Maps

Beach Access

The proposed village area (in red) takes up less than one mile of the entire ten mile Jekyll coastline. Click on the image for a larger view.

Undeveloped Land

By a combination of three state laws, 75 percent of Jekyll Island is protected from development. This map illustrates how the undeveloped land is divided among dunes, golf course buffers and natural undisturbed areas.

Developed Land

Developed acreage on the island totals roughly 1,300 acres in a combination of developed areas, golf fairways and disturbed areas that are not yet built.

Developed Land: Details

Currently, the majority of the land available for development is developed with a combination of residential areas, infrastructure, airport, golf course, existing hotels and convention center.

Proposed Site Use

As this map shows, most of the proposed beach village site is currently developed land that will be redeveloped. Some areas that are developed will be repurposed as natural areas.

Water Levels

The one law that concerns the 65 percent protected/35 percent developable land only takes into account that area of the island that is about the 4.3 feet high water mark. Shown in beige is the area affected by that law.

Existing Parking

Current parking areas on Jekyll Island are shown on this map as well as the number of spaces in each lot and its walking distance from the beach.  All exisiting parking lots are large asphalt surface lots.

 

Proposed Parking

Illustrated on this map are the proposed parking areas in the new beach village.  Proposed parking will feature pervious pavement to control runoff.  As shown here, more than half of the spaces are less than a three minute walk from the beach, and many give the public closer access to the beach than existing parking.