Lakewood Camping Resort Inc – Office

We stayed in a villa (single wides) on lake crater. The rooms all seem to have only queen beds and don’t have much room. Would love king beds and bigger rooms for an option. Fed the ducks off the back deck which the kids loved. Pools and slides were nice. The food truck is excellent. Don’t be scared to try anything there. Arcade and ice cream shop close very early if not summer season apparently. Had a blast cruising the property in the golf cart. Trading post had some cool stuff. Enjoyed our 4 days. Will be back.

This is a very nice campground with nice lots. All of the hook ups are in working order and up to date. Lots are pretty good size and level. The bath houses stay clean and there are many things for the family to do! Our parents brought us here when we were kids and we bring our kids here now.
–Only negative thing I can think of is that you cant bring your own golf cart to this campground. You have to rent one from them ($ 300/​wk)

This is the perfect place for a family vacation! My parents started bringing me here when I was a kid. I now bring my kids and they love it! The new water park is awesome! Lakewood doesn’t cut corners on doing stuff and that’s why this is an awesome place to stay! Atmosphere is great snd very family oriented. Couldn’t ask for a better beach trip for the family!

My wife and I stayed here at the suggestion of a friend during Myrtle Beach Bike Week in May 2015. The amenities and staff were more than we could have imagined.
They allowed us to keep our motorcycles at our campsite with us which is a huge perk compared to other campgrounds in the area.
The campsites are large, level, grass covered. The grounds and bath houses are clean and the is quiet hours that keep the place nice and restful when you need a break. There is also on site laundry and store ad well as a coffee house. The rv hookups are well maintained and functional.
The location of the campground is perfect for access to Murrells Inlet and myrtle beach.
We will definitely plan more visits to this campground.

We have really enjoyed this trip. We have stayed at Travel Park and Appache in North Myrtle. All have been nice but this is our new favorite. It was nice the campground has a moral compass therefore a deterrent to the rip raft we want to protect our family from. Campground is clean, bathhouse was clean. Pretty quiet. Awesome beach. A lot to do. Thanks for keeping a nice place to visit.

First time our family has camped here. We typically stay at the State Park up the road. Water park here is great for the kids.

My family has stayed at Lakewood since 1988 and it is our absolute favourite place in the world. While it doesn’t always have 5-​star facilities, it is the atmosphere that makes it so great. And there are so many different options to choose from for your stay — camping, trailer, villa, etc.
There are so many amenities that the campground has: It has 2 pools (1 indoor, 1 outdoor), a mini waterpark, horseshoes, cornholes, paddle boats, volleyball & basketball courts, coin laundry, several food options, a camp store, a café, kids activities, and lots more!
The best part about Lakewood is that it is such a peaceful place, and I have always felt very safe there. There is so much to do that you don’t even really need to go off the camp grounds for hardly anything!
The campground does not hide the fact that it is a Christian campground, they have daily Bible study, and Kids Club running at the same time, there are several mid-​week events that the Campground Ministry puts on, and 3 Sunday services in the Oceanfront Ampitheater.
Saturday nights features High Steppin’ Country which is a country singing/​musical show. The performers are really good and it makes for a great family friendly outing that’s super affordable.
The only negative I have is that they do not offer reservations for anything but Saturday-​Saturday so if you get into town on any other day, you have to stay somewhere else until you can check in… and if you can’t stay Saturday-​Saturday, then you can’t make a reservation. It does say families only in the reservation process so keep that in mind also.
All in all, I love Lakewood, and can’t wait until the next chance I have to go back again.

My family and I love Lakewood. The new waterpark is awesome! We had planned on paying to go to one of the area waterparks but, the kids were happy to stay in the park for free. The sites are well maintained. Corn hole and horseshoes pits were great too. My only negative is that the wifi is very spotty.

