As many start to plan trips to the coast for the summer, local beach towns feature new shopping, dining, concerts and public ...

Looking north with the Harbor Island Bridge at the top of the photo, South Carolina’s Hunting Island State Park beaches, right, are only a sliver at high tide as seen on Aug. 4, 2023.

I realized that Hunting Island had given me something none of the others could quite match — complete peace. While it’s not exactly beach camping in Florida, packing for South Carolina’s ...

Dune erosion at Beach Access #1 at Hunting Island’s south beach post-Tropical Storm Idalia in Beaufort County, South Carolina, on Friday, Sept. 2023. Sarah Haselhorst Two days after Idalia hit ...

Hunting Island light was decommissioned in 1933 but became the main attraction for the most popular South Carolina State park, until it closed in 2022. South Carolina State Park Director, Paul ...

Photographed from Little Hunting Island looking south shows the homes of Fripp Island through the tangled trees overtaken by the surf as seen on on Aug. 4, 2023 at South Carolina’s Hunting ...

Hunting Island light was decommissioned in 1933 but became the main attraction for the most popular South Carolina State park, until it closed in 2022. South Carolina State Park Director ...

South Carolina’s effort to slow erosion on other parts of Hunting Island’s beach — including the area near its signature lighthouse — has taken a toll on the south end, scientists say.