Complete Agenda Package - Town of Hilton Head Island

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HILTON HEAD ISLAND
We are also proud of our new way to explore the beautiful tree tops and views at the ZipLine Hilton Head, a
fun, two-hour canopy tour that is a sweet journey through Hilton Head’s beautiful massive live oaks and
commanding pines, looking out on glistening Broad Creek with its array of boats, fantastic birds and dolphins.
BICYCLISTS’ HEAVEN
With over 100 miles (161 km) of Bike Trails, Hilton Head Island has recently earned a
Silver Level “Bicycle Friendly Community” designation from the League of American
Bicyclists. We are one of only three resort destinations in the U.S. with this high-level
bicycle friendly designation and the only place in the Carolinas with a silver level.
Our local bicycle club, Kickin’ Asphalt Bicycle Club, was named the Best Bicycle
Club in Southeast USA by the League in 2008. With dozens of top bicycle businesses, group rides and
bike tours and resources on the Island and in nearby Bluffton, it’s a pretty good place for cyclists.
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC
SUPREME BEACHES AND OCEAN AT YOUR FINGERTIPS, AND TOES
Hilton Head Island beaches boast sugar-fine sand on very firm beaches that provide a very sure and solid
foundation for swimmers entering and exiting the Atlantic Ocean. Millennia of geologic activity and ocean
waves have molded our solid strand. It is wide and level and unlike most other shores in America. Plus, our
shallow ocean shelf extends for 70 feet from the shoreline to the location of the Continental Shelf. Nature
has graced us with gentler waves and wind, compacting well-worn particles into a harder beach surface and
resulting in our wider and flatter beaches. Another bonus is that in October, our average ocean temperature
is in the mid-70s Fahrenheit.
SEAMLESS RACE TRANSITIONS
Hilton Head Island and the surrounding Lowcountry are not just a city location, we are a seamless regional
destination offering the ability to work together to ensure that every moment of the race is about the race and
not transferring or busing athletes to different locations during IRONMAN. Our diverse settings include a
rich village atmosphere in eclectic seaside marina villages on the Island, Old Town Bulffton’s historic district
by the May River and unique route options to provide race participants with a variety of settings. Swimming
along the Atlantic Coast, then running through delightful villages to meandering bridges over major rivers and
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