Coach Whitaker – Island Resident Since 1968
Ted Whitaker built his family’s home on Bradley Circle in 1970. He and his family remain the longest residents in this small beach oriented community located mid-island on Hilton Head. […]
Private Beach Access On Bradley Circle
The “Josephine Driessen Private Beach Access R/W” Unlike the nearby Driessen Beach Park’s ‘public’ beach-access boardwalk (which had historically served as the “neighborhood beach-access”); this walkway is ‘private’. Some neighbors […]
Ward 4 HHI Representative – 2026 Election
Tamera Becker is the Ward 4 “Representative” – for neighborhoods in the mid-island areas of Hilton Head Island (including Chaplin). This includes ocean-oriented neighborhoods, such as Folly Field, Bradley Beach, […]
Eastern Red Cedar tree – Killed Unlawfully!
This beautiful Eastern Red Cedar tree (Juniperus virginiana) was well over 100 years old (estimated from it’s size – and as identified by The Clemson University’s Plant and Pest Diagnostic […]
Driessen Beach Park – Named for Henry Driessen
In 1921, Henry Driessen Senior purchased 30 acres within the former Chaplin Plantation (now the Chaplin Community of Hilton Head Island). This parcel of land ran from Bradley Beach Road (owned […]
The Burke’s “HideAway” (Gullah Social Club)
The Burkes family once owned all of the land between Bradley Circle and Burkes Beach Road. Daniel and Geneva Burke had a small home that once sat where Marriott Surfwatch […]
Burkes Beach – Named After a Local Gullah Family
I discovered Burkes Beach when I came to Hilton Head to visit my folks – who had retired here in the early 1990’s. They moved to Hilton Head Plantation, and […]
Bradley Memorial Beach Subdivision 1953
From 1888, the ‘Christopher’ family owned the land that include Bradley Memorial Beach Subdivision (the homes along Bradley Beach Road); and much of what is now ‘Driessen Beach Park’. It […]
Surfwatch Boardwalk – Inclusive Beach Access
The Marriott ‘Surfwatch’ boardwalk that runs from ‘Sandy Beach Trail’ to the beach – over a tidal-marsh inlet – is a lovely nature boardwalk. The Marriott, in keeping with the […]
Bradley Beach – a Rich History and Cultural Legacy
When I moved to Bradley Beach Road in 1997, it was still a dirt road, as was Bradley Circle. These two roads were historically connected where Driessen Park exists today […]