Salt Marsh

Marsh Front Boardwalks

Extending into Jarvis Creek run the museum’s three educational boardwalks, positioned for exploring the tidal creek that borders the museum’s property. These boardwalks and trails are lined with informative interpretive panels on the natural and cultural features of the waterways, estuaries, salt marshes found on and around Hilton Head Island, as well as the abundant marine and wildlife that inhabit them.

Timelapse of the Ever-Changing Salt Marsh

The Coastal Discovery Museum is partnering with Chronolog chronolog.io to engage visitors is a community science project. A photo station has been created near the end of the Osprey Outlook Boardwalk at the Coastal Discovery Museum. Visitors can place their phone in the bracket, snap a picture of the salt marsh and tidal creek, and send it to the email address posted on the Chronolog sign. The photos are then stitched together to create a timelapse video.

The salt marsh is an important habitat that is constantly changing from season-to-season, day-to-day, and even minute-to-minute. This project is a great way to monitor those changes and allow people from all over the country to observe this exceptional habitat. We hope that our visitors will contribute to our photo collection and enjoy learning more about the salt marsh.

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Marsh Front Boardwalks

Extending into Jarvis Creek run the museum’s three educational boardwalks, positioned for exploring the tidal creek that borders the museum’s property. These boardwalks and trails are lined with informative interpretive panels on the natural and cultural features of the waterways, estuaries, salt marshes found on and around Hilton Head Island, as well as the abundant marine and wildlife that inhabit them.

Timelapse of the Ever-Changing Salt Marsh

The Coastal Discovery Museum is partnering with Chronolog chronolog.io to engage visitors is a community science project. A photo station has been created near the end of the Osprey Outlook Boardwalk at the Coastal Discovery Museum. Visitors can place their phone in the bracket, snap a picture of the salt marsh and tidal creek, and send it to the email address posted on the Chronolog sign. The photos are then stitched together to create a timelapse video.

The salt marsh is an important habitat that is constantly changing from season-to-season, day-to-day, and even minute-to-minute. This project is a great way to monitor those changes and allow people from all over the country to observe this exceptional habitat. We hope that our visitors will contribute to our photo collection and enjoy learning more about the salt marsh.

View Chronolog

SALT MARSH
DISCOVERY

The Salt Marsh is one of our area’s most prominent features, not to mention an essential resource. Most coastal creatures depend partially or even fully on the Salt Marsh for survival and repay those benefits extensively with the role they play. The Salt Marsh itself has a unique role not only as a nursery for many of the creatures that inhabit the coast is but also as a water filter vital for the functioning of the entire coastal ecosystem (a fascinating tale that is often overlooked). Learn from an expert how and why this particular environment is so important. Considered one of the most productive ecosystems on earth, the Salt Marsh is a place worth visiting and discovering while on Hilton Head Island.

September-May: Fridays from 10:00-11:30am.
$12 adults / $7 child (ages 4-12) / Not recommended for children under the age of 4.

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SALT MARSH
DISCOVERY

The Salt Marsh is one of our area’s most prominent features, not to mention an essential resource. Most coastal creatures depend partially or even fully on the Salt Marsh for survival and repay those benefits extensively with the role they play. The Salt Marsh itself has a unique role not only as a nursery for many of the creatures that inhabit the coast is but also as a water filter vital for the functioning of the entire coastal ecosystem (a fascinating tale that is often overlooked). Learn from an expert how and why this particular environment is so important. Considered one of the most productive ecosystems on earth, the Salt Marsh is a place worth visiting and discovering while on Hilton Head Island.

September-May: Fridays from 10:00-11:30am.
$12 adults / $7 child (ages 4-12) / Not recommended for children under the age of 4.

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MARSH
CRITTERS

The salt marsh is a rich and vital habitat that is full of life. The Coastal Discovery Museum is your easy-access opportunity to meet the marsh critters in person as your guide shares a fun short story about all the varieties you might encounter while spending a day in the salt marsh. Never see your local landscape the same way again after this meet-and-greet with its wild cast of characters.

This family program is designed for the preschool and younger elementary kids in your family BUT the whole family will enjoy.
June, July, August: Thursdays from 10:00-10:30 AND Thursdays from 11:00-11:30.
$25 per family/group (up to 7 people). 1 group per program.
This is a FAMILY FRIENDLY outdoor experience.

Register Now

MARSH CRITTERS

The salt marsh is a rich and vital habitat that is full of life. The Coastal Discovery Museum is your easy-access opportunity to meet the marsh critters in person as your guide shares a fun short story about all the varieties you might encounter while spending a day in the salt marsh. Never see your local landscape the same way again after this meet-and-greet with its wild cast of characters.

This family program is designed for the preschool and younger elementary kids in your family BUT the whole family will enjoy.
June, July, August: Thursdays from 10:00-10:30 AND Thursdays from 11:00-11:30.
$25 per family/group (up to 7 people). 1 group per program.
This is a FAMILY FRIENDLY outdoor experience.

Register Now