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Named for Richard Pike, an indentured servant who manned Oglethorpe's riverside watch house guarding Fort Frederica around 1740, this bluff later became part of the island's plantation lands.
Historical Marker
Pike's Bluff
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About this site
Pike's Bluff is a historical marker in St. Simons Island, Glynn County, erected in 2008. It is one of 121 historical markers documented in Glynn County, among 181 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 31.2399, -81.3534 near St. Simons Island. The nearest cataloged historic site is Sinclair Plantation (historical marker), about 0.3 miles away. Others within a short drive include Cannon's Point Plantation, German Village, and Hampton Plantation.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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