Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Myrtle Beach, South Carolina City of Myrtle Beach North Ocean Boulevard in Myrtle Beach North Ocean Boulevard in Myrtle Beach Flag of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Flag Official seal of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Location of Myrtle Beach in South Carolina Location of Myrtle Beach in South Carolina Myrtle Beach is positioned in the US Myrtle Beach - Myrtle Beach Myrtle Beach / m rt l bi t / is a coastal town/city on the east coast of the United States in Horry County, South Carolina.
It is situated on the center of a large and continuous stretch of beach known as the Grand Strand in northeastern South Carolina.
Myrtle Beach is one of the primary centers of tourism in the United States because of the city's warm subtropical climate and extensive beaches, attracting an estimated 14 million visitors each year. As of the 2010 census, the populace of the town/city was 27,109 with the Myrtle Beach urbane region population at 465,391 as stated to a 2013 estimate.
A man-made island, Myrtle Beach has been separated from the continental United States since 1936 by the Intracoastal Waterway, forcing the town/city and region in general to precarious inside a small distance from the coast.
In part due to this separation, the region directly west of Myrtle Beach athwart the waterway remained primarily rural, whereas its northern and southern ends were bordered by other advanced tourist towns, North Myrtle Beach and Surfside Beach.
Since then, the inland portion of the Myrtle Beach region has advanced dramatically and the beach itself is developing westward.
According to the Koppen climate classification, Myrtle Beach has a humid subtropical climate or Cfa typical of the Gulf and South Atlantic states.
Myrtle Beach is protected from erosion by vegetation-filled sand dunes.
The summer season is long, hot, and humid in Myrtle Beach.
The coastal locale of Myrtle Beach mitigates summer heat somewhat compared to inland areas of South Carolina: Thus, while close-by Florence averages 65 days annually with high temperatures of 90 F or higher Myrtle Beach averages only 21.
The Bermuda High pumps in humidity from the tropical Atlantic toward Myrtle Beach, giving summers a near tropical feel in the city.
The warm Atlantic Ocean reaches 80 F or higher in the summer months off Myrtle Beach, making for warm and sultry summer evenings.
Summer thunderstorms are common in the hot season in Myrtle Beach, and the summer months from June through September have the most precipitation.
Myrtle Beach has mostly mild winters of short duration: Average daytime highs range from 57 to 61 F (14 16 C) and eveningtime lows are in the 36 to 38 F (2 3 C) from December through February.
Winter temperatures vary more than summer temperatures in Myrtle Beach: Some winters can see a several cold days with highs only in the upper 40s F (7 9 C), while other winter days can see highs in the upper 60s and low 70s F (19 23 C).
Myrtle Beach averages 33 days annually with frost, though in some years less than 15 days will see frost.
Snowfall is very rare in Myrtle Beach, however a several times every 15 or 20 years a trace of snow might fall.
In February 2010, a rare 2.8 inches (71 mm) of snow fell in Myrtle Beach.
The spring (March, April and May) and fall (September, October and November) months are normally mild and sunny in Myrtle Beach, with high temperatures in the 60s and 70s.
The beach season in Myrtle Beach normally runs from late April through late October.
Summer thunderstorms can be severe, but are brief, but tornadoes are rare in Myrtle Beach.
Tropical cyclones occasionally impact Myrtle Beach, though weaker tropical storms and weak tropical lows are more common.
Like most areas apt to tropical cyclones, a direct hit by a primary hurricane is infrequent in Myrtle Beach.
The last hurricane to cause momentous damage in Myrtle Beach was Hurricane Hugo in 1989.
The worst hurricane in the history of Myrtle Beach was Hurricane Hazel in 1954.
Climate data for Myrtle Beach (1988 2010 normals) Average snowy days ( 0.1 in) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0.1 Myrtle Beach (July 2014) Myrtle Beach in the morning (July 2012) Main article: List of attractions in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Myrtle Beach hosts a range of special conventions, affairs, and musical concerts.
The area's attractions include its beaches and courses, as well as a number of amusement parks, an aquarium, Legends In Concert, retail developments, a number of shopping complexes and over 1,900 restaurants including seafood restaurants.
Myrtle Beach has an estimated 460 hotels, with many on the beachfront, and approximately 89,000 accommodation units in total.
Also in the town/city is Myrtle Waves, one of the biggest water parks on the East Coast of the United States.
