Red Hill South Carolina Map

About Red Hill, South Carolina

Red Hill is a locality in Horry County, South Carolina, United States. It has a population of 15,906. The population density is 556.2 people per km². Red Hill is located at 33.7780°N, 79.0151°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 29450, 29379, 29588.

Red Hill sits amidst a landscape of pine-shadowed plains and heavy, humid earth that holds the heat long after the sun has slipped below the horizon. It lies 2.0 miles east-southeast of Conway, SC (from Conway, SC: bearing 122°T), and is situated 9.6 miles north of Socastee. The Waccamaw River winds through the low-lying terrain only a mile away, its dark, tannic waters carving a slow path through the dense vegetation of the Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge that blankets the immediate surroundings. To the west, the flat expanse of Cates Bay waits seven miles off, a quiet depression in the land that catches the drainage of the fields, while the distant, hazy silhouette of Sand Ridge remains a faint suggestion on the horizon, nineteen miles removed from the immediate, moisture-thick air. At dusk, the light here turns a bruised purple, illuminating the way the tall grasses bend toward the stillness of Wadus Lake, which waits just two miles from the center of Red Hill in a state of perpetual, glassy calm.

Agriculture and the steady, quiet labor of the timber industry have defined the character of Red Hill for generations, anchoring a pace of life that respects the seasonal shifts of the soil and the rising damp of the swampy bottomlands. The local economy persists in the rhythm of small-scale enterprise and land management, drawing on a history of settlement that values resilience over rapid transformation. Life in Red Hill is marked by the deep, resonant drone of cicadas and the subtle, earthy scent of pine needles baking in the midday sun, a sensory reminder of the agrarian roots that continue to shape the community. While the world beyond the refuge edges forward with modern urgency, the people here maintain a deliberate focus on the practicalities of their surroundings, finding a quiet, persistent beauty in the way the land yields its bounty to those who know how to work it.

About This Red Hill Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Red Hill, South Carolina. Coordinates: 33.777957, -79.015118. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Red Hill includes the ZIP code (29450, 29379, 29588), telephone area code (864, 843, 854), county seat of Horry County (Conway), and school district assignment (Horry County School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.