Myrtle Beach Boardwalk, Oceanfront promenade in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

The Myrtle Beach Boardwalk & Promenade runs 1.2 miles (1.9 km) along the oceanfront from Pier 14 at 14th Avenue North to the 2nd Avenue Pier at 2nd Avenue North. Its northern section is 8 feet (2.4 m) wide with a raised wooden deck; the middle section passes restaurants, bars and gift shops; the southern part is a meandering oceanfront park with benches and landscaping. The deck uses planks laid in alternating diagonal patterns, with blue and tan shade sails on tall white poles and curved black lamp posts.

Myrtle Beach's first boardwalk linked the Sea Side Inn, the town's first hotel, with its early pavilions. A wooden boardwalk existed in the 1930s, was resurfaced in concrete in 1940, and was destroyed by Hurricane Hazel in 1954. After the Pavilion closed in 2006, the city built the current 1.2-mile boardwalk, which opened in May 2010 at a cost of nearly $6.4 million.

Plyler Park, at the north end near Pier 14, hosts "Hot Summer Nights", with live music twice a week in summer and weekly acts such as a Kids Carnival, bagpipes and a Dixieland band. The 2nd Avenue Pier at the south end holds weekly fireworks.

The boardwalk is freely accessible at any time of day, though cycling and dog-walking rules change with the seasons and time of day. Visitors should check current restrictions before arriving and prepare for strong sun exposure, especially during midday hours.

The boardwalk's construction consumed about 770,000 board-feet of lumber, 555,000 screws and 300,000 nails, built by M.B. Kahn Construction Co. The city added 600 palmetto trees and 50,000 beach grass seedlings along the route. The northern section is just 8 feet wide, a raised wooden deck running from Pier 14 to Plyler Park.