Combine a world-class vacation resort with private residences, and Hilton Head Island's Palmetto Dunes emerges.  Developed in 1967, this plantation borders the Atlantic Ocean and is located directly across from Shelter Cove Harbour. Palmetto Dunes contains two privately gated neighborhoods, the Leamington community and the Mariner's section, as well as luxury resorts by Marriott, Hilton, and Disney. Here you will also find the island’s deepest yacht basin at Shelter Cove, three miles of beaches, an 11-mile lagoon system, approximately six miles of bike paths, three golf courses, and plenty of tennis courts.  The Palmetto Dunes community has even been recognized by Forbes magazine as one of the Top Eleven Family Resorts!

   As a resort-residential combination community, Palmetto Dunes also contains numerous upscale vacation resorts including the Marriott and Hilton resorts.  Highly popular among these is the Hilton Head Disney Resort, which offers over 120 villas/studio units spreading over 20 three-story buildings.

   54 Holes of championships golf abound in the Palmetto Dunes community.  Spread over three courses, golfers enjoy the challenges presented by the George Fazio, Arthur Hills, and Robert Trent Jones Oceanfront golf course, renovated in 2002.

   The Palmetto Dunes Tennis Center boasts 25 courts.  23 are clay and two are prime Nova ProBounce, with eight of the courts lighted at night, and instructors offer private lessons and adult/junior clinics. Since 1975, Tennis Magazine has ranked the center among the top 50 in the nation.