St. Simons, Georgia

About St. Simons

Set in the southeastern part of Georgia, St. Simons is a small unincorporated community.

St. Simons holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 16.46 square miles.

📰 St. Simons News Today

• Skeletal remains found on St. Simons Island News4JAX · Oct 3
• Skeletal remains found on St. Simons Island, police say firstcoastnews.com · Oct 2
• Police investigating after skeletal remains found on St. Simons Island WRDW · Oct 2
• Frederica Academy (St. Simons Island, GA) Basketball MaxPreps · Oct 8
• Katherine Williams Obituary - Brunswick, GA Dignity Memorial · Sep 29

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

📰 Local News

Read the latest Georgia headlines on our news site, Bless News Daily.

What Makes St. Simons Unique

• The only place in America named St. Simons — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in southeastern Georgia, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 8 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in St. Simons

• Bennie's Red Barn — seafood
• Brogen's North — burger
• Bubba Garcias — mexican
• King City Kitchen
• La Plancha — mexican
• Mellow Mushroom — pizza
• Sal's Neighborhood Pizzeria — pizza
• Starbucks — coffee shop (café)
• Waffle House — american
• Barbara Jean's

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · click a restaurant to read or write reviews.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Boathouse · Museum
• World War II Home Front Museum · Museum
• Saint Simons Island Lighthouse Museum · Museum

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in St. Simons

• 🏞️ Fort Frederica National Monument · National Park reviews ★
• Coast Guard/East Beach reviews ★
• Frederica Park reviews ★
• The John Gilbert Nature Trail at Frederica Marsh reviews ★
• Bloody Marsh Site reviews ★
• Demere Park reviews ★
• Devonwood Greenspace reviews ★
• Epworth Park reviews ★
• Gascoigne Bluff Park reviews ★
• Mallery Park reviews ★
• Massingale Park reviews ★
• Neptune Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in St. Simons

• Oglethorpe Point Elementary School
• St. Simons Elementary School

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🌤️ Current Weather

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🗺️ Map of St. Simons

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