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St. Simons Island Visitor Information
Chambers of Commerce
St. Simons Island, GA Chamber of Commerce Website:
www.brunswick-georgia.com/chamber
Brunswick-Golden Isles, Georgia Chamber of Commerce
4 Glynn Ave.
Brunswick, Georgia 31520
Area Airports
McKinnon St. Simons Island Airport
100 Airport Road
St. Simons Island · GA · 31522
912.265.2070 ext. 4
McKinnon St. Simons Island Airport, located on St. Simons Island, provides fueling for private aircraft, maintenance, avionics, pilot services, up-to-date weather information and aircraft catering. Hertz and Avis rental cars available.
Glynn County Airport Commission website www.flygcairports.com
Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport
400 Airways Avenue
Savannah · GA · 31408
877.FLY.2.SAV · 912.964.0514
info@savannahairport.com
Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport is conveniently located just off I-95 and is approximately 1 1/2 hours from St. Simons and Jekyll Islands.
Brunswick Golden Isles Airport
295 Aviation Parkway, Suite 205
Brunswick · GA · 31525
912.265.2070 ext. 4
commission@flygcairports.com
Fly into Brunswick Golden Isles Airport on ASA/The Delta Connection jet service, with the number of daily flights varying daily. Rental cars are available on site and travel time to either Jekyll Island or St. Simons Island is less than a half-hour.
St. Simons Historic Sites & Monuments
Avenue of Oaks
Located on Frederica Road
912-265-0620
Anne Page King planted this famous "Avenue of Oaks" that highlights the entrance to the Sea Island Golf Club.
Bloody Marsh Battle Site
Located Off Demere Road
912-638-3639
The battle fought here on July 7, 1742, when Spanish troops landed on the south end of St. Simons Island, proved to be the turning point in the Spanish conquest of Georgia. The marsh ran red with Spanish blood and the battle was a decisive British victory which ended forever the threat of Spanish invasion into this colony.
Gascoigne Bluff
P.O. Box 287, St. Simons Island, GA 31522
Located on Gascoigne Bluff Road
912-265-0620
Overlooking the Frederica River, this area was a favorite Native American campground, and during Colonial days, the landing at the bluff became Georgia's first naval base and bears the name of the man, Gascoigne, who first surveyed the Georgia coast for England. Live oak timbers milled here in 1794 were used in building "Old Ironsides," the USS Constitution, in 1874, and timbers were also cut here for the Brooklyn Bridge.
St. Simons Island Lighthouse
101 Twelfth Street, St. Simons Island, GA 31522
912-638-4666
First constructed in 1807 by James Gould on Couper's Point, this towering, 104 foot lighthouse was reconstructed in 1872 on the same site to replace the original which was destroyed by retreating Confederate forces in 1862. A beautifully restored 1872 lighthouse keeper's home complements the lighthouse.
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