The “Josephine Driessen Private Beach Access R/W” Unlike the nearby Driessen Beach Park’s ‘public’ beach-access walkway (which had historically served as the “neighborhood beach-access”); this walkway is ‘private’. Some neighbors […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
On May 15, 2023 – without warning – the Town of Hilton Head Island abruptly boarded-up the access-gate between the Driessen Beach Park and Bradley Circle – cutting-off this amazing […]