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What's the best time of year to visit Georgia for beaches? September ish?

Yes, I live on the island mentioned in the article. This place gets insane with tourists during the Summer months, but gets much calmer during September. The weather is also nicer, with the highs averaging in the mid-80s(F). The summer months are generally hot and humid -- this is the deep South after all.

I'm jealous. I visit several times a year and often think about just moving there. I'd eat too much southern soul though, it's for the best.

I'll have to defer since you live there, but I'm from South GA and my sisters live on SSI and I'd think September would be hotter than that & October would be nicer (my favorite month in GA overall).

Also, if you happen to live in the Northeast, I recommend a visit to SSI in the early spring to cure that endless winter misery that you get in March & sometimes April.

Fall in general is great. My perception (which I’ve not validated) is October is generally wetter. That may just be from anomolies the last yew years than the actual climate, though.

Just don’t come the weekend of the Georgia-Florida football game in late October. 10,000 (newspaper’s estimate, not mine) Georgia fans flock to the island and get drunk. We’re not at all equipped to handle that many college kids all at once.

I had no idea that there where this many Ga people on HN. I live in statesboro (about 45 minutes from Sav), and am from south south georgia.

For Cumberland Island, you want to go before the mosquitos come back; so often late February or March.

Camping on Cumberland is a great way to enjoy the island:

https://www.nps.gov/cuis/planyourvisit/camping.htm

Depends on where you're from and what temperatures are comfortable.

May and September are the standards. Adjust to preference.

nvm

Perhaps it was lumping all southerners together and calling them all inbred racists that resulted in a bad time for you. I think a lot of people would like to explore Georgia as a Florida alternative

All the barrier islands are beautiful - Cumberland, SSI, Jekyll, Tybee and they aren't too busy (well, except Saint Simons during the GA/FL weekend which is a blast in and of itself).

Replace the word southerner with some other minority and see how it sounds. Not all southerners are racists, and inbred is just a slur.

That said, the political climate is a real concern for me, but I'm hoping it wouldn't be in my face in a tourist town.

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