Jekyll Island, Georgia

About Jekyll Island

Jekyll Island, GA is a small unincorporated community located in southeastern Georgia.

Jekyll Island holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 8.99 square miles.

📰 Jekyll Island News Today

• Jekyll Island plans could increase hotel capacity by more than 13% thecurrentga.org · May 26
• Jekyll Island Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 23
• A sea turtle’s gift: Building a family The Invading Sea · Jun 22
• Jekyll Island Club Resort Review: What to Expect with a Visit TravelAwaits · May 29
• Georgia flags parts of Tybee, St. Simons and Jekyll beaches for elevated fecal bacteria WJCL · Jun 25

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Jekyll Island Unique

• The only place in America named Jekyll Island — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in southeastern Georgia, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 11 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Jekyll Island

• Beach House Resturant and Tap Room
• Corridor Z — seafood
• Doc's Snack Shop
• Eighty Ocean Kitchen and Bar
• Fuse Frozen Yougurt on Jekyll Island — ice cream
• Larry's Giant Subs
• Red Bug Pizza & Pub — pizza
• Sea Jay's — seafood
• The Reserve
• Tortuga Jacks — mexican

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Georgia Sea Turtle Center · Attraction
• Summer Waves Waterpark · Water park
• Captain Phillips Dolphin Boat Tour · Attraction
• Jekyll Island Museum · Museum
• Tidelands Nature Center · Attraction

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Jekyll Island

• High Point-Halfmoon Bluff Historic District reviews ★
• Jekyll Island State Park Authority reviews ★
• St. Andrews Picnic Area and Beach reviews ★
• Tidelands Nature Center · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Village Green reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Jekyll Island

🏘️ Nearby Communities