Pawleys Island
One of the East Coast's oldest resort islands, with laid-back old-style seaside cottages and hammocks, offering a quiet contrast to Myrtle Beach.
Pawleys Island is a barrier island about 6 km long. From the 18th century, rice plantation owners used it as a summer retreat. The island has no high-rises or commercial streets, and it keeps its traditional wooden seaside cottages. It is famous for the handwoven "Pawleys Island hammock." The beach is quiet and good for walking and shell collecting, and the northern tip is a sandspit where birds gather. The Hammock Shops village just off the island sells hammocks and crafts. It is about 45 km from Myrtle Beach, and public parking is limited.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- Atalaya Castle
- Brookgreen Gardens
- Huntington Beach State Park
- Murrells Inlet MarshWalk
- Georgetown Historic District
- Myrtle Beach State Park
- The Market Common
- Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum