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Hi, I have been here in Charleston about 2 years now and have never been to McClellanville although I have heard it is a beautiful little town. I would like to possibly spend this Saturday there and am looking for places to visit. Are there any "must sees" or restaurants anybody would recommend?
We "pop in" to visit McClellansville every trip down. It only takes about 10- 15 min to drive to the end of the main road, view the water, see the shrimp boats and turn around, but it's such a quaint quiet area with beautiful old oaks and worth driving thru.
It isn't exactly an all day trip. Unless you plan to keep heading North to see Georgetown, Murrell's Inlet, the Gardens, Litchfield and other attractions south of Myrtle. I'd start early and keep going N if you want an all day event.
It can be a day trip if you really want to get to know the area. THe old village is beautiful, but the surrounding national forest as well as multiple plantations are a must see. Hampton plantation is my favorite plantation. Its a few miles north of mcclellanville on the left hand side of 17. Definitely check that out, but also bring bug spray.
A MUST is to stop and eat at Seewee Restaurant in Awendaw....at the corner of 15 Mile Rd. and Hwy. 17 North. It is an older, small building with the BEST Lowcountry food around...quaint and old-fashioned. McClellanville is a beautiful community and as others have said, will take you maybe 10 minutes to drive down to the end of the road to the water where the shrimp boats are, then back out to Hwy. 17 again. It is like stepping back in time and worth the drive.
If you love birds, especially birds of prey, a visit to the Center for Birds of Prey is a must. The entrance is right across the road from the Sewee Restaurant. Awesome grounds, and great exhibits of raptors, not only from our area but from around the world. And twice a day they do a flight demo with different birds, which is amazing to see!
If you want to really see the area's history you have to get off the main drag, and do lots of dirt road driving, as ya gotta understand, the community back then was centered on rivers and creeks, rather than on present-day roads.
More than one of those plantations up that way were owned by my family (extended and direct) for generations. But since they are monuments to working black kids to death for money, I avoid 'em like the plague.
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