The 1st Tybee Island Day Mark • The 2nd Tybee Island Day Mark 1742-1768

Oglethorpe praised the 1742 day-mark here as among the best such structures in America, but coastal erosion undermined it, prompting the 1768 authorization of a replacement set safely inland.

The 1st Tybee Island Day Mark • The 2nd Tybee Island Day Mark 1742-1768 is a historical marker in Tybee Island, Chatham County. It is one of 339 historical markers documented in Chatham County, among 480 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 32.0223, -80.8456 near Tybee Island. The nearest cataloged historic site is Savannah River Light (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Journal of the Light-House Station, Life at the Tybee Island Light Station, and Who Controls the Tybee Lighthouse?.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.