Bluffton is a great place to visit for a weekend getaway or an extended stay: No longer the small hamlet people drove through to reach Hilton Head Island, we boast five of South Carolina’s top golf courses, access to the Intracoastal Waterway, fishing, hunting and outdoor sports. We are a short way from the famous Huntington Beach and its lighthouse, Charleston, Savannah and other South Carolina and Georgia destinations without the hustle and bustle of the city.

Bluffton is scenic: the Lowcountry has scenes that have long been the subject of budding and established photographers, backgrounds to wedding photos, and inspiration for major motion pictures. The Greater Bluffton area played host to filming Forrest Gump, The Great Santini, The Legend of Bagger Vance, The Big Chill, GI Jane, Platoon, Something to Talk About, White Squall, Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, The Prince of Tides, Cold Mountain, The Haunted Mansion, The Haunted House, Radio, Route 65 Nashville, Sponge Bob Square Pants, My Brother, Your Outlaw: The Waylon Jennings Story, and more!

Beyond the great attractions of today, Bluffton is history: did you know Bluffton was part of St. Luke’s Parish in the Colonial Era? We later played host to the Yamasee War and then the British destroyed the largest plantations in our area during the Revolutionary War! The Secession Movement in South Carolina began under a 400 year old oak tree known at “Secession Oak.” Bluffton was situated strategically near the Union’s South Atlantic Blockading Squadron and became a hub for intelligence and spying for the Confederacy against the Union. Finally, in June of 1863 Bluffton was set ablaze in what was known as the Union’s “Expedition Against Bluffton.” 

If you think we are a great place to visit, we are an even better place to relocate or retire. Poke around to learn more about what our area has to offer.