The Myrtle Beach Boardwalk opened in 2010 and has been recognized as the nation's #3 boardwalk by National Geographic and one of the best US boardwalks by Travel + Leisure magazine. The Myrtle Beach Skywheel opened at the boardwalk in May, 2011, and is a 200-foot (61 m) observation wheel, similar to a ferris wheel, with glass gondolas that look over the Atlantic Ocean.
Myrtle Beach State Park, established in 1935, has just under a mile of Grand Strand beach and is a prime locale for camping, swimming, hiking, biking, and fishing.
Hotels and tourists along the Myrtle Beach shoreline (July 2014) View of hotels in Myrtle Beach The Myrtle Beach Convention Center is a large facility that hosts a range of meetings, conferences, exhibits, and special affairs every year.
Myrtle Beach welcomed Hard Rock Park in 2008, which was themed after the prominent Hard Rock Cafe chain.
Each March since 1951 amid Ontario's spring break, Myrtle Beach has hosted Canadian-American Days, also known as Can-Am Days.
Tens of thousands of tourists flock to the region for a week's worth of special affairs. Myrtle Beach is also home to Coastal Uncorked, a food and wine festival held in the late spring annually.
In June, recently graduated high school seniors come to Myrtle Beach for Senior Week. With various experienced fireworks displays along the oceanfront, Myrtle Beach is recognized among the top destinations for Fourth of July travel.
Priceline.com ranked Myrtle Beach among its top 20 destinations for Fourth of July in 2010. Although gambling is not legal in South Carolina, Myrtle Beach inhabitants and visitors have easy access to gambling by boat, as passengers can travel into global waters beyond the reach of federal and state gambling laws.
The town/city and encircling area is served by Myrtle Beach International Airport.
The town/city is positioned between Wilmington, North Carolina and Charleston, South Carolina with U.S.
Thongs (or any swimwear revealing any portion of the buttocks) are not permitted anywhere in enhance in Myrtle Beach, including all beaches. Violators of the ban may be arrested, jailed, or fined. The city's "thong ordinance" has been in effect since the 1990s. Myrtle Beach Bike Week, also called "Harley Bike Week" is a seven-day motorcycle rally first held in 1940, the same year Kings Highway was paved. The event has thriving as many as 200,000 visitors to the town/city every May.
The event was created in response to a history of discrimination against black visitors and riders to Myrtle Beach and the Grand Strand Area. The Myrtle Beach government created 15 new laws aimed at preventing all sanctioned motorcycle affairs inside the town/city in response to controversy including accusations of racism by black riders amid their event and complaints of lawlessness and poor behavior amid all highly attended affairs.
Several lawsuits by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) against Myrtle Beach businesses were settled with agreements that discrimination cease, compensation be given to some plaintiffs, and employees be given range training. The NAACP suit against the City of Myrtle Beach was settled in 2006 without the town/city paying damages, but with the agreement police would use the same traffic control rules amid both the black and the white motorcycle rallies. In addition, the Court ruled, the ordinance created undue confusion, and that the town/city itself had invalidated their own helmet law and some other ordinances in a subsequent amendment. The law had been challenged by a group of motorcyclists and a group of Myrtle Beach businesses called BOOST, Business Owners Organized to Support Tourism, who opposed the city's anti-motorcycle tourism policy. Myrtle Beach has many stores and malls, is one of the biggest shopping areas in the Southeastern United States, and is the biggest shopping destination in South Carolina.
Myrtle Beach Mall is 525,385 square feet (48,809.9 m2), and has three anchor stores, Bass Pro Shops, Belk and JCPenney.
It is positioned on the site of the former Myrtle Beach Air Force Base.
This family received an region around present-day Wither's Swash, also known as Myrtle Swash or the eight-Mile Swash.
He stayed a evening at Windy Hill (part of present-day North Myrtle Beach) and was led athwart Wither's Swash to Georgetown by Jeremiah Vereen. The Withers family remained one of the several pioneer around Myrtle Beach for the next half-century.
Original Myrtle Beach Air Force Base amid World War II After the barns was finished, employees of the lumber and barns business would take train flatcars down to beach region on their no-charge weekends, becoming the first Grand Strand tourists. The barns end was nicknamed "New Town", contrasting it with the "Old Town", or Conway.
Around the start of the 20th century, Franklin Burroughs envisioned turning New Town into a tourist destination rivaling the Florida and northeastern beaches.
