Myrtle Beach Area Caches?

[+TEAM RETRIEVER]

My wife and I will be coming down to Myrtle Beach in early April, on a golf vacation. We'll be celebrating our first wedding anniversary.

 

Was wondering if anyone suggest a really good cache in the area. Not going to spend too much time searching for caches, but would like to find one really good one in a different state (smile)!

[+DiskDevil]

I think the caches at the old Air Force Base are really good. Crystal Lake Cache( GCJJ25 ) is a nice walk and usually is well stocked. If you like drive-by caches there are loads of them here, but be warned, check the logs before you waste your time on a missing pill bottle. Happy Caching!!!

[+tands]

The Atalaya Cache located at Huntington Beach State Park, was very hard for us and fun. There are many good caches at the State Parks at Myrtle Beach.

 

- T of TandS

[+Deliveryguy428]

If you are looking for park-n-grabs, Geo13 has some down there. If your more toward the middle of MB and not up toward North Myrtle. Then I do suggest the ones at the Air Force Base

[+wimseyguy]

Vereen Memorial Gardens was one of the best I have ever found, period. (and I have found a few.. )

 

PS I just gotta add that you are one lucky dude; a wife who likes to golf and go caching!! But um, what will you do to get away from it all......?

Edited December 23, 2005 by wimseyguy

[+lissie]

I agree with tands on the Atalaya Cache at Huntington Beach. There are a couple of other caches also in that state park but the house, history and grounds there are amazing. You could spend hours there just taking in the history and beauty of the place. Myrtle Beach State Park also has a few nice caches as well as the old Air Force Base that DiskDevil mentioned. I never ventured far enough north to do Vareen Memorial Gardens. I will have to add that one to my own to do list.

[+TEAM RETRIEVER]

Thanks everyone! I'll add some of these to my watchlist and have to find a few while we're down there.

 

Would really like to find a good cache on the old Air Force base!!!! I was stationed at Shaw AFB (up near Sumter, SC) in the early '90's and we visited Myrtle Beach quite a bit. I remember when they closed the Myrtle Beach base.

[+TEAM RETRIEVER]

Vereen Memorial Gardens was one of the best I have ever found, period. (and I have found a few.. )

 

PS I just gotta add that you are one lucky dude; a wife who likes to golf and go caching!! But um, what will you do to get away from it all......?

Yeah, I'm a pretty lucky fella! Married a woman who caches and golfs, not to mention spoils me rotten!

[+TEAM RETRIEVER]

Since I want to do some GEOCACHING in SOUTH CAROLINA (keeping it topic related...LOL!), what are they using the old base for now? Can anyone just drive right in?

[+jamrasc]

There's lots of housing in there, several parks, including dog park, soccer fields, etc. Yes, any one can go in there. There are quite a few caches there that are good. MB State Park has around 4 or 5 really good ones too...ammo cans!

 

Like others have said, there are plenty of drive-up micros in just about every shopping center and many restaurants.

[+shawhh]

i'll second vereen memorial gardens. very well done. several nice walks in mbsp. atalaya is also worth the hunt. just down the road in georgetown, s.c. i enjoyed a days worth of looking around that area as well. lots of history and a picturesque town. -harry

[+Sarg863]

I agree with the others the Old Air Force Base is a really neat place to get a few. I particularly liked the Old Campground cache and the ARC was cool.

[+slowstarter]

CENTER YOUR SEARCH AND DIVIDE MB INTO TWO PARTS I DIVIDE AT WELCOME TO MB SIGN ON SOUTH END SHOULD BE ABLE TO PICK UP 10 TO 12 IN 2 HOURS THE ONE AT MUGGLER PARK IS REALLY GOOD

Edited December 27, 2005 by slowstarter

[+sis]

while i found vereen memorial gardens a memorable cache; i thought avian island #1 (gca19) was even better. if you try it, be sure to stop at the mailbox in the sand to read, rest, and add to it. vereen and avian are both "must does" in my book.

[Mvillian]

I would suggest "Down On Ocean Blvd." GCMRGV you will likely go very near it anyway

[+JHutch]

My all-time favorite is the Vereen Memorial Gardens Cache. There are two recent additions in this park: I Could Use A ? Right Now and The New Knot Hole Cache - three fun caches in one great park bordering the Intercoastal Waterway.

[+2by2]

I like the old Air force base. I am a little partial, since I have placed of couple of those caches. Within the area, you can find quite a few caches. One of the best is Take Off. It is not really hard, but you can sit for a while and watch the planes take off from Myrtle Beach International Airport.

[Fenderstrat72]

One of the best is Take Off

 

I got that one last year. Besides I to am partial to the old base also. I spent 7 years of my career there. Here is a photo of the A-10 that is located at the front gate only this was taken during DS1.

 

Edited January 29, 2006 by Fenderstrat72

[DAD-DONT-GET-US-LOST]

check my gallery to see some pics from Myrtle. The only cache I would be careful on is the park in the middle of town. All we found were homeless people creeping around behind us. All we found was a drug pipe where the cache was supposed to be.

 

The state park had a really good one. Had to walk out on a foot bridge over a swamp. I have a pic of that one in the gallery.

 

We're from WV and had a good time. We tried to cache at least once every day.

[+DiskDevil]

Bump...for Squealy

[+bahama97]

Will you be driving down on I-95? I know of some quick ones very close to the Interstate in Smithfield, NC.

[+TEAM RETRIEVER]

Sorry I haven't checked this thread up until now. I trip is getting close (only a couple of weeks) and I thought I would bump this to the top.

 

Oh, and no, we won't be coming down I-95.