The Santee center point is around 2 miles west of Lake Marion Resort and Marina and 18 miles east of Edisto Memorial Gardens.
With mild weather throughout the majority of the year, there isn't a bad time to visit Santee, South Carolina. For those who like to avoid the heat, the hot season falls between late May and early September. Highs in the 90s are normal in July with an average temperature of 84 degrees throughout most of the summer. The cool season offers a daily high temperature of 64 degrees, which shows that you can golf, hike, bike, and enjoy the outdoors all year round in Santee, South Carolina.
Most hotels offer a variety of discounts, including AAA member, Senior discounts, Military and Government rates, and deals for business travelers who stay frequently.
The Comfort Inn & Suites Santee offers a variety of discount options with additional benefits like free cancellation, free breakfast, and eligibility to double up on brand reward programs. A stay at the Comfort Inn & Suites Santee puts you in the heart of the action. Visit Lake Marion, Santee Cooper Country Club, and the Santee National Golf Club.
The air-conditioned rooms include refrigerators, plasma televisions, satellite television, free Wi-Fi, microwaves, and coffee/tea makers. The hotel offers a seasonal outdoor pool, a fireplace in the lobby, free RV, bus, and truck parking, breakfast service, electric car charging station, and is pet-friendly access.
Traveling with your fur family? Santee, South Carolina, offers multiple hotel options that are pet-friendly. Hotel Santee SC Lake Marion, Quality Inn & Suites Santee I 95, and Super 8 by Wyndham Santee are just a few options that welcome your pets.
Hotel Santee SC Lake Marion is a five-minute drive to Lake Marion and Santee Cooper Country Club. The rooms offer air-conditioning, microwaves, flat-screen televisions, and cable television. Guests should contact the property directly to let them know that pet accommodations are required.
Quality Inn & Suites Santee I-95 is a five-minute drive to Lake Marion, Santee Cooper Country Club, and right down the road from the Santee State Park and the Santee National Golf Club. The hotel offers an outdoor pool, picnic area, RV, bus, and truck parking, a restaurant, and free breakfast. The rooms offer air conditioning, free Wi-Fi, cable, microwave, refrigerator, and coffee/tea makers. Contact the hotel property to let them know if a pet is part of your reservation.
Super 8 by Wyndham Santee is located only a few minutes from Santee State Park and 1.6 miles from Santee National Golf Club. The rooms are air-conditioned and outfitted with 40-inch flat-screen televisions with satellite programming, complimentary Wi-Fi, hair dryers, desks, and complimentary toiletries. The hotel has an outdoor pool, free parking, free breakfast, and much more. Contact the property directly if you plan to bring your pet.
With a variety of affordable hotel options, Santee, South Carolina, is the perfect place to enjoy the fresh air as part of a weekend family getaway, a golf outing with business partners, or while escaping into the great outdoors.
As the largest lake in South Carolina, Lake Marion covers five counties and has 315 miles of shoreline. Referred to as South Carolina's inland sea, it was dammed in the 1940s under President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal. Visitors describe Lake Marion as a "beautiful, relaxing, and fun place" and "the best bass, catfish, and striper fishing anywhere." The current state fishing record was set at Lake Marion with a 16.2-pound Largemouth Bass. You will also find striped bass, white perch, Arkansas blue catfish, and wildlife including deer, fox, squirrel, alligators, and several duck species.
The Santee National Golf Club provides a challenging 18-hole golf course featuring Bermuda fairways and Champion Bermuda greens. The course includes four lakes, rolling hills, mossy oaks, and a course that will challenge golfers at each hole. Visitors call it "outstanding," "a peach of a course," and "in excellent condition." After your day of golf, unwind at The Grille with their Famous Santee National burger, a BBQ sandwich, or a salad.
For the bird aficionado, head out to the Santee National Wildlife Refuge located on the north shore of Lake Marion. With 13,000 acres of mixed hardwood and pine forests, freshwater marshes, forested wetlands, and open water, Santee National Wildlife Refuge is home to neo-tropical migratory birds, raptors, shorebirds, and wading birds. All of this adds up to 296 bird species for you to view. Visitors describe the refuge as "peaceful" with "plenty of wildlife to view" and someone even saw a "gator...about 12 feet long."
With so much to do and so many excellent options for your stay, it's easy to see why Santee, South Carolina, is a great place to visit.
Below are reviews of the city of Santee, SC from an actual visitor's perspective.
Didn't see much of it. Had dinner at Clarks.
Clark's was fantastic all the way around! Delicious food!!
Captain's Quarters Restaurant next door is always top notch!
It's right off 95.
The city has a very warm and a welcoming atmosphere.
Great fishing guide named Corey Casey. He was my guide on two catfishing trips in the area. He also recommended this Hampton Inn to me.
Paddling our canoe in the Santee Swamp!
Access to 95, good.
The town was very nice. Clark's is a great restaurant. I travel through this area a few times a year.
I know of two very good restaurants.
Clark's restaurant, friendly people, nice area.
Nice city. Clark's was beautiful!
Clark's Restaurant!
I liked the location!
A quiet little town with great hospitality. I love staying there when I'm traveling.
Santee is the perfect halfway place from where we live to Orlando, Fla.
Ok!
Okay!
Went to Santee steak and seafood restaurant. Service was great ? just had burgers but very good!
I stayed in Santee for a number of years at another hotel. I like this area because there are a lot of good restaurants nearby, easy access to I-95, and have always felt safe here.
I come to Santee alot.
I come to Santee alot.
Restaurants
Lovely place!
Friendly people and very helpful on the 4th of July! Thanks so much.
Peaceful.
Close to family and friends. Close to highways and other towns. Beautiful scenery.
A medical care walk-in clinic is available only five min away. Very good.
Right off interstate.
Great place!
Golf courses are nearby.
Beautiful locale!
The hotel was comfortable, clean and the staff were very helpful. I love Santee because there are plenty of stores and other businesses around.
There were some nice choices for dining. A quaint little city.
The staff was friendly and welcoming. Hotel was very clean. Really enjoyed drinks and dinner at Clark's Inn. The staff & service was great, the food terrific and a wonderful gift shop to browse through.
Nice little town. Everything you need was very easily accessible: gas, food, drug store, restaurants.
A good place to visit!
Loved the Mexican restaurant across the street from hotel. Delicious and such friendly people working there!
You have a lot of eating places to choose from
Didn't have the opportunity to see the city of Santee but the hotel is definitely a 10 out of 10!
Safe area.
Safe area.
Pleasant and charming, wished we had more time to explore.
Great restaurant referral from Jennifer.
It was so nice and pleasant.