction
available.
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