Myrtle Beach State Park (18 mi)
4401 S Kings Hwy
Myrtle Beach, SC 29575
Phone: (843) 238-5325
www.southcarolinaparks.com
This 312-acre oceanfront park features swimming, fishing, nature hiking & camping. Recreational programs are offered during the summer. On-site naturalist offers year-round programs.

Huntington Beach State Park (31 mi)
16148 Ocean HWY
Murrells Inlet, SC 29576
Phone: (843) 237-4440
www.southcarolinaparks.com
Offers its visitors the best preserved beach on the Grand Strand. The park has a freshwater lagoon, saltmarsh, maritime forest and beach, providing such prime habitat for birds that the park is widely recognized as one of the best birding sites along the East Coast. Huntington Beach is also the site of the historic "Atalaya" castle.

Brookgreen Gardens (35 mi)
Hwy. 17,
Pawleys Island, SC
Phone: (843) 235-6000 or 1-800-849-1931
www.brookgreen.org
A National Historic Landmark and home of the Huntington Sculpture Garden that features the largest collection of American figurative sculpture in an outdoor setting in the world. It also contains the only American Zoo and Aquarium Association-accredited zoo on the coast of the Carolinas.

Museums

Franklin G. Burroughs, Simeon B. Chapin Museum (17 mi)
3100 S. Ocean Blvd
Myrtle Beach, SC 29577
Phone: (843) 238-2510
www.myrtlebeachartmuseum.org
The Grand Strand's home for contemporary art. The Art Museum is a showcase for living artists, dedicated to furthering the visual arts in northeastern South Carolina. Myrtle Beach's very own art museum and the only one of its kind in Horry County. Admission is free.

Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum (23 mi)
901 N Ocean Blvd
Myrtle Beach, SC
Phone: (843) 448-2331
www.ripleysaquarium.com
This museum of the weird, incredible, rare and unbelievable features 12 unique galleries with hundreds of amazing oddities. Enjoy unique interactive displays, videos and hundreds of Ripley's most interesting discoveries; bizarre one-of-a-kind exhibits, odd rituals from around the world and more.

Atalaya (31 mi)
Hwy. 17 S., Murrells Inlet
Huntington Beach State Park
Phone: (843) 237-4440
A Spanish fortress-style castle built by the Huntington family as their winter residence. Open to the public year-round.

Kaminski House Museum (48 mi)
1003 Front St.
Georgetown, SC
Phone: (843) 546-7706
www.cityofgeorgetownsc.com
This fine townhouse is one of Georgetown's pre-Revolutionary landmarks with a great collection of fine antiques.