Jekyll Island, GA

Horseback riding on the beach on Jekyll Island, Georgia is an experience like no other. Let Three Oaks Carriage and Trail Company allow you to experience the best of the Maritime Forest and the Driftwood Beach of Jekyll Island, Georgia.

Beach Trail Rides on Jekyll Island, Georgia

Take a trail ride through the Maritime Forest. See the salt marsh and return on the beautiful Driftwood Beach. Gentle,
well-trained horses and experienced guides insure a fun-filled ride. Rides leave from Clam Creek Road on the north end of Jekyll Island. Purchase tickets at the Jekyll Island History Center on Stable Road on Jekyll Island, Georgia.

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Carriage Tours of Jekyll Island

Relax and enjoy a leisurely carriage tour in the beautiful Historic District of Jekyll Island, Georgia. See the cottages of Rockefeller, Macy and Goodyear, as well as the Faith Chapel and many more. Please call for details.

Daytime Tours

Narrated tours/ Carriage rides are approximately 45 minutes. They depart from the Island History Center on Stable Road.

Carriage Tour Fares

* $15.00 Adults

* $7.00 Children 12 and under

(infants free)

Private Evening Tours/Reservations Suggested

Romantic carriage rides are approximately thirty-five minutes. They depart from the river side of the Jekyll Island Club Hotel in the center of the Historic District.

Private Tour Fares

* $40 .00 minimum-2 people

* $15.00 each extra person

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100 Stable Road, Jekyll Island, Georgia 31527
912 . 635 . 9500

On the north end of Jekyll Island, Georgia, you will find one of only two remaining Georgia pre-revolutionary structures made of tabby. Originally the house was the residence of Major William Horton, one of General James Oglethorpe's most trusted military aides.

Major Horton was the first English resident of Jekyll Island. His two story home was built on the north end of Jekyll Island along with a barn. The residents of neighboring Saint Simons Island depended on crops in his fields. Major Horton cut a road across the north end of Jekyll from his home to the beach which is to this day named Horton Road.

A Georgia historical marker, on the subject of "Tabby," is positioned at the Horton House site explaining the building material used in the original homes. Used in Georgia during the Military and Plantation Eras, tabby was used as a building material for walls, floors and roofs. Its composition was equal parts of sand, lime, oyster shell and water missed into a mortar mix and then poured into forms.

According to this historical marker, the word tabby is African in origin, with an Arabic background, and means "a wall made of earth or masonry." Originally, the Spanish brought this building style to America.

Part of the original site remains looking over to the Jekyll Island Bridge.

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The Georgia Sea Turtle Center designed for sea turtle rehabilitation, research and education on sea turtles opened in June 2007 on Jekyll Island, Georgia.

The Center is very much like an emergency room and rehabilitation center for injured and sick turtles in addition to scientific research. You get to see the various patients that are in rehabilitation at the Sea Turtle Center on Jekyll Island, Georgia and find out about their injuries and illnesses.

Freshwater turtles (like you find in ponds or in pet stores) have flat feet and webbed toes for swimming while a sea turtle's feet are flippers used for swimming. A freshwater turtle can move its neck into an S shape to put its head inside its shell while a sea turtle cannot.

One of the things you learn at the Georgia Sea Turtle Center on Jekyll Island, Georgia is the development of sea turtles from eggs all the way through adulthood. Sea turtles dig in the sand and bury their eggs. Several months later, the baby turtles crack out of the shell and stays hidden in the sand for several nights until all of the turtles are out of their shells. About 100 turtles start digging for the surface and emerge in the dark on the beach and race toward the sea. Many become victims to seabirds, crabs and other predators. Sometimes they head in the wrong direction toward the lights buildings behind dunes because they think they are headed into the light of the ocean's horizon. During certain times of the year, you can see the hatchings on beach walks sponsored by the Georgia Sea Turtle Center. Open daily from 10 - 6, visit the Georgia Sea Turtle Center on Jekyll Island, Georgia.

Event: Turtleween

Location: Georgia Sea Turtle Center on Jekyll Island, Georgia

Address: 214 Stable Road, Jekyll Island, Georgia

Date: Saturday, October 23

Time: 12 - 4 p.m.

Trick or treating as well as other special events at the Georgia Sea Turtle Center. All free with admission to center. Call 912-634-4444 for information and details.