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2026 Beaufort History Guide

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513 Sunsuite - New to Program! Resort Ac...

513 Sunsuite is an efficiency unit located in the heart of Fripp Island. It is just a short walk to the Beach Club, Sandbar, Tennis Courts, Exercise Center, and more. This is ideal for visitors who want to take advantage of Fripp's many amenities...

  • Fripp Island
  • 1 Bedrooms
  • 1 Bathrooms
  • Sleeps 4
Beaufort National Cemetery

The Beaufort National Cemetery is a somber but historically important site located in the heart of Beaufort County. Quietly beautiful, with the region's renowned live oaks towering over the lines of small, white headstones, the cemetery holds a...

Private Pool, Walk to Beach, Ocean & Gol...

This impressive island home is located 2nd row from the beach and has Ocean Point golf vistas from the back of the home.  With 4 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms, there is room for up to 14 guests and everybody will appreciate the new private pool and...

  • Fripp Island
  • 4 Bedrooms
  • 4 Bathrooms
  • Sleeps 14
Parris Island

The Parris Island Marine Corps Base is easily one of the most recognizable marine corps bases in the country, if not the world, even though it is located on a small and undeveloped island on the outskirts of coastal South Carolina.

Flash Sale ! Oceanfront! Beach at High T...

Flash Sale: Available Dates: Select days in August and September!!Welcome to Slack Tide—your front-row seat to Fripp Island’s most striking sunrises.With impressive, unobstructed ocean vistas from every room, this cavernous and freshly refreshed...

  • Fripp Island
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 3 Bathrooms
  • Sleeps 11
Beaufort, SC History

The native Indians were living here seasonally as early as 4000 BC. Evidence of early settlement remains today in the form of a 3400 year old "Indian shell ring" in Hilton Head Island's Sea Pines Forest Preserve.

The Harrington in downtown Beaufort

(Also see “The Washington” for the downstairs condo.) This bright upstairs apartment has tons of windows and a high porch with vistas to the Northwest Quadrant, one of the four neighborhoods in Beaufort’s Historic District. The side door is...

  • Beaufort
  • 1 Bedrooms
  • 1 Bathrooms
  • Sleeps 2
Beaufort Walking History/Movie Tour
Book online
$15.00 - $36.00

description: *Over 300 years of history plus stories about Hollywood movies and actors.* _________ Duration 2 Hours ________ About Walking tour of Beaufort’s historic district gives you a chance to learn more about our beautiful town and ask...

History and Movie Tour by Golf Cart
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$15.00 - $38.00

duration: 1 Hour meeting_point: Downtown Marina at 1006 Bay Street, Beaufort, SC (29902) description: *See stunning live oaks draped with Spanish Moss, and pre-Civil War houses.* This one hour tour by golf cart covers Beaufort’s historic...

Pat Conroy's Beaufort by Golf Cart
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$20.00 - $45.00

description: *“I’ve come home to the place I was always writing about…. I’ve tried to make Beaufort, South Carolina, my own.”—Pat Conroy, The Death of Santini* ____ Duration and Availability - 1Hr15Mn - Monday through Sunday (7 days a...

Beaufort National Cemetery

The Beaufort National Cemetery is a somber but historically important site located in the heart of Beaufort County. Quietly beautiful, with the region's renowned live oaks towering over the lines of small, white headstones, the cemetery holds a...

John Mark Verdier House

The John Mark Verdier House Museum is a wonderfully engaging Downtown Beaufort attraction for a wide variety of reasons. As the only historic planter's house in the city open to the public, the 1804 estate presents an accurate portrait of how...

St. Helena's Episcopal Church

Visitors to historic Beaufort typically can't help but notice the distinguished St. Helena's Episcopal Church, a beautiful site with a sky-high steeple that towers over the lush, evergreen scene. In addition to its exterior beauty, the church has...