Our oceanfront  community with perserved natural beauty and tranquility - our residential side is completely private and limited to permanent residents and long term rentals.

The community with over 1175 Acres including 700 Homesites

and over 3 miles o f Ocean / Sound Oriented Beautiful Beach Front Properties and Homes!

SECURITY:
Completely Private Security Gate with 24  Hour Full Plantation Security by Port Royal's own staffed security gaurd gate!

OUT GOLF COURSE:
3 Semi Private and Public Courses - Barony Course , Plantaters Row , Robber's Row - along with a magnificant anti-bellum Clubhouse

under construction due to finish in 2007!.

TENNIS:
Port Royal Racquet Club - 16 courts with Clay,

Grass and Hard Court Surfaces

more:

Two Crouquet Courts at Clubhouse / golfcourse

The BEACH:
VERY Private Beach Club & Recreational Facility with Pool 

and private beach access

Our pool is right on the ocean!

 
 
  Many Sites of Historical Significance throughout - including those dating back to Civil War

See the rest of our site for a HUGE historical
tour of our plantation!

Historical markers at Fort Walker Park, the Beach House and the Steam Gun describe the events that took place here and in the surrounding waters. Modern development of Hilton Head Island was initiated in the late 1950's. From the outset plans included an emphasis on preservation and nature. The original concept for our Plantation was that all residential development would be restricted to single family residences. This concept was later expanded to exclude any commercial development within plantation boundaries.

The modern era began slowly, cradled in a quiet environment far different than that of today. Raccoons, possums and deer were common. Bobcats appeared on patios and night hawks made ghostly noises in the dark. The plantation was full of songbirds and butterflies...wildflowers and pink phlox carpeted the fields. Occasionally, cows could be seen grazing on the fairways. Daufuskie natives had brought many of them to the island. Little wild horses, known as Marsh Tackys, brought over by the Spaniards and peculiar to the island, were a common sight. Before the present bridge to the Island was built, there was a turntable bridge that opened for boats to pass beneath and, prior to that, a ferry. Highway 278 was a dusty two-lane road without a traffic signal in sight.

By 1966, a few houses, the Port Royal Inn, the original clubhouse, and the first golf course, Robbers Row, were built within the plantation. By 1968 the Golf Club had reached 100 members. At this time the Inn, an oceanfront resort with thirty-two rooms and three villas located to the north of the present Beach House, was flourishing. A second golf course, Barony, was opened in the spring of 1969, and new golf villas were added where Fairway Winds now stands. The clubhouse was the center of social activity in those first years with cookouts by the pool, oyster roasts on Friday nights, Christmas tree decorating, dances, end-of-the month golf parties, and Sunday suppers. Several of these activities have carried over to our present lifestyle.

On the night before the Christmas dance in December 1973, a fire destroyed the clubhouse.   .

By 1970 the beaches were badly eroded. Sea oats and dunes were gone and some property owners had lost footage from their land. The Hilton Head Company constructed a series of rock and rip-rap groins out into the ocean to trap the sand. At first they looked like big rock walls. But in a few years, the groins were almost covered with sand. As the beaches accreted, the dunes rebuilt themselves and the sea oats reappeared! By 1995, erosion was again taking its toll on sound side beaches. A plan to "scrape" sand from areas along the ocean to reinforce the threatened areas helped forestall further damage. In 1997, the plantation's beaches were extensively renourished as part of the Town's beach nourishment plan.

  The plantation's roads, common areas, historical sites and amenities are now owned and maintained by the Association. In 2000 the Association conducted an extensive survey of its landowners and based on the results adopted a long range plan to guide management and development into the future. The landowners clearly expressed their desire to maintain the special character of the plantation and avoid over development and over regulation. Under the framework of the plan, the Association is committed to providing members with a secure, well-maintained and friendly environment in which to work, play and relax.