Burroughs died in 1897, but his sons instead of the barns 's expansion to the beach and opened the Seaside Inn in 1901. Around 1900, a contest was held to name the region and Burroughs' wife suggested honoring the locally abundant shrub, the Southern Wax Myrtle (Myrica cerifera).
The Withers postal service changed its name to Myrtle Beach soon afterward.
In 1937, Myrtle Beach Municipal Airport was built, however it was promptly taken over by the United States Army Air Corps in 1940 and converted into a military base.
Since then the airport has been titled Myrtle Beach International Airport.
In 1940, Kings Highway was finally paved, giving Myrtle Beach its first major highway.
The Myrtle Heights-Oak Park Historic District, Myrtle Beach Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Station, Ocean Forest Country Club, Pleasant Inn, and Rainbow Court are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The Market Common was once the locale of Myrtle Beach AFB.
The Myrtle Beach International Airport (IATA: MYR/FAA LID: MYR), is a county-owned public-use airport positioned three nautical miles (5.6 km) southwest of the central company precinct of Myrtle Beach, in Horry County, South Carolina, United States.
(MYR) It was formerly known as Myrtle Beach Jetport (1974 1989) and is positioned on site of the former Myrtle Beach Air Force Base.
The General Aviation Terminal www.beachaviationservices.com (ICAO: KMYR/FAA LID:MYR), is a part of the Myrtle Beach International Airport however, the terminal itself is positioned on the opposite side of the airfield from the commercial terminal side of the airport on Airdrome Street accessed by Phyllis Boulevard inside The Market Common.
The new terminal replaces a building that was previously used as Base Operations when the Myrtle Beach Air Force Base was active.
Executive Helicopters is inside the Myrtle Beach International Airport as well.
Executive Helicopters is a private helicopter facility that provides tour services in the Myrtle Beach and encircling areas.
The Grand Strand Airport (IATA: CRE, ICAO: KCRE, FAA LID: CRE), is a county-owned (Horry County), public-use airport positioned one nautical mile (1.85 km) northwest of the central company precinct of North Myrtle Beach, in Horry County, South Carolina, United States.
The Waccamaw Coast Line Railroad is a 14.1-mile (22.7 km) short-line barns division of the Baltimore and Annapolis Railroad, extending from a connection with the Carolina Southern Railroad, another division of that company, at Conway to Myrtle Beach.
The line was opened in 1900 by the Conway Coast and Western Railroad, a predecessor of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. The Seaboard System Railroad sold the line to Horry County in November 1984, and it was directed by the Horry County Railway until October 1987, when the WCLR took over. The Carolina Southern Railroad acquired the WCLR in September 1995, and since then it has been a division of the Baltimore and Annapolis Railroad. The line is owned by Horry County, but was leased in 2000 to the Carolina Southern Railroad. The business makes one scheduled bringy per month into the City of Myrtle Beach. It is positioned off of Main Street in Conway, South Carolina and is one of the several remaining train depots in South Carolina.
Carolina Southern Railroad is a member of the Carolina Rails fitness with connections that run from Whiteville, North Carolina to Mullins, South Carolina and also from Chadbourn, North Carolina to Conway.
Carolina Southern barns is also responsible for operation of the Waccamaw Coast Line Railroad, which is a stockyards that runs from Conway to Myrtle Beach.
Most of these roads follow the Metro Loop Road Plan, organized in 1997 to advancement the traffic flow of Myrtle Beach.
Some of the roads encompassed have either been funded through Road Improvement Development Effort (RIDE I) funding or through the City of Myrtle Beach.
Plans exist for Myrtle Beach to be eventually served by two interstates, Interstate 73 and Interstate 74.
The Robert Edge Parkway will connect I-74 to downtown North Myrtle Beach.
Myrtle Beach is served by the Coast RTA and the Pee Dee Regional Transportation Authority. Myrtle Beach is the biggest principal town/city of the Myrtle Beach-Conway-Georgetown CSA, a Combined Travel Destination that includes the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach urbane region (Horry County) and the Georgetown micropolitan region (Georgetown County), which had a combined populace of 329,449 at the 2010 census. As of the 2010 census, the populace of Myrtle Beach was 27,109. Per the 2000 census there were 22,759 permanent inhabitants in Myrtle Beach, 10,413 homeholds, 5,414 families, 1,356.5 citizens per square mile (523.7/km ), with 14,658 housing units at an average density of 873.5 per square mile (337.3/km ).
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach Metropolitan Travel Destination Of the total Myrtle Beach population: The town/city of Myrtle Beach has a council-manager government. The Mayor sits as a Council member-at-large and presides over City Council meetings.
