Ocean Lakes Family Campground in Myrtle Beach
Ocean Lakes Family Campground celebrated their 50th anniversary in 2021 with thousands of families and campers. The campground is the largest oceanfront one of its kind on the east coast and offers visitors so much more than your typical campground experience.
Location: 6001 S. Kings Hwy., Myrtle Beach, SC
Year Opened: 1971
Number of Campsites: 859 Transient campsites
The popular Myrtle Beach campground has more than 800 campsites and 2,500+ annual lease sites as well as vacation rentals with various floorplans. Vacation rental homes are fully furnished and offer air conditioning, tvs and complete kitchens.
Ocean Lakes is home to great annual events including Halloweekends, a Fall Craft Fair, Bluegrass Weekend, a Patriotic Golf Cart Parade, Beach N’ Boogie with Shag dance lessons and the Polar Bear Plunge!
Amenities
Ocean Lakes offers its guests a bevy of things to do while visiting the campground. The oceanfront location makes it great for morning walks on the beach. Kids love the exciting Splash Zone with water blasters, wading pools, dump buckets and mini slides. The Sandy Harbor Water Park is great for all ages and features winding water slides, water aerobics classes, indoor and outdoor pools and a lazy river.
You have access to everything you need at Ocean Lakes! They have an on-site laundry mat, drop off laundry services, a large convenience store, Sandy’s Center Stage with live entertainment and even church services every Sunday. Even your four-legged friends have their own space at Lakeside Paws N’ Play in a gorgeous, shady spot near the lake.
Other amenities at Ocean Lakes include a recreation building, Nature center, coffee shop, bike rentals, shuffleboard, fishing holes, miniature golf, horseshoes, basketball courts, volleyball nets and so much more.
Thing To Do Near Ocean Lakes
Surfside Bowling Family Entertainment – 1.2 miles
Prestwick Country Club – 1.4 miles
Big Air Trampoline Park – 2.7 miles
Jurassic Mini Golf – 3.6 miles
Orginal Motown Tribute Show at Theatre – 5.3 miles
Thorny’s Food, Sports, Fun – 5.4 miles
Ashley Daniels of Myrtle Beach is a full-time freelance writer, editor, wife, and mother of three sons and two fur babies. Most recently, she also became a published author of "100 Things to Do in Myrtle Beach Before You Die," part of a bestselling national series. A native of Eastern PA, Ashley received her bachelor’s in English Writing from the University of Pittsburgh and her MA in Writing from Coastal Carolina University. Today, her folio boasts nearly 25 years of regional and nationally published printed magazine features, blogs, and web copy for a roster of clients, and ADDY award-winning copywriting. For more info, visit ashleymdaniels.com