Hilton Head is the largest barrier island off the Atlantic coast between Long Island and the Bahamas. Hilton Head is located 40 miles north of Savannah, GA, and 90 miles south of Charleston, SC. Hilton Head Island lies on the Intracoastal Waterway and encompasses 42 square miles of semi- tropical, low-country geography, including unspoiled sea marshes, creeks and lagoons, heavily wooded forests of tall pines, palmettos, magnolias and live oaks.