GA, Jekyll Island Clubhouse.

Once the exclusive enclave of the rich Jekyll Island was sold to the State of Georgia to be enjoyed by all after World War II. Restoration of these millionaires cottages began soon afterward. Today they offer a glimpse at the "Life of Riley" during the early 20th Century.

Jekyll's nine-mile beach and inland pine forests surround these mansions. There is a newly paved 20 mile bicycle route that circumvents the island. It is considered one of the best in the nation. The path is restricted to bicycle and foot travel and is located safely off the main highway. The bike trail has paths through the island's pine forests to the golf course, mansions, beaches, and major hotels. The only island where everything can be conveniently reached on a bicycle.

GA, Jekyll Island Driftwood Beach.

The island's wildlife population freely roams its sand dunes, pine forests, and salt marshes. Deer usually can be seen early and late in the day when they are most active. Loggerhead, hawksbill, and green turtles that inhabit the offshore waters are occasionally found on the ocean shores. As well as a prolific raccoon population inhabiting the inland forests. Beware, if fed these raccoons can become very aggressive! A free fishing pier is located across from the island's campground that extends into the shallow waters of St. Simon's Sound. Fisherman target the state's most sought after fish, the speckled sea trout.

A recommended excursion from Jekyll is to the uninhabited Cumberland Island National Seashore located just to the south. Cumberland Island is Georgia's largest and southernmost barrier island. It has many of the same topographic features as Jekyll except for people and buildings. Cumberland has been preserved in its natural state free from man's intervention. A place which can give the visitor an impression of how the Spanish conquistadors must have viewed this region. A primitive island with no development that is 15 miles long and 3 miles wide and filled with swamps, salt marshes, dunes, pine forests, and moss-draped magnolias.