Hunting Island SC State Park

[cpaharley2008]

Yes, it is correctly known as Huntington Beach SP, just south of Myrtle Beach.
Anna Hyatt Huntington - South Carolina Landmarks - Huntington Beach State Park

[Kountrykamper]

Originally Posted by cpaharley2008

Yes, it is correctly known as Huntington Beach SP, just south of Myrtle Beach.
Anna Hyatt Huntington - South Carolina Landmarks - Huntington Beach State Park

Nope Hunting Island is a different park in the south part of the state just north of Savannah and Hilton Head. Got the T-shirt and bug bites to prove it.

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[cpaharley2008]

Me culpa

[PAB4]

Learn something new everyday. Now i have to go for the 'Tee'

[Trees]

We stayed at Hunting Is. S.P., NC a few years ago on way to FL in March.
Loved it and someday want to go back. Palm trees & tall, tall pines dwarfing camper.
Spent a morning after a storm tossing sand dollars (live, brown with fuzzy "feet") back into the ocean after being left high & dry. Am sure they thanked my aching back. There were couple hundred. Really!

[exploring/carolina]

We stayed @ Huntington Beach SC SP last year. The neighbor said they saw a nice size alligator in our campsite while we were in the camper. Camped next to a swampy area.

[nealmccarter]

We stayed there back in 2010. It is a great campground with lots of wildlife. Just across the highway is Brookgreen gardens, a wonderful sculptural garden featuring works from U.S. artists. It was one of our more memorable stays in our 14,000 trip around the US.

[exploring/carolina]

Originally Posted by nealmccarter

We stayed there back in 2010. It is a great campground with lots of wildlife. Just across the highway is Brookgreen gardens, a wonderful sculptural garden featuring works from U.S. artists. It was one of our more memorable stays in our 14,000 trip around the US.

Did not visit Brookgreen gardens during our last trip, but will visit next time.

[Ray N]

Huntington Beach is over 150 miles from Hunting Island State Park. Brookgreen Gardens is near Huntington Beach, not Hunting Island. Until he moved to Portland, Oregon about a year ago, my middle son lived eight miles from Hunting Island State Park - a charming place, quite near the also charming town of Beaufort, SC. We visited the area several times and always enjoyed it.

[Ray N]

More pictures from Hunting Island State Park.

[kstock11]

My wife and I have been either tent camping or renting a cabin @ Hunting Island State Park for the last 12 years or so for New Years Eve Holiday. We pick up our 19' Escape on May 2nd. This will be our first year spending the holiday there in our Escape instead of a tent! We can't wait. It's a great place to visit and enjoy the (usually) warm end of year! If you want to spend the holiday there, you have to reserve 11 months before the date and it fills up very quickly.

[Ray N]

As of last year there was only one cabin for rent, all the others fell victim to beach movement.

I read that it is the most visited state park in SC. While we always found it crowded, we were able to find openings for our three times camping there with only a month or two notice; however, it was always after or before the summer, school vacation time, and not during a holiday. It seems like one time we had to rent two different spots, (consecutively, not concurrently), in order to stay the entire week. The back loop has more privacy and shade and we found that it usually had more open spots, but is farther from the beach.

[exploring/carolina]

Ray, nice photos!

Kevin & Barbara,
Will be on the lookout for you at Hunting Island!

There is one cabin @ the Light House the SP rents.

Here's a few shots from our January trip:







From our Campsite:



Through the camper window:

[Trees]

Beautiful photos of Hunting Island. Anxious to return one day!

[exploring/carolina]

Thanks,

We will be camping there again before spring!

[kstock11]

Originally Posted by exploring/carolina

Ray, nice photos!

Kevin & Barbara,
Will be on the lookout for you at Hunting Island!

There is one cabin @ the Light House the SP rents.

Here's a few shots from our January trip:







From our Campsite:



Through the camper window:

Hi Bill, Yes, we stayed in one of the cabins on the last year before the ocean claimed it. We have been staying up in Myrtle Beach SP for a few years but are looking forward to getting back to Hunting Island this New Years. Especially looking forward to going down as a retiree. Maybe we'll look to extend the stay a little longer!

[exploring/carolina]

Yep, Enjoy being retired!!!!

This is the road washed out by the Ocean:



Hunting Island is our favorite place to ride bicycles: