County hosting grand opening for Whitehall Park on Lady’s Island

From staff reports

Beaufort County is hosting a Grand Opening celebration for Whitehall Park at 10:30 a.m., Friday, April 21. Beaufort County Councilman York Glover and City of Beaufort Mayor Stephen Murray will provide opening remarks and cut the ribbon.

Whitehall Park is located at 120 White Hall Drive, Lady’s Island and is owned by Beaufort County, with the City of Beaufort providing maintenance of the property. The park is 9.72-acres of mixed pine and live oak canopy along a salt marsh point on the Beaufort River.

Passive recreation amenities at the park include public access with a pervious parking lot, pervious sidewalks, a pavilion with restrooms and water fountains, a picnic garden under live oak canopy, and benches along the scenic river front. A boardwalk also joins the lighted pervious multi-use pathway along the causeway to the Woods Memorial Bridge. This pathway will allow visitors and residents to safely walk or bike from downtown Beaufort to the residential and shopping areas on Lady’s Island, day or night.

Whitehall Park is open to fers a 12-foot wide, paved path that is dedicated to pedestrians and bicyclists.

Erickson wishes there were more.

“Wouldn’t it be cool to have a trail that went from Yemassee all the way to Hilton Head?” she asked. “You could run, walk, or hike from one end of Beaufort County to the other. Imagine the history, wildlife, and nature you’d see.”

Play a part

To support The Friends of the Spanish Moss Trail, tax-deductible checks can be made payable to: Friends of the Spanish Moss Trail (P.O. Box 401, Beaufort, S.C. 29901) or online at www.SpanishMossTrail.com. For more information on the work of the FSMT and easy navigation to the Trail, people can download the free Mobile App, The Spanish Moss Trail Mobile Guide (available on Apple Store and Google Play).

Mike McCombs is the Editor of The Island News and can be reached at TheIslandNews@gmail.com the public Monday through Sunday from dawn to dusk by an automatic timed gate. The pathway is open to the public 24/7. Please contact the City of Beaufort Downtown Operations Manager, Linda Roper, at lroper@cityofbeaufort.org for reservation/rental requests.