Sapelo Island
Sapelo Island is a state-protected barrier island located in McIntosh County, Georgia. The island is accessible only by boat; the primary ferry comes from the Sapelo Island Visitors Center in McIntosh County, Georgia, a seven-mile, twenty-minute trip.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: island and unincorporated settlement in Georgia, United States of America
- Also known as: “Reynolds Estate”, “Sapelo”, “Sapelo Island, GA”, “Sapelo Island, Georgia”, and “Sapeloe Island”
- Postal code: 31327
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sapelo Lighthouse and Behavior Cemetery.
Sapelo Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Sapelo Island Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Georgia, United States, near the southern tip of Sapelo Island. It is the nation's second-oldest brick lighthouse and the oldest survivor among lighthouses designed by Winslow Lewis.
Behavior Cemetery
Cemetery
Behavior Cemetery is a historic cemetery on Sapelo Island outside Hog Hammock, Georgia. The cemetery is located at the south end of Sapelo Island, 1.25 miles west of Hog Hammock, about 300 feet off of Airport Road. Behavior Cemetery is situated 2 miles north of Sapelo Island.
Sapelo Island
- Categories: island, unincorporated community in the United States, and locality
- Location: McIntosh, Georgia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
31.39745° or 31° 23′ 51″ northLongitude
-81.27871° or 81° 16′ 43″ westElevation
10 feet (3 metres)Open location code
863W9PWC+XGOpenStreetMap ID
node 154005047OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Sapelo Island” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Sapelo Island”
- Cebuano: “Sapelo Island”
- Chinese: “萨佩洛岛”
- Danish: “Sapelo Island”
- Dutch: “Sapelo Island”
- French: “île de Sapelo”
- French: “Île de Sapelo”
- Haitian: “Sapelo Island, Georgie”
- Indonesian: “Pulau Sapelo”
- Japanese: “サペロ島”
- Spanish: “Isla Sapelo”
- Swedish: “Sapeloön”
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