Parks
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.
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.
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.
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.
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