Three Hammock Coast beaches make list of top getaways
The word is out that the pristine beaches in Georgetown County, known as South Carolina’s Hammock Coast, are among the best vacation destinations in the state. Recently, Southern Living Magazine named three of those beaches – Pawleys Island, DeBordieu and Murrells Inlet -- in a list...
Pawleys Island, Litchfield get high marks in poll of state beachgoers
Two of South Carolina's Hammock Coast beaches got high ratings in a recent survey of newspaper readers. [caption id="attachment_64999" align="alignright" width="613"] Pawleys Island has welcomed families to its friendly seashore for generations. (Photo by Chris Rogers/Georgetown County Chamber of Commerce)[/caption] The Sun News, a McClatchy daily newspaper...
Goats continue to fascinate visitors along Murrells Inlet’s Marsh Walk
When Christine Vernon leads her Ghosts, Pirates and Legends Tours along the Murrells Inlet Marsh Walk, a popular attraction on South Carolina’s Hammock Coast, it’s not only haunts and apparitions that get the most attention. Sometimes, it’s goats, not ghosts, that people are talking about on...
Hopsewee Plantation, home of signer of the Declaration of Independence, open for tours
Before there was a United States of America, there was Hopsewee Plantation. In fact, the birth of the nation and the historic estate, located near Georgetown, South Carolina, are forever intertwined because one of the original owner's signature is found on the Declaration of Independence. Visitors...
Discover 5 paths to Gullah Geechee culture on the Hammock Coast
Three hundred years ago, Georgetown County, South Carolina, held a claim to fame. More than half of the country’s rice was grown on the county’s 45,000 acres of rice fields. Ron Daise, a Gullah Geechee culture preservationist, explains why: “Here, there was the largest number...