Overall I love this place and will keep coming back as long as the kids enjoy it.
We stayed in a friend’s fifth wheel for 9 days at the camp ground. This was my wife and I first time at the campground however our children had spent previous summers with our friends and have loved it.
What impressed me was the availability of amenities including coin laundry and short order food including ice cream. If you had the budget you would not have to leave the campground. The new water park was great. I spent most of the day from open, 10am, to about 4pm. The Park stays open through 8pm which the kids loved. There were also visits from area attractions and live bands on a daily basis. Security was super helpful and friendly. They are omnipresent. I saw them often giving kids rides to the pool on their carts. The grounds crew is adequate but are not meticulous and it appeared that smaller trash and debris (cigarettes) were overlooked. The Chaplin emcees most events including the 3 on 3 basketball tourney, the volleyball tournament, the beach party, ect. He does a great job and you can sense the anointing of Christ on him. The kids loved the Vbs portion of the morning and had fun with it everyday. They liked the challenge to earn points and compete for time in the money machine. Sunday service was good with the Chaplin his wife and his son leading worship.
Things that were less than perfect included the bath houses and behavior of younger folks driving golf carts. Some bathhouses are better than others. The older ones are tight and have plenty of gaps in the doors. The newer ones offer more room and privacy. The toilet paper and soap were always available. The showers were relatively well sized, just a bit past warm in the water temperature, a low water pressure. The biggest problem was the slope of the floor in some units did not allow the water to drain quickly. Plus the build up of sand is significant with no solid option for the user to hose off the floor. I found the handicapped accessible rooms as the most convenient with the provided bench absent from other shower rooms. I did hear one bathhouse ran out of propane and there was a delay in securing a refill. Thus no hot water. But you can always drive and park at another one.
The kids in the golf carts are flat out rude so don’t expect right of way observance.
Things I didn’t take part in but heard positive feedback on. The country music show was a big hit with the older folks I spoke too. The indoor pool and hot tub with adjoining sun deck was much more adult friendly. The golf carts were $ 70 plus a day or $ 60 plus a day if you got it for the week. The karaōke seemed to be a big hit with the kids and the adults.
The sites were tightly spaced however had power, CA TV, and sewage. Apparently telephone was removed three years ago.
For the t totaller. There is wide spread drinking of alcoholic beverages throughout the campsites. Security seems to take a «don’t draw attention to yourself and we won’t say anything».
Seems as if the Walmart market is more expensive than the Walmart with miles away. However it is across the street.

This place is a great place to come and visit! The new waterpark is awesome and there is so much to do, you do not even have to leave the campground. We loved it so much, we bought our own place here!

Nice Christian campground located in Surfside Beach. Positives: nice grounds that are well taken of, several activities for kids and adults. Negatives: spotty wifi, can’t bring own golf cart or moped unless you’re on an annual lease, no vehicles permitted after 1:00am, and no alcoholic beverages allowed on grounds. Overall, the campgrounds were nice, but a few of the negatives may deter a future visit.

I have to counter the review by «Jelyn F».
First of all, let me say I do not agree with the way she was treated and I don’t agree with the policy, and I’m not religious.
But it does state in the reservation policy: «reservations are accepted for families ONLY».
I have been vacationing there for 7 years straight, and that policy has always been there, and they do not hide the fact that it is a «ministry based campground». We have never experienced any of the things that she has mentioned.
My kids enjoy the «Kids Club» which is a vacation Bible school type function.
I drink, I even brew my own beer, but I don’t want to camp next to a bunch of wild drunks with or without my kids.
Bottom line is, this place is great if you want a nice safe place for your kids to vacation. The amenities are great, they have a 2 pools (indoor/​outdoor) and they just added a water park, paddle boats, mini golf and lots of family activities. I’ve never had any issues with staff. My only complaint is the golf carts, but they are everywhere so I just have to deal with them.

When my boyfriend was much younger, he came to this camp ground a few times. Although he didn’t remember much of his experiences here, we chose this place to stay for our vacation this year, and reserved our spots ahead of time.
We drove from 10 hours through the night, from Pennsylvania to South Carolina, to arrive at the camp grounds. When we checked in, there was a young Brunette Woman and a young Blonde Woman behind the desk. The brunette begins to check us in when all of a sudden, a Large Woman appears from a back room. She warmly smiles at my boyfriend and I and asks, «are you married?» Thinking this is some kind of compliment to the cuteness of us as a couple, I reply, «no,» and make a joke about how my boyfriend should put a ring on it soon. Before my sentence was over, the Large Woman’s face distorts into a grotesque smug expression, and she immediately leaves.
Confused, my boyfriend and I stare at each other, and the rest of the check-​in process proceeds in an awkward silence. A few minutes later, the Large Woman comes back and says, «It’s our policy that you are required to be married. But since you’re both over 21 and drove all the way from Pennsylvania, we’ll let you stay. Oh, and next time, don’t make a reservation.»
I was absolutely shocked.
The blonde woman then whispers to the Large Woman (though we can clearly hear her), «If they said yes, how do we know if they’re really married?» The Large Woman didn’t answer.
Which leads me to my conclusion: There is no such policy of the campgrounds that you need to be married to stay there (I checked all over the website), and the Large Woman was forcing her own views onto us, because the other two women behind the desk has no knowledge of this «policy.» Also, I’m not driving 10 hours into another state without making a reservation first. I’m assuming she meant, «don’t come back.»
After this incident, we learned that this place was a religious camp ground with sermon traps and 10 feet tall crosses. I have no problem with religion, but when someone forces their opinions onto other people, that’s when the problem starts.
As for the campground itself, it had a large community of retired and elderly people. Most of whom where very nice. We were the youngest people there by far. The grounds itself weren’t lively at all, but we didn’t stay in our campsite other than to sleep. There are several other campgrounds in the same proximity as this place. Next time, we’re staying somewhere else.