Sunday May 4, 2025
NO EVENT DAY REGISTRATIONS
Come and experience Hilton Head Island's culture and welcoming hospitality, marvel at its beautiful island scenery, and enjoy award-winning cycling while raising funds to support the most valuable asset we have, our children.
In its 18th year, Pedal Hilton Head Island has been a cornerstone event for the Boys & Girls Club. Your participation in Pedal Hilton Head Island supports our commitment to keep children on the path to academic success.
Rides for every level of cyclist give pedalers a chance to see Hilton Head Island, a Gold Level Bicycle Friendly Community, through a two-wheeled lens, featuring some of the best vistas and communities on the Island.
PEDAL-FOR-A-KID
Pedal-for-a-Kid is an upgrade option to your registration that supports the Club's scholarship fund. Many of our young people would not be able to attend the Boys & Girls Club without the help of scholarship and fee assistance. We do not turn away any kid due to an inability to pay.
The Pedal-for-a-Kid option includes the standard ride swag, a commemorative 2025 Pedal jersey, an included tax-deductible donation to the Boys & Girls Club (donation-receipt mailed directly from the Club), and best of all, a photo of a Club kid to pin to the back of your jersey during the ride!
2025 PEDAL JERSEY
Included with the Pedal-for-a-Kid upgrade or purchase separately for $75. Jerseys purchased after March 7th will be delivered in June.
RIDE DISTANCES
(Note: Start times and routes are subject to change.)
* 62 Miles - "Metric Century"
Start time: 7:30 am
This metric-century road course will take participants through some of Hilton Head Island’s most beautiful scenery and residential communities.
There are two pace options: A = 20 – 22 MPG AVERAGE and B = 17 – 19 MPH AVERAGE.
The Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office will provide initial escort for both pace groups from the start at Lowcountry Celebration Park through Sea Pines. Upon exiting the Greenwood gate, the escort will discontinue for the A group and a SAG vehicle will follow.
The escort will continue for the B group over the island bridges, the flyover and back until the first rest stop at Honey Horn. Ride at your own speed after completion of the escort.
Please indicate your preferred pace during registration.
Estimated duration: 62A = 3 hours, 15 minutes; 62B = 4 hours.
* 40-mile "Half Metric Century (Plus)"
Start time: 8:15 am
This is a controlled pace road-ride for the first 20 miles (AVERAGE PACE 15-16 MPH), escorted by the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office.
In addition to riding through the exclusive Spanish Wells and Indigo Run neighborhoods, you’ll enjoy viewing some of Hilton Head’s best-kept secrets during this entire on-island road ride. Enjoy rest stops at Honey Horn and Barker Field in Historic Mitchelville.
Estimated duration: 3 hours.
* 30-mile “Half Metric Century"
Start time: 8:45 am
Want to go the extra mile? This route is a combination pathway and road ride with ambassadors and marshals on the route.
Pedal over the Charles E. Fraser Bridge with panoramic views of Broad Creek, through Port Royal and historic Mitchelville. Continue into the beautiful Palmetto Hall community, before returning to Lowcountry Celebration Park. This ride also includes the picture-perfect rest stop at the Port Royal Beach House, where you will see magnificent Port Royal Sound views from the bluff that earned Hilton Head its name in 1663. A pace of 12-14 MPH is encouraged.
Estimated duration: 2 hours, 45 minutes.
* 20-mile "Quarter Metric Century"
Start time: 9:15 am
Guided by ambassadors and course marshals, ride on Hilton Head’s scenic pathways.
Pedal back in time through Hilton Head’s most historic residential beachfront community, Port Royal. Cruise by two Civil War-era forts, Fort Walker and Fort Sherman, enjoy a picture-perfect rest stop at the Port Royal Beach House where you will see magnificent Port Royal Sound views from the bluff that earned Hilton Head its name in 1663. A pace of 12-14 MPH is encouraged.
Estimated duration: 2 hours, 15 minutes.
* 10-mile "Leisure Ride"
Start time: 9:30 am
Enjoy this leisurely ride under the oaks of the beautiful Shipyard community, beside the lagoon system and golf courses of the beachfront resort of Palmetto Dunes and along Hilton Head's pathway paralleling William Hilton Pkwy.
Ride ambassadors and course marshals will guide the route. A pace of 8-10 MPH is encouraged.
Estimated duration: 1 hour, 15 minutes.
* 2-mile Family Fun Ride"
Start time: 10:00 am
Bring the kiddos for a family ride (up to 4 family members) around the South Forest Beach area and on the beach (conditions permitting). No t-shirts or lunch included with this group registration.
