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North
Myrtle Beach Chamber of Commerce
Welcome
to the North Myrtle Beach Chamber of Commerce Convention & Visitors Bureau!
Myrtle
Beach Chamber of Commerce
Welcome
to the Myrtle Beach area! Whether a first time visitor or someone that returns
year after year … we’re happy that you’re here!
Discover
Myrtle Beach
As part of the Grand Strand, Myrtle Beach is part of sixty miles of sandy
white beaches along the beautiful, blue Atlantic Ocean which is your playground
for fun, excitement, and relaxation. With close to 14 Million people visiting
Myrtle Beach and the Grand Strand each year, Myrtle Beach has earned the title
of the No. 1 Family Beach in America.
Myrtle
Beach South Carolina
Myrtle Beach SC is both a popular vacation destination on the US east coast
and a growing residential area with an increasing population of year-round
residents.
Myrtle
Beach, South Carolina, Wikipedia
Myrtle Beach is a city in Horry County, South Carolina, United States. Myrtle
Beach is located in a region known as the Grand Strand, that stretches from
Georgetown, South Carolina to Calabash, North Carolina.
South
Carolina Coast
The lively, family-oriented Grand Strand, a booming resort area along
the South Carolina coast, is one of the eastern seaboard's megavacation centers.
The main attraction, of course, is the broad, beckoning beach -- 60 miles
of white sand, stretching from the North Carolina border south to Georgetown,
with Myrtle Beach as the hub.
Weather
Myrtle Beach Transportation
Myrtle
Beach Airport
There are several regular airlines that fly in and out of Myrtle Beach on
an annual and seasonal basis, including Delta, Continental, US Air, SpiritAir,
and others. Sadly, our home-grown airline company, Hooters Air, has stopped
all flights.
Myrtle Beach Restaurants
Myrtle Beach Sightseeing, Touring and Attractions
Myrtle
Beach State Park
A wide, open beach, fishing pier full of anglers and stories, campgrounds
in the oceanfront woods, all in the middle of it all in Myrtle Beach. Located
in the heart of the bustling Grand Strand, one of America's most popular and
diverse vacation destinations, Myrtle Beach State Park also is a natural retreat,
home to one of South Carolina's last stands of easily accessible, oceanfront
maritime forest.
Huntington
Beach State Park
Huntington Beach offers its visitors the best preserved beach on the Grand
Strand. A sweeping Grand Strand beach, pristine and wide open. Sea-breeze
camping and fishing from a jetty or in the surf. And some of the finest bird-watching
on the East Coast
Hampton
Plantation State Historic Site
Tucked away in the remote last vestiges of a colonial-era rice plantation,
Hampton Plantation State Historic Site is both bucolic and evocative. The
plantation's Georgian-style mansion and well-kept grounds serve as an interpretive
site for the system of slavery that helped build such plantations into the
greatest generators of wealth in early American history. They also tell the
story of the freed people who made their homes there for generations after
emancipation.
Charles
Towne Landing State Historic Site
Hampton Plantation is a quiet and serene state historic site, but in the 18th
and 19th centuries it was a working rice plantation bustling with activity.
Cannons boom. Muskets bark. Interpretive rangers in 17th century dress tend
heirloom crops. They're all part of the "new" Charles Towne Landing
State Historic Site.
North
Myrtle Beach Parks and Horseback Riding
The City of North Myrtle Beach and its surrounding areas offer a variety of
park facilities, recreation facilities and youth athletic facilities where
you can play a game of baseball or enjoy a picnic in the park with friends
and family. We also have nature trails and beach trails where you can go horseback
riding and bike riding.
South
Carolina Aquarium
The South Carolina Aquarium is a regional resource inspiring conservation
by excelling in education, and in the care, display, and study of aquatic
life.
Ripley's
Aquarium
Ripley's® Aquarium is a $40 million, state-of-the-art, 87,000 square-foot
aquarium experience, located at Broadway at the Beach in Myrtle Beach, South
Carolina. It is South Carolina's most visited attraction, where guests are
entertained by some of the world's most beautiful, fascinating and dangerous
aquatic life.
Edisto
Island Serpentarium
As the first true serpentarium In South Carolina, this facility Is dedicated
to the recognition, preservation and study of the world of reptiles.
Broadway
at the Beach
South Carolina's Best Travel Destination invites you to experience 350 acres
of shops, restaurants, nightlife, attractions, and top-flight hotels.
Brookgreen
Gardens
Brookgreen Gardens is a National Historic Landmark with one of the most significant
collections of figurative sculpture in an outdoor setting by American artists
in the world and has the only zoo accredited by the American Zoo and Aquarium
Association on the coast of the Carolinas.
Waccatee
Zoological Farm
Waccatee Zoological Farm is located within 500 acres of private, carefully
preserved, wooded property. Along winding trails, beneath shady trees you'll
find over 100 species of animals, all treated like family.
