Hollywood South Carolina Map

About Hollywood, South Carolina

Hollywood is a locality in Horry County, South Carolina, United States. Hollywood is located at 33.8418°N, 78.6414°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 29470.

Hollywood, South Carolina, exhales a humid, pine-scented breath under a sky that often softens to a hazy, oyster-shell grey as afternoon bleeds into evening. It lies 13.7 miles east-north-east of Carolina Forest, SC (from Carolina Forest, SC: bearing 66°T), and is situated 2.8 miles north-east of North Myrtle Beach. The land here is a low, flat expanse, a languid stretch of coastal plain where the earth seems to sigh rather than stand firm, its soil a rich, dark loam that nourishes stands of palmetto and tenacious scrub oak. Creeks, sluggish and brown as tea, meander through the landscape, their banks often fringed with the dense, whispering reeds that mark the edge of marshland. The air, especially in the muggy embrace of summer, hums with the ceaseless thrum of unseen insects, a constant, living pulse beneath the languid sway of the Spanish moss that drapes itself like spectral lace from the branches of ancient live oaks. The history of Hollywood is intertwined with the gentle ebb and flow of its waterways and the enduring legacy of agriculture. This was a landscape shaped by rice plantations in centuries past, their ghosted fields now often reclaimed by the encroaching wilderness, a quiet testament to a different era. The local economy, while diversified, still holds a deep connection to the land, with remnants of farming and a growing reliance on the proximity to the bustling Grand Strand to the north providing its modern rhythm. While no grand monuments define Hollywood, its character is found in the unassuming homes set back from quiet roads, the small, independent businesses that serve the immediate needs of its residents, and the pervasive sense of stillness that settles over the place as the coastal sun dips below the horizon, painting the sky in hues of rose and lavender.

About This Hollywood Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hollywood, South Carolina — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 33.841839, -78.641403. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Hollywood and Horry County.

Detailed location data for Hollywood includes the ZIP code (29582), telephone area code (803, 864), county seat of Horry County (Conway), and school district assignment (Charleston County School District). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Hollywood is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.