What locals are saying
Station 18 earns its reputation as one of Sullivan's Island's shortest and most scenic beach walks — under 500 feet through live vegetation, wildflowers, and the kind of weathered beach houses that make the Lowcountry feel like the Lowcountry. The ADA-accessible boardwalk (handrails included) places you within easy walking distance of the 1962 Sullivan's Island Lighthouse, the modern black-and-white beacon that defines this stretch of shoreline. The tradeoffs are real: street parking only along residential roads, no lifeguards, no restrooms, no alcohol on the sand — and in peak summer, the spot's low-key reputation has started drawing the crowds it once avoided.









