Driftwood Beach
Jekyll Island, GA
A graveyard of sun bleached live oak and pine trunks left behind as the shoreline eroded and the trees toppled where they stood. It photographs like nowhere else on the Georgia coast, and locals will tell you sunrise is the only time to see it properly, before the day trippers arrive.
The sun bleached tree graveyard photographs like nowhere else on the Georgia coast, arrive at sunrise if you want it without the day trippers.
How we score beachesCome at low tide for the most sand to walk among the fallen trees, and go early for the best light.
Dogs are welcome on the beach on a leash up to 16 feet year-round.
Coastal Georgia's mild winters mean the tree graveyard here photographs well nearly any month, though summer brings the heat, humidity, and hurricane risk common to the whole Southeast coast, June through November. Sunrise light is best in the cooler months when the air is clearer.
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