Vereen Memorial Park and Gardens are located in Little River, near North Myrtle Beach in Horry County. Jackson Hiram Vereen, who was born in Little River in 1882, deeded the land to the Horry County Historical Commission. Vereen Memorial Park is now part of the Horry County parks system.
The gardens are home to a variety of wildlife, as well as the historic Vereen family cemetery, which includes Revolutionary War graves. Trails and boardwalks wind through the park along scenic marshes. One of the last few unpaved stretches of the old Kings Highway (PDF) goes through Vereen Memorial Gardens.
Is Vareen Memorial Garden dog friendly?
Went as a kid and don’t really have much memory of it. Will have to go again sometime, since I’m older and more into family history.
A beautiful and restful place. Many locals, including the Little River Lions Club, helped plant many flowering scrubs and watered them by hand during dry summers. A super good place for picnics and also fishing is allowed from the dock unless recent changes have been made.
We will be spending a lot of time here!
We will have to take this in on a nice sunny day!
What time does it open? Want to fish in the early morning.
We discovered Vereen Memorial Gardens on our trip to Myrtle Beach this year (2012). We enjoyed it very much. It has portable toilets (very nice—didn’t smell at all!), boardwalks and trails over and around the marsh and through wooded areas. Very peaceful. If you want to get away from the beach crowds and enjoy some quiet nature walks and maybe view some egrets or herons, this is a great place to go.
It is perfect place. My boyfriend showed it to me, and now I’m in love with it. I wanna come back and to see the sunset there.
A very beautiful place, serene and scenic. If you love birds you’ll see lots of them at the right times. Also very hard to find – the town of Calabash or Little River should help with some well-placed signs! Loved it and will come back.
A hidden treasure … we love it.