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Loris South Carolina Map

Explore Loris, South Carolina, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Loris, South Carolina

How to Use This Loris, South Carolina Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Loris, South Carolina. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of South Carolina or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Loris.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Loris
State	South Carolina (SC)
County	Horry County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	34.056281
Longitude	-78.890304
Population	2,449
Density	207.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	29569
Area Code	843, 854
County Seat	Conway
School District	Horry County School District

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About Loris, South Carolina

Loris is a locality in Horry County, South Carolina, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,449. The population density is 207.7 people per km². Loris is located at 34.0563°N, 78.8903°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Loris is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 29569.

Loris occupies a quiet expanse of the South Carolina lowlands where the air hangs heavy and sweet with the scent of damp earth and pine. It lies 17.7 miles north-northeast of Conway, SC (from Conway, SC: bearing 31°T), and is situated 6.4 miles south of Tabor City. The horizon remains stubbornly flat, a vast stage for the violet bruise of dusk that settles over the fields, while the distant, hazy silhouette of the Bear Sand Ridges haunts the western sky like a memory of higher ground. Water defines the edges of this landscape, with the dark, slow-moving current of Gaskins Branch threading through the woods just a mile away, feeding the thirsty soil. Toward the coast, the atmosphere carries a faint, brackish promise of Strouds Bay, though the intervening miles of dense timber and open farmland keep the sea at a respectful, hushed distance.

Loris grew from the stubborn grit of agrarian life, its economy long anchored to the rhythms of the harvest and the steady labor of the fields. The pace of daily existence finds its cadence at the Loris Recreation Fields, where the dust of the diamond marks the passage of seasons more reliably than any calendar. Residents often seek the stillness of Tyler Ponds, a local sanctuary where the water mirrors the shifting light of the canopy above. History here is written in the rows of crops and the quiet endurance of families who have worked this land since the early days of settlement, long before the modern pulse of regional trade began to quicken. It is a place where the stillness of the afternoon suggests that time is not a line to be crossed, but a current to be navigated with patience.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Loris Recreation Fields (Local Recreation) — 1.7 mi, 126° SE
Heniford Recreation Field (Local Recreation) — 1.8 mi, 126° SE
Loris Nature Park (Local Park) — 1.8 mi, 118° SE
Playcard Environmental (Local Park) — 6.2 mi, 272° W
The County Farm Museum (Museum) — 8.1 mi, 322° NW
Waccamaw River Preserve (Conservation Area) — 9.4 mi, 072° E
Waccamaw River Heritage Preserve / Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.4 mi, 164° S
The Farmer's Barn (Attraction) — 14.1 mi, 017° N
Lewis Ocean Bay Heritage Preserve / Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 15.3 mi, 176° S
Ben Collins Monument (Monument) — 17.1 mi, 214° SW
Our Confederate Dead memorial (Monument) — 17.6 mi, 211° SW
Conway Critter - Rabbit (Monument) — 17.7 mi, 211° SW
Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 17.7 mi, 210° SW · 35k acres
Theatre of the Republic (Theatre) — 17.7 mi, 211° SW
Chauncey Statue (Public Artwork) — 19.5 mi, 201° S
Extreme Laser Tag Center (Attraction) — 20.0 mi, 164° S
Pirates Voyage (Attraction) — 20.7 mi, 167° S
The Carolina Opry (Attraction) — 20.7 mi, 167° S
Lumber River State Park (State Park) — 21.0 mi, 346° N
Bird Island Coastal Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 23.1 mi, 124° SE
Lake Waccamaw State Park (State Park) — 23.2 mi, 057° NE
South Carolina Tobacco Museum (Museum) — 23.2 mi, 297° NW
Griffin's Whirl (Viewpoint) — 24.0 mi, 345° N
Childrens Museum of South Carolina (Museum) — 24.3 mi, 177° S
Old Bridge Museum (Museum) — 24.7 mi, 119° SE
Ripley's Movie Theater (Cinema) — 25.1 mi, 178° S
Ingram Planetarium (Museum) — 25.3 mi, 116° SE
Stage Left Theatre Company (Theatre) — 26.9 mi, 186° S
Seacoast Local Art Gallery (Gallery) — 26.9 mi, 186° S
Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge.Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 30.6 mi, 208° SW · 4,495 acres

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