Santee Coastal WMA

Santee Coastal Reserve WMA
Charleston and Berkeley Counties
Saturday, February 23, 2019 | 10:30am

From Southern Regional Director Marcus Sizemore:
Unfortunately, our plans for meeting at Spring Island fell through this month. However, we will instead be visiting Santee Coastal Reserve Wildlife Management Area. This 24,000 acre area is known for wading and migratory birds, miles and miles of old rice plantation dikes and brackish marsh. There are also pine plantations and freshwater wetlands leaving plenty of diverse habitats to explore. This time of year the bugs shouldn’t be too bad, but it’s always advisable to bring bug spray, especially if it happens to be a warm day. There is a boardwalk section offers some great opportunity to access some of the wetland areas without getting your feet wet.

After our day of sauntering and exploring, we’ll meet for dinner at Seewee Restaurant south of McClellanville. It’s approximately 25 miles south of the WMA and offers a variety of seafood and other southern dishes. The full menu can be found at their website: https://seeweerestaurantinc.com/

Directions:

From Charleston:
Drive approximately 45 miles from Charleston on US17 North. Once past the small Town of McClellanville, turn right onto South Santee Road. Follow the signage to the kiosk along Santee Gun Club Road. The Parking area is approximately 3 miles on the right.

From Georgetown: Drive south on US 17 for approximately 15.0 miles. One mile beyond the South Santee River Bridge turn left onto Charleston County S-10-857 (Santee Rd.). Drive for approximately 1.4 miles and turn left at Lillypond Mission Baptist Church onto Santee Gun Club Road. Follow the signage to the kiosk along Santee Gun Club Road. The parking area is 3.0 miles on the right.

Physical address:
Santee Coastal Reserve WMA
220 Santee Gun Club Road
McClellanville, SC 29458

Coordinates:
33.147765, -79.396188

SeeWee Restaurant:
4808 N Hwy 17
Awendaw, SC 29429
(843) 928-3609