Editing Edisto Beach, South Carolina (section)

==Geography==
{{See also|Edisto River}}
[[File:Edisto Beach, South Carolina (48339141937).jpg|thumb|View of the shore at sunrise]]
Edisto Beach is located at the southeastern tip of Colleton County at {{coord|32|29|15|N|80|19|28|W|type:city}} (32.487613, -80.324402).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> It is separated from the rest of the county by the South Edisto River, the tidal portion of the [[Edisto River]], so that the only road access is via [[South Carolina Highway 174]] through Charleston County. SC 174 leads north across the rest of Edisto Island {{Convert|24|mi}} to [[U.S. Route 17]] at Osborn. [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]] is {{convert|48|mi}} by road northeast of Edisto Beach.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|6.1|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|5.5|km2|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.6|km2|order=flip|1}}, or 9.48%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/> [[Edisto Beach State Park]] borders the town to the north and east.