The best local amenity by far is the north shore beach three blocks from the park. It's a wide beach and not very crowded. One morning we actually saw about a dozen dolphins frolicking in the surf.

There's a supermarket not far from the park and lots of tacky tourist shops in downtown Tybee. If you have a chance to check out Chu's Department store, it's worth a look. It looks like it's been there forever and they sell just about everything under the sun.

 

 

The park is also just blocks from the historic Tybee Island Lighthouse which was recently commemorated on a United States postage stamp.

Tybee Island has some great restaurants. As I mentioned above, three blocks from the park there's is a really good casual place called North Beach Grill (41A Meddin Drive
(912) 786-9003). It has a large outdoor deck, Caribbean inspired food and reggae music playing all day.

Another great place is called Georges' of Tybee (Hwy 80 (912) 786-9730). It's a bit pricey but we had a very memorable dinner there. You can also walk to it from the park, which is always a plus.

We took another recommendation from Roadfood by Jane & Michael Stern, and had a fabulous meal at The Crab Shack. The Crab Shack is a giant seafood restaurant "where the elite eat in their bare feet." Each table has a huge garbage can in its center and a roll of paper towels, which makes your seafood feast easy to manage. The portions were huge, the food mighty fresh, and for $3.00 you can feed the baby alligators in the pond out front.

There's no WIFI on Tybee Island that we could find, but there are some locations in Savannah including Starbuck's downtown.