Brunswick, on the mainland, and St. Simons Island are nearby. Visitors enjoy walking the beaches and sandbars, riding along the bike trails, guided tours of the Landmark Historic District, and the Summer Waves Waterpark. Jekyll is about 7 miles long and 1.5 miles wide. It offers 8 miles of wide, flat beaches on its eastern shore along with 20 miles of hiking trails. Hikers can appreciate the wide variety of wildlife living and breeding in the marshes.

Sea Turtle Rescue

The Georgia Sea Turtle Center works to rehabilitate injured sea turtles and release them back into the ocean. It offers research and education programs to increase the awareness of habitat and wildlife conservation and protect ecosystem health. Visitors can observe sea turtle patients and enjoy the interactive Exhibit Gallery.

History

The land itself is composed of mostly older Pleistocene Age geology with small sections of younger land from the Holocene Period. The coastal Guale Native American tribe lived on the island during the 16th century and some representatives of the Muskogian tribes also lived there. They were hunter-gatherers, who found a variety of fish in the creeks and grew a few crops of beans, corn and squash on the island.

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