Hobcaw Barony Visitor Center

Category: Parks and Gardens

Come enjoy the all the nature that Pawleys Island has to offer! Hobcaw Barony, is a natural preserve and wildlife refuge. Open to the public through guided tours, you see the 13,500 sq. ft. mansion that presidential advisor and Wall Street millionaire Bernard M. Baruch called home and where he hosted such visitors as President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Sir Winston Churchill. Other stops in the 17,500-acre refuge include the grounds and stables of Bellefield Plantation, a ride through the only existing slave street left on the Waccamaw Neck, and a stroll along a salt marsh boardwalk. The Visitors Center features a small nature/history museum with two alligators, a saltwater touch tank, a touch table, videos and many other exhibits to entertain adults and children. Please call for more information.