Snake Island

Snake Island: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this island: Water flowing well · Low flow / trickle · Dry, no water · Entry closed.

Best time to visit Snake Island

Season: September to February; boat services pause in floods.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Snake Island — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 34.19850, -78.60418. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Snake Island

• Lake Waccamaw State Park · lake · Columbus · ~16 km · Must-see
• Green Swamp Preserve · sanctuary · Brunswick · ~42 km · Must-see
• Waites Island · river spot · Horry · ~49 km · Must-see
• Singletary Lake State Park · lake · Bladen · ~57 km · Must-see
• Wat Carolina Buddhajakra Vanaram · Buddhist site · Brunswick · ~59 km · Must-see
• Moores Creek National Battlefield · park · Pender · ~67 km · Must-see
• Turnbull Creek Educational State Forest · sanctuary · Bladen · ~67 km · Must-see
• Jones Lake State Park · lake · Bladen · ~69 km · Must-see
• Bladen Lakes State Forest · sanctuary · Bladen · ~70 km · Must-see
• Tuckahoe Bay · sanctuary · Horry · ~71 km · Must-see
• Carolina Forest · fort · Horry · ~74 km · Must-see
• Hollywood Wax Museum · museum · Horry · ~75 km · Must-see
• Battleship North Carolina · sanctuary · New Hanover · ~75 km · Must-see
• Waccamaw River · river spot · Columbus · ~12 km
• Lake Waccamaw · lake · Columbus · ~16 km
• Millpond Bay · sanctuary · Brunswick · ~17 km
• Clayton Bay · sanctuary · Brunswick · ~17 km
• Richardson Millpond · lake · Columbus · ~18 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Snake Island

Other rivers, islands & mangroves near Snake Island

• Waites Island · river spot · Horry · ~49 km · Must-see
• Pleasure Island · river spot · New Hanover · ~84 km · Must-see
• Topsail Island · river spot · Onslow · ~131 km · Must-see
• Waccamaw River · river spot · Columbus · ~12 km
• Honey Island · river spot · Brunswick · ~29 km
• Island in the Forks · river spot · Brunswick · ~30 km
• Bear Pen Islands · river spot · Brunswick · ~30 km
• Atkinson Island · river spot · Brunswick · ~35 km
• Caison Islands · river spot · Brunswick · ~36 km
• Fall Swamp Islands · river spot · Brunswick · ~36 km

All rivers, islands & mangroves in North Carolina

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