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Visitors can drive across a bridge to Sea Island, St. Simons' neighbor to the east. This
lush, green, carefully tended isle is a favorite of the well-to-do; its five-star resort, the
Cloister, is visited by everyone from movie stars to presidents.
Reachable by ferry, the third island, Little St. Simons, contains another resort, where
guests can ride horseback, hike through acres of virgin pine, canoe across quiet marshes
that teem with wildlife, and go surf-casting for redfish.
The Jekyll Island Club, now a historic landmark, was once considered the most exclusive social club in the United States.
Its members included the Astors, Vanderbilts, Pulitzers, Morgans, and McCormicks. The club is now a fully restored
hotel.
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Jekyll Island
You'll have to backtrack to the mainland and cross the marshes yet again to reach storied
Jekyll Island, a link with the Gilded Age. In 1886 a few dozen captains of in-
dustry—familiar names such as Morgan, Rockefeller, Lorillard, Pulitzer, Vanderbilt, and
Goodyear—bought the island and built the elegant Jekyll Island Clubhouse; it survives
today as a hotel with posh sitting rooms and croquet on the lawn. They also built family
“cottages” with up to 31 rooms (one had an astonishing 17 bathrooms).
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