The town/city of Myrtle Beach reformed into a council-manager government fitness in 1974 under the administration of Mayor Bob Hirsch and town/city manager David Stradinger, who moved away from the city's former strong-mayor form of government. The current mayor of Myrtle Beach is John Rhodes, who has served since 2006. Myrtle Beach is served by a single enhance school district.
Horry County Schools educates around 40,000 students and is the third biggest school precinct in South Carolina.
Below is a list of private schools inside the town/city of Myrtle Beach.
Christian Academy of Myrtle Beach The biggest university in the Myrtle Beach region is Coastal Carolina University, a state-supported, liberal arts college located eight miles northwest of Myrtle Beach in neighboring Conway, with a satellite ground in Myrtle Beach.
The football team plays at Brooks Stadium, which is notable for its teal artificial turf. The Myrtle Beach metro region has the following college and post-secondary schools: Palmetto School of Career Development Myrtle Beach Campus Webster University Myrtle Beach Campus Myrtle Beach's economy is dominated by the tourist industry, Hotels, motels, resorts, restaurants, attractions, and retail developments exist in abundance to service visitors.
There are approximately 95 golf courses in and around Myrtle Beach (as of 2015) as the golfing trade represents a momentous existence in the area.
Myrtle Beach Speedway Myrtle Beach is home to the Myrtle Beach Pelicans, a Carolina League baseball team, a Chicago Cubs farm charter and the Myrtle Beach FC, a pro soccer team playing in the National Premier Soccer League.
From 1998-2009 and again starting in 2011 (no Saturday competitions were held in 2010 due to snow), the region hosted the Bi-Lo Myrtle Beach Marathon presented by Chick-Fil-A, every February featuring (since 2004) the Friday evening Royal Bank of Canada 5 - K and the Saturday Dasani Half Marathon and Bi-Lo Marathon (from 1998 until 2008, a relay was held but dropped because of the popularity of the other affairs).
Ticket - Return.com Field at Pelicans Ballpark is the home field of the Myrtle Beach Pelicans and is positioned just off Highway 17 in Myrtle Beach.
It is the finish point of the Bi-Lo Myrtle Beach Marathon.
NASCAR-sanctioned Stock car racing is held at Myrtle Beach Speedway, a .538-mile (866 m), semi-banked, asphalt-paved oval track positioned on US 501.
Myrtle Beach has been called the "Golf Capital of the World" because of the roughly 100 golf courses positioned there, the record 4.2 million rounds played, and many miniature golf courses.
Extensive Chinese investment to the Myrtle Beach region golf market has resulted in a momentous surge of Chinese tourists to the region and also resulted in 25+ golf courses being owned and/or directed by Chinese nationals.
Myrtle Beach National TPC of Myrtle Beach The Grand Strand and Florence, South Carolina share a common defined market by Nielsen Media Research in Horry, Marion, Dillon, Darlington, Marlboro, Scotland, Robeson, and Florence counties.
Television stations in the Pee Dee region, including Myrtle Beach and Florence, South Carolina Radio stations in the Myrtle Beach, South Carolina market The Sun News is the biggest daily paper presented along the Grand Strand, with a subscribers base extending from Georgetown, South Carolina to Sunset Beach, North Carolina.
The paper has been in existence since the 1930s and was formerly presented by Knight Ridder before that business was bought by The Mc - Clatchy Company. Myrtle Beach is also served by The Myrtle Beach Herald, a weekly journal that is part of the Waccamaw Publishers group.
Myrtle Beach has four sister cities, as designated by Sister Cities International: Insiders' Guide to Myrtle Beach and the Grand Strand.
Columbia, South Carolina: University of South Carolina Press.
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Myrtle Beach titled among Top 20 destinations for 4th of July - Myrtle Beach Blog - Myrtle Beach, SC - Jun 29, 2010 City of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (2013-06-11).
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Swimwear is subject to town/city ordinances in Myrtle Beach, North Myrtle Beach, and Surfside Beach.
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Cops in South Carolina busted a 22-year-old woman for wearing a thong bikini on the beach.
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"The Sun News of Myrtle Beach reports that the current so-called 'thong ordinance' requires officers to copy a warning before issuing tickets.
Myrtle Beach has banned thongs on the beach for 16 years." "Myrtle Beach Bike Week 2015 - Myrtle Beach, SC - Myrtle - Beach.com".
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