Discover Myrtle Beach South Carolina

Myrtle Beach is the capital of the Grand Strand — some 60 miles of continuous Atlantic beach running from Little River to Georgetown, with Myrtle’s boardwalk, amusement piers and theater row at its center. More golf courses call this coast home than anywhere in America, and its dinner-show and variety theaters invented a genre of family nightlife the whole country copied. This hub is the map of the modern version: every guide below is built from real film, summarized honestly, with dated footage flagged rather than hidden.

Quick Facts: Myrtle Beach is on South Carolina’s Atlantic coast in Horry County. The Grand Strand runs about 60 miles end to end. June brings the Carolina Country Music Fest; spring and fall bring the bike weeks; Brookgreen’s Nights of a Thousand Candles closes the year in December.

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15 Things to do in Myrtle Beach

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

The official Visit Myrtle Beach countdown of 15 things you have to do on the Grand Strand, from iconic attractions to local hidden gems. It opens on the destination's defining fact — 60 miles of coastline — and works through water parks, shows and coastal views, with Myrtle Waves, South Carolina's largest water park at more than 20 acres, kicking off the list.

Key takeaways

• Myrtle Beach means 60 miles of Grand Strand coastline
• The countdown runs 15 experiences from water parks to live entertainment
• Myrtle Waves is South Carolina's largest water park, covering more than 20 acres

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Ultimate Myrtle Beach Travel Guide | Things to do in Myrtle Beach South Carolina!

Carmen and Brian

Carmen and Brian's compact ultimate travel guide to Myrtle Beach — the short version of the couple's much larger library of Grand Strand films. It starts with Broadway at the Beach, the area's biggest entertainment venue, and ranges across the beaches, attractions and a dining scene the pair say is too big to list, from seafood buffets to oceanfront restaurants.

Key takeaways

• A 5-minute orientation to the whole destination from full-time Myrtle Beach creators
• Broadway at the Beach leads the guide as the biggest entertainment venue
• Dining runs from seafood buffets to oceanfront restaurants

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Best Things to do in Myrtle Beach! Family-Friendly Fun for ALL AGES!

Carmen and Brian

Carmen and Brian's family edition: the best things to do in Myrtle Beach with kids, built for the days you want off the sand. The film works through family-friendly activities for all ages and closes with money-savers the locals use — attraction coupons worth a dollar or two off and Groupon listings for several of the stops.

Key takeaways

• Family-friendly picks for all ages, beyond the beach itself
• Local money-savers: coupon books take a dollar or two off many attractions
• Several featured attractions also appear on Groupon

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The beach and the Boardwalk

The Boardwalk and Promenade runs 1.2 miles of oceanfront through the attraction core, with the SkyWheel turning 200 feet above it and Family Kingdom — the Carolinas’ only seaside amusement park, wooden coaster and all — holding the south end.

Watch: Discover Myrtle Beach South Carolina, guided

5 videos · summaries from the actual guides

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18 BEST and FUN Attractions To Do And See around Myrtle Beach, SC 2023!

Beachin with the Boones

Beachin with the Boones' combined countdown of the 18 best and most fun attractions around Myrtle Beach, merged from their earlier top-seven and top-eight lists. The framing is honest value judgment: with coupon books everywhere, which rides and attractions are actually worth the line and the money? Filmed across the Grand Strand's favorite tourist spots.

Key takeaways

• 18 attractions ranked, merged from the Boones' earlier top lists
• Judged on the local question: is it worth the line and the coupon price?
• Some picks are seasonal — the film advises calling ahead off-season

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Towns Near Myrtle Beach: Five Grand Strand Communities to Explore | Myrtle Moments Ep. 6

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

A Myrtle Moments episode that makes the locals' point: 'Myrtle Beach' really means 60 miles of coastline and a string of separate towns with separate governments and histories, several older than the resorts. Host Brent travels five of them, starting 15 miles inland at Conway on the river — a town that runs on its own calendar of events — and meets the people who built these communities.

Key takeaways

• Five Grand Strand communities profiled, each with its own government and history
• Conway sits 15 miles inland on the river and predates the beach resorts
• The Grand Strand is a string of towns, not one city

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Top 10 Things to Do in Myrtle Beach with Kids (2025 Family Guide)

MyrtleBeach.com

MyrtleBeach.com's 2025 top-10 list for kids: wild water slides, pirate adventures, go-karts and sky-high views. Sky Zone's indoor trampolines, foam pits and ninja courses lead the list as the rainy-day pick, and the Lowcountry Zoo at Brookgreen Gardens makes the cut as the peaceful counterpoint to the arcades.

Key takeaways

• 2025 family top 10, from trampoline parks to pirate adventures
• Sky Zone leads as the high-energy rainy-day option
• Brookgreen's Lowcountry Zoo is the list's quiet, shady pick

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10 Cool Things to Do in Myrtle Beach to Beat the Summer Heat (Family-Friendly Fun!)

MyrtleBeach.com

MyrtleBeach.com's heat-survival guide: ten ways to chill out at the height of a Myrtle Beach summer. It starts indoors with the arcade scene — Boardwalk arcades, Dave & Buster's, the California Pizza Game Zone — and ends with the locals' favorite trick, the cooler evening beach with a blanket and the breeze.

Key takeaways

• Ten beat-the-heat ideas for peak summer days
• Arcades named: Boardwalk Arcades, Dave & Buster's, Ultimate California Pizza Game Zone
• The evening beach is pitched as the free, cooler finale

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Top 9 Free Things to Do in Myrtle Beach | Budget-Friendly Activities for Families & Couples

MyrtleBeach.com

MyrtleBeach.com's budget guide: the top 9 free things to do in Myrtle Beach. Broadway at the Beach costs nothing to stroll and runs free fireworks and nightly entertainment in its Summer Nights series; Barefoot Landing answers with gator sightings, specialty shops and its own SummerFest performers; the Boardwalk is the free evening stroll with ocean views and live bands.

Key takeaways

• Nine free experiences, led by Broadway at the Beach and Barefoot Landing
• Broadway's Summer Nights brings free fireworks and nightly entertainment
• Barefoot Landing's SummerFest adds free live performers all summer

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Broadway and Barefoot

Broadway at the Beach is the Strand’s entertainment capital — six villages around a 23-acre lake, with Ripley’s Aquarium and WonderWorks on its loop — while Barefoot Landing wraps its lake in North Myrtle Beach with the Alabama Theatre and the House of Blues on its banks.

The theater row

Calvin Gilmore’s Carolina Opry started the Strand’s theater industry in 1986 and still anchors it; Pirates Voyage battles over an indoor lagoon a few miles away. Between them they define Myrtle Beach after dark.

The quiet south end

Drive 30 minutes south and the tempo drops: Brookgreen Gardens pairs America’s finest figurative sculpture collection with a zoo and 9,000 acres of Lowcountry, Huntington Beach State Park protects the coast’s quietest beach, and the MarshWalk strings the Seafood Capital’s restaurant row along the marsh in Murrells Inlet.

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