Hartsville (South Carolina) - city in Darlington County, South Carolina, United States

Hartsville is in the Pee Dee Country of South Carolina, comprising the largest town of Darlington County. It holds honoree status as an All-America City and Arbor Day Foundation Tree City. Its early days were full of some headstrong entrepreneurs, which lent the town a fair share of industry, and today it's the headquarters of Sonoco and Coker University, which has a nice botanical garden.

Get in

Hartsville is about 14 miles north of I-20 and 20 miles northwest of I-95.

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See

• Hartsville Museum, 222 N 5th St, 34.37598°, -80.07448°, +1 843 383-3005. M-Sa 10AM-4PM. Small local museum with textiles and things. Free 2021-12-12

Do

• Kalmia Gardens, 1624 W Carolina Ave, 34.36601°, -80.11565°, +1 843 383-8145. Dawn to Dusk. This botanical garden with camelias, azeleas, wisteria, and a mountain laurel called Kalmia latifolia, encompasses a pond and bluffs and the Thomas Hart house, the home of the town's founder, as the centerpiece. Free 2021-12-12
• Lawton Park, 716 Prestwood Dr, 34.38259°, -80.07945°, +1 843 917-0583. Daily 7AM-9PM. You can enjoy some languid scenes of Prestwood Lake from this city park and admire some Works Progress Administration work with a Colonial Revival building on site. Free 2021-12-12
• Center Theater, 212 N 5th St, 34.37558°, -80.07427°, +1 843 332-5721. A retro theater builty by the WPA where, among other things, you can attend the annual Renofest, which is a bluegrass festival dedicated to Don Reno. 2021-12-12

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Sleep

• The Landmark Inn, 1301 S 4th St, 34.35547°, -80.05794°, +1 843 332-2611. They try, with a continental breakfast and a pool. 2021-12-12

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