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The island is divided into three communities - West Beach Village, East Beach Village and Vanderhorst Plantation - each with an atmosphere all its own. Together they offer life's finer indulgences, from fine dining and great shopping to the quiet charm of elegant residential living, along ten miles of unspoiled private beach.
WEST BEACH VILLAGE features the 150-room, beachside Kiawah Island Inn, with restaurants and lounges; villa and cottage accommodations; group meeting facilities, a pool complex bordering Kiawah's wide sandy beach with a magnificent view of the Atlantic Ocean; The Straw Market shops and restaurant; the 18-hole Cougar Point Golf Course and pro shop; and the West Beach Tennis Center with 16 courts and a pro shop.
EAST BEACH VILLAGE features villa and cottage accommodations; the 18-hole Turtle Point Golf Course and pro shop; the East Beach Tennis Center with 12 courts, an automated practice court and a pro shop... Night Heron Park (21 acres) includes a special play area for small children, large playing fields, picnic sites, lake with fishing dock, a 25-meter pool, bicycle rental shop, recreation pavilion, ... an ocean access point with an observation deck and bathhouse is nearby... The Market at Town Center, the 24,000 square foot East Beach Conference Center and Town Center.
VANDERHORST PLANTATION The Island's largest private residential area is home to picturesque views, marsh landscapes, elegant living and championship golf.
Local Facts
- Location - 21 miles south of historic Charleston... on the South Carolina coast.
- Size - 10,000 acres, with 10 miles of beach, and 65 ponds or lagoons.
- Plant Life - Oaks, palmetto, pines, hickories, sweetgum, magnolia, redbay, sassafras, wax myrtle, yaupon holly and sea oats.
- Wildlife - 18 species of mammals, more than 30 species of reptiles and amphibians. Kiawah's efforts to protect the Atlantic Loggerhead Sea Turtle received national acclaim in 1981 when the Izaak walton League honored Kiawah's program with a National Conservation award. There are also more than 140 species of birds.
- Climate - 80's-90's in spring and summer, 60's to 80's in fall, 30's (rarely) to 60's in winter. For an accurate forecast of Kiawah's weather this week, go to the WEATHER REPORT or for a radar scope of the Southeast, try CNN WEATHER.
- History - Named for the Kiawah Indians who inhabited the Island up to the 1600's, deeded to George Raynor in 1699 by the Lords Proprietors, has changed hands only four times since then. The prominent Vanderhorst family of Charleston kept the Island for 180 years before selling it to C.C. Royal of Aiken in 1950 for hunting and fishing, sold in 1974 to the Kiawah Island Company Ltd., and then in 1988 to Kiawah Resort Associates - the island's developer.
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