Surfside Beach South Carolina Map
Explore Surfside Beach, 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 Surfside Beach, South Carolina
How to Use This Surfside Beach, South Carolina Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Surfside Beach, 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 Surfside Beach.
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 | Surfside Beach |
| State | South Carolina (SC) |
| County | Horry County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 33.606003 |
| Longitude | -78.973089 |
| Population | 4,155 |
| Density | 823.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 29575 |
| Area Code | 843, 854 |
| County Seat | Conway |
| School District | Horry County School District |
About Surfside Beach, South Carolina
Surfside Beach is a locality in Horry County, South Carolina, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,155. The population density is 823.5 people per km². Surfside Beach is located at 33.6060°N, 78.9731°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Surfside Beach is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 29575.Surfside Beach occupies a flat, sandy expanse where the horizon dissolves into the rhythmic pulse of the Atlantic Ocean. It lies 2.2 miles east-northeast of Garden City, SC (from Garden City, SC: bearing 66°T), and is situated 7.6 miles southwest of Myrtle Beach. The air here remains heavy with the scent of salt and drying spartina grass, a humid atmosphere that softens the hard lines of the horizon and mutes the intensity of the midday sun. Inland from the dunes, the stillness of Floral Lake provides a quiet contrast to the persistent motion of the tides, while the landscape stretches out in a low, unassuming plain that feels far removed from the sharp elevation of Sand Ridge, which remains merely a faint, unreachable suggestion in the distance. At the center of this coastal expanse, Vetran's Memorial serves as a grounding point for the public, offering a space where the sea wind brushes against the shore and carries the weight of the tides across the shifting sands.
Surfside Beach maintains a character defined by its deliberate simplicity and a long-standing commitment to the quietude of its residential corridors. Local life centers upon the small-scale commerce and seasonal ebbs that dictate the pace of the economy, moving with a steady, predictable grace that avoids the frantic sprawl of more populous coastlines. While the currents of Collins Creek flow quietly three miles away, the daily existence here is tethered firmly to the maritime edge, where the legacy of the Lowcountry informs the local temperament and the way people inhabit the space between the tides. Even as the modern world encroaches, the environment retains a singular, unvarnished quality, leaving one to observe the way the light lingers over the flat ground during the final, golden hours of the afternoon.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Veteran's Memorial (Monument) — 0.1 mi, 318° NW
- Fuller Park Complex (Local Recreation) — 0.2 mi, 322° NW
- W.O. "Bill" Martin Municipal Park (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 221° SW
- Adventure Falls Golf (Attraction) — 0.8 mi, 277° W
- Harbor Light Batting Range (Attraction) — 0.8 mi, 347° N
- Unknown Park (Local Park) — 1.2 mi, 227° SW
- Huckabee Recreation Complex (Local Recreation) — 1.5 mi, 297° NW
- Garden City Pavilion Arcade (Attraction) — 2.5 mi, 217° SW
- Surfer Memorial (Monument) — 2.5 mi, 215° SW
- Jack Axe Throwing (Attraction) — 3.3 mi, 033° NE
- Myrtle Beach State Park (State Park) — 3.4 mi, 034° NE
- Warbird Park (Monument) — 4.6 mi, 034° NE
- Seacoast Local Art Gallery (Gallery) — 4.7 mi, 024° NE
- Stage Left Theatre Company (Theatre) — 4.8 mi, 025° NE
- Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 5.7 mi, 286° W · 35k acres
- Huntington Beach State Park (State Park) — 6.5 mi, 212° SW
- Sandy Island (Conservation Area) — 7.2 mi, 267° W
- Ripley's Movie Theater (Cinema) — 8.1 mi, 042° NE
- Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge.Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 8.4 mi, 269° W · 4,495 acres
- Campbell Center for American Sculpture (Museum) — 8.8 mi, 229° SW
- Lowcountry Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 8.8 mi, 229° SW
- Fighting Stallions (Public Artwork) — 9.0 mi, 222° SW
- Childrens Museum of South Carolina (Museum) — 9.0 mi, 040° NE
- Brown Sculpture Court (Museum) — 9.3 mi, 231° SW
- Lewis Ocean Bay Heritage Preserve / Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.9 mi, 028° NE
- Woodbury Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 14.4 mi, 299° NW
- Theatre of the Republic (Theatre) — 16.4 mi, 345° N
- North Inlet-Winyah Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 19.1 mi, 213° SW
- Hobcaw Barony Nature Center (Museum) — 22.2 mi, 221° SW
- Baruchs Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 24.0 mi, 229° SW
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About This Surfside Beach Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Surfside Beach, South Carolina. Coordinates: 33.606003, -78.973089. 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 Surfside Beach includes the ZIP code (29575), telephone area code (843, 854), county seat of Horry County (Conway), and school district assignment (Horry County School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
