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Parking for Beach Parks

Starting March 1, 2025, Hilton Head Island residents with a parking permit can enjoy free parking at all Town beach parks.

Visitors will be required to pay for parking at all locations except Coligny Beach Park.

  • Parking fees will be $3 per hour, Monday through Friday, with a maximum daily charge of $15 per vehicle.
  • Parking fees on Saturdays and Sundays will be a flat daily rate of $20 per vehicle.
  • Parking fees will be enforced daily from 7 am to 5 pm during the peak beach season of March 1st through September 7th.
    • Free parking for youth recreational sports will remain available at Chaplin Community Park (Burkes Beach Access).
    • Beach parking fees will be enforced at Chaplin Community Park (Burkes Beach Access) from 7 am to 5 pm, beginning May 19th and through September 7th, following the end of the youth sports season.
    • Individuals with registered handicap placards and/or license plates may park for free at all beach parks, per South Carolina state law.
    • Disabled veterans and recipients of the Purple Heart are exempt from the payment of municipal parking meter fees when their vehicles bear a disabled veteran's or Purple Heart license plate issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles. A new parking privilege has been added to certain military license plates that allows free parking in metered areas in SC. These benefits do not apply to military license plates issued before May 6, 2022.
  • Visitors will pay online through a digital parking application accessed through their phones. Cash payments will no longer be accepted.
  • Failure to pay parking or other violations will result in citations and fines ranging from $50 to $500. Learn More About Beach Parking Fines

Pay a Beach Parking Fine

All vehicles must be parked in a designated parking space.

  • Any vehicle not parked in a designated space is subject to towing, at the owner's expense.

The Breeze Trolley Service

Consider using our free Breeze Trolley Service. The fare-free Breeze Trolleys operate on a seasonal schedule, 7 days a week from 1 pm to 10 pm, and until 11 pm on Fridays and Saturdays, early-April through Labor Day. Trolleys arrive at each stop approximately every 30 minutes.

View The Breeze Routes & Schedules

Public Beach Parks

2 Woodward Avenue

  • 22 paid parking spaces
  • 1 ADA accessible spaces

Overflow Parking

  • * Coligny Beach Park is the closest beach parking/access at 102 Pope Avenue

Parking Fees

  • Free for residents with beach parking permit
  • $3 per hour, Monday - Friday, with a maximum daily charge of $15 per vehicle
  • $20 flat daily rate per vehicle on Saturdays and Sundays

35 Casnet Drive

Located at Chaplin Community Park

  • 246 paid parking spaces
  • 12 ADA accessible spaces

Additional Parking

  • 2 Castnet Drive, off Singleton Beach Road
  • 136 free parking spaces
  • 4 ADA accessible spaces

Parking Fees

  • Free for residents with beach parking permit
  • $3 per hour, Monday - Friday, with a maximum daily charge of $15 per vehicle
  • $20 flat daily rate per vehicle on Saturdays and Sundays
  • * Free, year-round parking for youth recreational sports will remain available at Chaplin Community Park

102 Pope Avenue

  • 397 Free parking spaces
  • 7 ADA accessible spaces
  • 8 additional ADA accessible spaces located at 1 Coligny Circle

Additional Parking / Shuttle

  • USCB Hospitality Campus at 1 Sandshark Drive
  • 220 free parking spaces
  • 8 ADA accessible spaces
  • * Free Palmetto Breeze Shuttle to transport you from USCB - Hilton Head Island Campus to Coligny Beach Park, 10 am - 4:30 pm, Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Holidays, May 24, 2024 through September 2, 2024

64 Bradley Beach Road

  • 27 spaces reserved for resident beach parking permits
  • 168 paid parking spaces
  • 71 ADA accessible spaces
  • 3 Bus/RV spaces

Parking Fees

  • Free for residents with beach parking permit
  • $3 per hour, Monday - Friday, with a maximum daily charge of $15 per vehicle
  • $20 flat daily rate per vehicle on Saturdays and Sundays

124 Mitchelville Road

  • 93 paid parking spaces
  • 4 ADA accessible spaces

Overflow Parking

  • Barker Field Expansion Parking Lot at 160 Mitchelville Road
  • 70 free parking spaces
  • 2 ADA accessible spaces

Parking Fees

  • Free for residents with beach parking permit
  • $3 per hour, Monday - Friday, with a maximum daily charge of $15 per vehicle
  • $20 flat daily rate per vehicle on Saturdays and Sundays

55 Starfish Drive

  • 51 paid parking spaces
  • 3 ADA accessible spaces

Parking Fees

  • Free for residents with beach parking permit
  • $3 per hour, Monday - Friday, with a maximum daily charge of $15 per vehicle
  • $20 flat daily rate per vehicle on Saturdays and Sundays

94 Folly Field Road

  • 127 spaces reserved for resident beach parking permits
  • 25 paid parking spaces
  • 6 Bus/RV spaces

Parking Fees

  • Free for residents with beach parking permit
  • $3 per hour, Monday - Friday, with a maximum daily charge of $15 per vehicle
  • $20 flat daily rate per vehicle on Saturdays and Sundays

View Our Interactive Beach Park Map