Georgetown celebrates with native and Olympic Gold medalist Anthuan Maybank Olympic Gold medalist and Georgetown native Anthuan Maybank will be back in his hometown this weekend for the third annual Anthuan Maybank Day celebration. Hosted by Georgetown County Parks and Recreation, the event takes place at the Anthuan Maybank Track Field at Beck Recreation Center, 2030 W. Church St., Georgetown…. Apr 17, 2024 0 Georgetown, Hammock-All
Murrells Inlet makes USA Today’s Top 10 list of ‘Best Small Towns in the South’ Murrells Inlet on South Carolina’s Hammock Coast is known for its scenic beauty and fresh seafood, as well as destinations like Brookgreen Gardens, Huntington Beach State Park, and the MarshWalk. Now it has placed 6th in a “Best Small Town in the South” contest promoted by USA Today’s 10Best Readers’… Apr 10, 2024 0 Hammock-All, Murrells Inlet
38 collegiate golf teams competing on the Hammock Coast® Thirty-eight college golf teams – 19 men’s and 19 women’s squads – are once again competing on South Carolina’s Hammock Coast® this week, enjoying the best of the destination, on and off the course. The Golfweek/Any Given Tuesday Intercollegiate, a 54-hole tournament, is being contested from April 1-3 in Pawleys… Apr 01, 2024 0 Hammock-All, Golf, Pawleys Island
With our new app, taking a walking tour of the Hammock Coast® has never been easier Two of the most celebrated historians on South Carolina’s Hammock Coast® – Lee Brockington and Ron Daise – have lent their distinctive voices to a new app that lets visitors experience our vacation destination like never before. The new app, simply titled Hammock Coast and available for download at the… Mar 25, 2024 0 Hammock-All, Georgetown, Pawleys Island
Living with Water: New art exhibition and symposium at the Rice Museum In a powerful homage to the delicate relationship between humanity and the ever-shifting tides, artists Vida Miller and M.P. “Squeaky” Swenson unveil their latest collaboration, “Living with Water,” an evocative art exhibit set to run from March 23 to May 30, 2024, at The Rice Museum in Georgetown on South… Mar 22, 2024 0 Georgetown, Hammock-All
Brookgreen named one of America’s Best Botanical Gardens by USA Today Visitors and residents of South Carolina’s Hammock Coast® know that Brookgreen Gardens in Murrells Inlet is “Ever Changing, Simply Amazing” (as the slogan goes) and has earned accolades. The latest recognition comes from USA Today which included Brookgreen Gardens at No. 7 in its 2024 10Best list of “Best Botanical… Mar 21, 2024 0 Hammock-All, Murrells Inlet
Huntington Beach State Park heads for new heights with annual Kite Festival Hundreds of colorful kites of all shapes and sizes — from triangles and diamonds to animals such as birds, turtles, fish, jellyfish, butterflies, dragonflies, and octopi — will soon fill the sky on South Carolina’s Hammock Coast®. Huntington Beach State Park will host its third annual Kite Festival on Saturday, March… Mar 20, 2024 0 Hammock-All, Murrells Inlet
Annual Burning of the Socks event: Out with the old (socks), in with the new The tradition of burning old, smelly winter socks to usher in the spring season began in the mid-1980s in Annapolis, Maryland, and lives on today at the South Carolina Maritime Museum on South Carolina’s Hammock Coast. Capt. Bob Turner, who lives in Pawleys Island and is active in the Georgetown… Mar 14, 2024 0 Georgetown, Hammock-All