North Myrtle Beach has nine miles of beautiful wide beaches.
"Shag," the movie, was filmed in North Myrtle Beach.
North Myrtle Beach is located at latitude 33°49'N, longitude 78°40'W.
The
City of North Myrtle Beach is made up of four smaller beaches; Crescent
Beach, Ocean Drive Beach, Windy Hill Beach, and Cherry Grove Beach. They
joined in 1968 to form what is today North Myrtle Beach.
The
name “The Grand Strand” was coined by Claude Dunnagan in his newspaper
column December 3, 1949. The term has come to include an entire string of
communities from the fishing village of Little River to historic
Georgetown.
North Myrtle Beach is bounded by the Intracoastal Waterway to the west and
the Atlantic Ocean to the east.
The
Intra-Coastal Waterway was originally built in order to be used as a
secret passageway during World War II.
