PirateLand Camping Resort in Myrtle Beach
PirateLand Family Camping Resort actually started as a smaller property with just 75 campsites in the mid-1960s on a stretch of beach just south of Myrtle Beach State Park. By the 1980s they leased more acres and added a general store, large pool, playgrounds, and more, and is now home to even more great amenities.
Location: 5401 S. Kings Hwy., Myrtle Beach, SC
Year Opened: 1966
Book your site at PirateLand near one of their many lakes or along the beautiful shores of the Atlantic Ocean. Sites are equipped with water, sewer, electric and cable hookups and picnic tables. Don’t have a camper but still want to go camping? There are many cabins and mobile homes around the campground that can sleep up to eight guests and include air conditioning, pots and pans, full-sized refrigerators and more.
There are plenty of annual events and activities planned throughout the year. Their annual July 4th Pageant, Spooktacular Celebration and Easter Egg Hunts are a huge hit year after year. Other activities include food trucks, scavenger hunts, cornhole tournaments, church services, fishing clinics, crafts, bingo and karaoke.
Amenities
There’s certainly no shortage of ways to stay busy at PirateLand. They have a huge outdoor pool with 18,000 square feet of sun deck. Float along the 510-foot lazy river while your kids enjoy the Pirate-themed Splash pool! There’s also an indoor pool that’s open year-round.
Other great perks included with your stay at PirateLand include paddle boats and kayak rentals, golf cart rentals, an 18-hole mini-golf course, Captain’s Galley Arcade and Snack Bar, basketball courts, playgrounds, an on-site chapel, covered pavilion picnic area and so much more.
Things to do Near Pirateland
Broadway at the Beach – 7.2 miles
Medieval Times – 8.1 miles
Big Air Trampoline Park – 1.5 miles
SkyWheel Myrtle Beach – 5.6 miles
Drunken Jack’s Restaurant & Lounge – 7.7 miles
Thorny’s – 4.2 miles
Myrtle Beach State Park – 2.9 miles
Ashlee Carson grew up in Northwest Ohio but has lived in Myrtle Beach since graduating from the University of Central Florida in Spring of 2006 with a B.A. in Advertising and Public Relations. She was a former Public Relations intern at the Chamber of Commerce in the Summer of 2005 where her excitement for writing about Myrtle Beach began. Ashlee has two children, and loves boating, the beach, fishing and exploring everything the Grand Strand has to offer.