Estimated duration: 45 minutes.
Registration fees
Pedal - All Distances
Registration closes in 12 days 1 hour-
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$75.00
Early Bird
Sep 5 – Feb 2 -
$85.00
Regular
Feb 3 – Apr 20 -
Register for Pedal - All Distances$95.00
Late
Now registering Apr 21 – May 3
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Family Fun 2-Mile Ride
Registration closes in 12 days 1 hour-
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$75.00
Early Bird
Sep 5 – Feb 2 -
$100.00
Regular
Feb 3 – Apr 20 -
Register for Family Fun 2-Mile Ride$100.00
Late
Now registering Apr 21 – May 3
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Mission
Pedal Hilton Head has two missions, the first is to be a marquee cycling event in our Gold Level Bicycle Friendly community. The second, and most important, is to fund programs and scholarships at the Boys & Girls Club of Hilton Head Island for those kids who need us the most. Parents and caregivers rely on the Club to provide childcare, unique learning and recreation opportunities, and a healthy source of food for their children, all of which would not be available without generous donors like you. The Club also provides part and full-time employment for over 20 members of the Hilton Head community plus draws from the incredible volunteers that make the Island so special.
The Club is a cornerstone of daily life for the children and teens that it serves daily. Many of them are from low-income families: 63% of Club Members (children) are from families living in poverty, 71% do not have health insurance, 54% live in single parent households and many do not have a home to call their own.
Your 2025 registration and contributions support our programs which focus on academic success, healthy lifestyle and being good, productive, caring citizens. The Club works with staff, the board and community volunteers to continually improve programming and our facilities to meet the changing and growing needs of the children of Hilton Head Island.
Fundraising
Pedal to Support the Kids!
Many of our young people would not be able to attend the Boys & Girls Club without the support of scholarship donations. Please help ensure that all children, regardless of their ability to pay, benefit from the Club's programs to reach their full potential as productive, caring, RESPONSIBLE citizens.
Our Pedal-for-a-Kid challenge is back bigger and better than ever for 2025. This upgrade option to your registration includes a tax-deductible donation to the Boys & Girls Club of Hilton Head Island (donation receipt mailed directly from the Club). If registered by March 3, your commemorative jersey will be included in your mailed packet so you can wear your jersey on May 4 for the main ride.
Pedal-for-a-Kid riders are encouraged to fundraise beyond their registration.
This year, Pedal-for-a-Kid!
- 2025 Signature Cycling Jersey and Pedal T-Shirt
- Picture of a Club child to pin to your jersey for the ride
- Customized fundraising strategies, as needed
- If registered by 3/3/25 get a jersey in time for the ride
Hotel Partners
Hotel and Travel Info HERE
Event Day Parking
All participants are encouraged to ride their bikes to the Pedal starting area at Lowcountry Celebration Park. Should it be necessary to drive, please park at the University of South Carolina Beaufort-Hilton Head campus. Parking is a 1-mile pathway ride/walk to the start/finish at Lowcountry Celebration Park.
University of South Carolina-Beaufort, Hilton Head Island campus
1 Sand Shark Dr., Hilton Head Island, SC 29928
Route Maps
Please find 2025 links to downloadable maps, cue sheets and digital files HERE. *** Non-resident entry to gated communities will only be allowed during the Pedal event.
Rain or Shine event. No refunds or transfers.
This is a Rain or Shine event. No refunds or transfers.
The safety of our participants and volunteers is our most important concern and if any of the threatening weather conditions are present the day of the event (tornado warning, tornado watch, thunderstorm, heavy rain or a hurricane decides to visit), the event may be delayed or canceled.
When weather conditions or other physical conditions present a danger to participants, such conditions fall under the label “acts of mother nature,” it will not result in refunding of any event entry fees or future event credits, since funds were already spent in preparation for your event day.
Contact information
- Event contact
- Event Director
- Ride@PedalHHI.org
- Website
- Visit website
Event schedule
- Sat, May 3, 2025 1:00 PM - Late registration (if not Sold Out), packet & merch pick-up
- Sun, May 4, 2025 7:30 AM - Ride Start - 62 Metric Century
- Sun, May 4, 2025 8:15 AM - Ride Start - Half Metric Century Plus (40 miles)
- Sun, May 4, 2025 8:45 AM - Ride Start - Half Metric Century (30 miles)
- Sun, May 4, 2025 9:15 AM - Ride Start - Quarter Century (20 miles)
- Sun, May 4, 2025 9:30 AM - Ride Start - (10 miles)
- Sun, May 4, 2025 10:00 AM - Ride Start - Family Fun and Club Member Ride (2 miles)
