ADA
8 ADA spaces at 102 Pope Avenue. 8 more ADA at 1 Coligny Circle.
South Carolina · Lowcountry · Stay area
Coligny Beach and the Forest Beach stretches
Coligny Beach Park is the Town’s most popular oceanfront park, at 1 Coligny Circle at the end of Pope Avenue, and it is the public beach hub for stays on the Forest Beach–Coligny streets.
- The hub Coligny Beach Park · 1 Coligny Circle
- Free lot 102 Pope Avenue — phone-app fees do not apply here
- Quiet valve Alder Lane · 22 paid spaces · off South Forest Beach Drive
The free lot at 102 Pope Avenue is the one that fills.
The park
Coligny Beach Park sits at 1 Coligny Circle, SC 29928 — end of Pope Avenue off Coligny Circle. The Town lists it as the most popular oceanfront park on the parks index.
Town amenities listed for Coligny: beach access, beach wheelchair, free parking, outdoor showers, public art, seasonal life guards, and seasonal beach rentals — Shore Beach Service chairs and umbrellas on the sand, late March through late October. Ask the attendant, or call 843-785-3494 to set up elsewhere. At a stand, a day is $25 for an umbrella, $18 for a chair, or $46 for one umbrella and two chairs, tax included.
Nearby Town names on the same streets (not beach-day lots): Coligny Circle Pocket Park at 109 Pope Avenue (“between Coligny Circle and Coligny Plaza”), Lowcountry Celebration Park at 94 Pope Avenue (“near the Coligny Beach parking lot”), and Cordillo Tennis Courts at 2 South Forest Beach Drive.
Free lot
Coligny is the exception on the Town parking page: visitors pay at other beach parks; Coligny stays free. Lot address: 102 Pope Avenue. Town parking · Town note on free Coligny parking.
Fees here
Phone-app peak fees ($3/hr Mon–Fri, $5/hr Sat–Sun, March 1–September 7, 7 am–5 pm at other parks) do not apply at Coligny.
Park hours
Town beach parks open daily 6 am–10 pm.
If the lot is full
Pivot to mid-island Town parks: Driessen, Burkes, or Folly Field. Alder Lane is too small to be Coligny overflow — 22 paid spaces, and the Town lists Coligny at 102 Pope as Alder’s closest overflow, not the reverse. See the live park comparison table and Coligny stretch.
Forest Beach
Forest Beach is the neighborhood along South Forest Beach Drive. Stays on these streets use Coligny as the public hub and Alder as the compact valve.
Eat already on the guide: A Lowcountry Backyard — short hop off Coligny.
Piggly Wiggly at 1 North Forest Beach Drive sells locally caught seafood. Ask about steamed peel-and-eat shrimp. 843-785-3881.
Getting there without a car (seasonal)
The Breeze trolley for 2026 was fare-free, April 11–Labor Day (September 7), 1 pm–10 pm, to 11 pm Fri–Sat. That 2026 season has ended.
Rules on the sand
Same island rules as the rest of Town sand — no Coligny-only dog exception on the Town animals page. Point to the guide rules card and dogs in brief. Town animals clock: hiltonheadislandsc.gov/beach/animals.cfm. Fish Haul’s marked zone is not this area.
Beach season (lifeguards in designated swim areas): April 1–September 30. Coligny’s Town park page lists seasonal life guards.
Cordillo Tennis Courts are the Town tennis courts on these streets, at 2 South Forest Beach Drive, off Pope Avenue. Tennis and pickleball. Van der Meer Tennis Center on DeAllyon Drive off Cordillo Parkway is clinics. Clinics.