INFORMATION ABOUT THE GRAND STRAND

For decades, South Carolina's Grand Strand has been a mecca for vacationers and retirees looking for that great escape. Stretching for more than 60 miles along the Atlantic Coast, this string of beach resorts includes such ocean-side communities as Myrtle Beach, considered the Strand's hub, Cherry Grove, Ocean Drive, North Myrtle Beach, Atlantic Beach, Surfside, Litchfield, Pawleys Island, and Georgetown. Each year millions are drawn to the Grand Strand and Myrtle Beach for swimming, sunning, boating, shelling and golfing on many of the 100 golf courses located in these areas. Shopping is plentiful too with two Tanger Outlet locations, the new Market Common and Broadway at the Beach. Myrtle Beach is also home to The Ripken Experience, one of the nation's top youth sports facilities. Plan a night of musical entertainment at Alabama Theatre in North Myrtle Beach, where "ONE, THE SHOW" is critically acclaimed as the most spectacular musical on the East Coast.

Take a new route to the Myrtle Beach and discover new roads including Highways 22 and 31