What to do and see in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina (SC): The Best Hidden Gems Things to do

Nature Adventures, premier kayak and paddle board outfitter in the Charleston area of the Lowcountry, specializes in creating amazing experiences on the water. Located in Mt. Pleasant, SC directly adjacent to Shem Creek, our skilled and knowledgeable guides strive to instruct and engage you on the water. With quality equipment including recreational and sea kayaks, standup paddle boards, lightweight paddles, and kayak/SUP specific life jackets, you will explore in a comfortable and safe manner. Additionally, Nature Adventures offers unique opportunities beyond just tours and rentals. Team building, scavenger hunts, full moon paddles and special events are also available. These options are specialty events that can be tailored to the needs of any group, large or small. Enjoy the Charleston area and experience dolphins, pelicans and shorebirds at eye level or explore blackwater creeks with the songbirds and alligators too.

Segway of Charleston Offers Guided Historic/Scenic Tours and Half and Full Day Rentals. One hour and two hour tours available at 9:30am, 12:30pm and 3:30pm Monday through Sunday. A Segway PT (Personal Transporter) is a self-balancing, two-wheeled vehicle that is a fun, easy, eco-friendly way to tour and travel Charleston. Segway of Charleston offers tours from its location on Coleman Boulevard. These tours highlight the rich history and inherent beauty of Charleston.The Patriots Point Tour glides along smooth sidewalks, nature trails, piers and grass. The tour includes scenic destinations such as USS Yorktown, Ravenel Bridge, Charleston Harbor, Downtown Battery and a two-mile nature path that leads to a lookout dock offering scenes of Fort Sumter and Charleston's skyline.The Old Village Tour, a one-hour excursion through seven stops, includes historic homes, churches and a Masonic lodge, as well as Revolutionary and Civil War landmarks. Riders will enjoy countless picturesque locations and vistas of the Charleston Harbor. The one-hour Pitt Street Bridge Tour presents tour-goers six charming stops and an abundance of unique sites. A brief history of the Old Village starts the tour before proceeding to Alhambra Hall, overlooking Charleston Harbor, and the breezes of Cove Inlet and Pitt Street Bridge. The final tour combines the Old Village and Pitt Street Bridge Tours,and is two hours in length. Riding on an electric vehicle is a quiet, fun, unique way to quickly cover a lot of ground and take in both the scenic and historic. Come enjoy the glide!! Directions: 695 Coleman Blvd. Turn into GDC Home Furniture and go around the very back of the building to a big gravel parking lot and you will see another building attached which is our office. Please call to schedule tours.

Called the crown jewel of Mount Pleasant, Memorial Waterfront Park offers more than just your average park. Located under the grand entryway to the town, at the base of the Ravenel Bridge, this park has plenty of lawn for enjoying family picnics, a nautical-themed playground modeled after the bridge that provides shade and the boats that pass by in the harbor, and soft-serve ice cream from the River Watch Cafe. The cafe offers beautiful views of Charleston Harbor and a 1,250-foot-long pier where you can sit and swing a while. Memorial Waterfront Park is also home to the Sweetgrass Cultual Arts Pavilion, War Memorial and Visitor Center.