La
Belle Amie Vineyard
La Belle Amie Vineyard, an operating vineyard open to the public, is located
in the Grand Strand Area (which includes the coastal regions from Georgetown
to Little River) of South Carolina. The Vineyard is a popular attraction for
visitors to our wonderful beaches (Pawley's Island, Litchfield, Murrell's
Inlet, Garden City, Surfside, Myrtle Beach, and North Myrtle Beach) and hosts
many popular festivals throughout the year.
Children's Museum of South Carolina
Charleston
County Park and Recreation Commission
As the first true serpentarium In South Carolina, this facility Is dedicated
to the recognition, preservation and study of the world of reptiles.
Charleston County Beach Access
The
Charleston Museum
Welcome to The Charleston Museum, America's First Museum, founded in 1773.
Its mission is to preserve and interpret the cultural and natural history
of Charleston and the South Carolina Lowcountry.
Dolly
Parton's Dixie Stampede Dinner and Show
Visitors and locals agree that Dolly Parton's Dixie Stampede Dinner and Show
in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina is a fun-filled, action-packed extravaganza
that everyone should experience!
Medieval
Times
Come enjoy the thrilling action, four-course feasting, pageantry and romance
that has made Medieval Times a favorite dinner attraction!
Myrtle Beach Outdoor Activities
Golf
The
Legends Heathland Course
The par 71 Heathland Course, designed by Tom Doak, is a return to the grand
"Old Country" traditions of the game. It has been distinctly molded
in the image of the British Isles links courses, with holes reminiscent of
familiar links like St. Andrews, and lesser known gems like Lahinch and Cruden
Bay.
Indigo
Creek Golf Club
Indigo Creek Golf Club is in the very heart of the Grand Strand's "Low
Country" plantation area in Murrells Inlet, just 10 minutes south of
Myrtle Beach. The back nine is set among giant oaks and flowing creeks. Golf
Digest's 1998 Places to Play gives Indigo Creek 3 Stars.
Man
O'War Golf Club
Water is the inescapable element in this campaign -- your constant companion
as you travel from the first tee to the final battle at the 18th green.
Indian
Wells Golf Club
Voted 2004 Golf Course of the Year by the Myrtle Beach Area Golf Course Owners
Association. Prepare to be challenged by one of the area's great courses.
Golfers continue to rave about the appearance and layout of Indian Wells.
Your finishing hole is a veteran member of the Grand Strand's "Dream
18", regarded as one of the best, and toughest, holes in Myrtle Beach.
International
Club
The International Club is located just south of Myrtle Beach and nestled among
a mixture of hardwood and pine trees. This is a truly "back to nature"
experience because of crystal clear lakes that are fed by underground streams
and many of the holes are surrounded by untouched wetlands.
Heron
Point Golf Club
Heron Point Golf Club is located in beautiful Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
just minutes from downtown and the airport. Heron Point is an 18 hole resort
golf course which is open to the public 364 days a year. The Golf Course winds
through beautiful Carolina Pine Forest and quaint beach neighborhoods.
Myrtle Beach Events
North
Myrtle Beach Festivals and Events
North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina is home to a variety of festivals and events
which take place throughout the year.
Sun
Fun Festival
The Sun Fun Festival serves as a summertime kickoff for South Carolina's Grand
Strand and a beginning of the Sun Fun Summer of Celebration which runs during
the summer from June through September. The Sun Fun Festival includes four
days of live entertainment, air shows, professional sand sculpture contest,
parade, pageants, sporting events, kids fair, and much, much more.
The Arts in the Myrtle Beach Area
Performing Arts
Le
Grande Cirque
Voted best live entertainment, and best live family show on the Grand
Strand, this spellbinding production features a huge cast of over 50 world
class acrobats, jugglers, and performers from China, Russia, Monte Carlo,
and Europe in an electrifying show that will take your breath away.
Music
Carolina
Opry
If you only see one show, this is the
one! The Carolina Opry has won every major South Carolina tourism award including
Most Outstanding Attraction and the prestigious Governor’s Cup.
Good
Vibrations
Crowds are having a lot of fun reliving the 60s, 70s, and 80s at
Good Vibrations, Calvin Gilmore's latest production (also, incidentally, the
area's newest show). It was the music of our youth – or, in some cases,
the music of our children’s teenage years – the Beach Boys, Don
McLean, the Rolling Stones, the Righteous Brothers, and more.
Alabama
Theatre
Alabama Theatre's Shows & Concerts will be the Highlight of your
Vacation at the Grand Strand.
Museums
Franklin
G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum
The Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum is the Grand
Strand's home for contemporary art. The Art Museum is a showcase for living
artists, dedicated to furthering the visual arts in northeastern South Carolina.
It is Myrtle Beach's very own art museum and the only one of its kind in Horry
County.
Gibbes
Museum of Art
The mission of the Carolina Art Association (the Gibbes Museum of
Art) is to offer through collection, exhibition and interpretation a thorough
knowledge of the visual culture of Charleston, the Lowcountry and the American
South from the colonial era through today.