Distant Island, Beaufort SC- Real Estate

Paradise

Revisited

Thanks to careful, unhurried

development, Distant Island

is still a place to leave

the world behind.

Much has been written about Distant
Island over the past decade, and it’s
easy to understand why. It’s easy
to wax poetic over 180 luxuriant
acres, shaded by a profusion of splendid
live oaks, surrounded by deep, protected
water. It’s easy to rave about the way the
island’s been developed – slowly and mindfully,
with unwavering commitment to the
natural environment. It’s easy to imagine
the lives being lived here – lives enriched
by privacy, tranquility, and the nourishing
presence of nature. In short, it’s easy to
see why Soundings magazine called Distant
Island “Paradise Found.” If you haven’t seen Distant Island lately, you might want to give it a

second look, while you still can.

While still one of the most beautiful,
pristine bodies of waterfront acreage
around, there is a new energy about the
place, a sense of movement and activity. Once only an idea on paper – a dream shared by developer and designer – The Village of Distant Island is now taking shape in very tangible terms. Phase Three of development is well underway, and Phase Four is poised to break ground very soon. This means that, for the first time ever, Distant Island will have marsh-front homesites to offer, not to mention a new price point. In the past,

Boat lying upside down on dock off of Distant Island
Kayaking, canoeing, crabbing and shrimping, as well as tennis, can become every day pursuits at home on Distant Island.

there has been two price points – park front property, starting around $175,000, and deepwater property, starting at $775,000. The new marsh-front home sites will fall somewhere in between – exciting news for anyone looking to buy island property.

The brain child of Beaufort developer
George Trask and celebrated landscape
architect, the late Robert Marvin, The
Village of Distant Island is a concept based
on years of research and careful thought.
Trask visited Seaside, Florida, and many
old coastal cities throughout the Carolinas,
adapting the best of what he saw into
his plans for Distant Island. Those plans,
according to Trask, harkened back to the
era “before America began her love affair
with the automobile.” They called for an
authentic, old-fashioned community, with
a village green, community docks, tennis
courts, a community garden, freshwater
ponds, a 20-acre nature park, and three
neighborhood park areas. Over the past
decade, those plans have become reality
– slowly, surely, and with great care.