Parking at Myrtle Beach starts free, with lots from $8/day. Compare 5 nearby lots and garages by price, walking distance and how full each one is right now, plus metered street parking. Lot locations, rates and hours are real and geocoded. Tap a pin for driving directions.
5 lots · 6,110 spaces. Scrub the time slider for the crowd estimate.
On-street parking
1,200 metered spaces · $2/hr · $10 day · Meters 9 AM–midnight, Mar 1–Sep 30 · street ends $3/hr or $15 day · free Oct 1–Feb 28 between 6th Ave S and 21st Ave N. Pay by plate or ParkMobile.
Rates checked Oct 20, 2026; not confirmed: Pavilion Parking Garage, 9th Ave N Oceanfront Lot, 2nd Ave Pier Lot. Posted prices at the lot always win.
Local moves
City meters charge 9 AM to midnight, seven days a week, from March 1 through September 30. From October 1 through February 28 they are free between Sixth Ave South and 21st Ave North, but stay paid year-round north of 21st Ave North and south of Sixth Ave South.
Beach-access street ends cost $3 an hour or $15 all day. In the core business district (Sixth to 16th Ave North, Ocean Blvd to Kings Hwy) it is $2 an hour with no all-day rate.
Pay at the meter or pay station, with ParkMobile, or by texting your zone number to 25023 (Text-2-Park). Zone numbers are posted on meters, signs and pay stations.
Myrtle Beach State Park parking is first-come, first-served and limited. The park asks visitors to avoid the 10 AM to 2 PM peak and says it can close for a period when it reaches capacity.
Parking at Myrtle Beach starts free, with lots from $8/day. The cheapest paid lot is Myrtle Beach State Park at $8 entry.
Yes. Myrtle Beach has free parking at Broadway at the Beach. Free spaces are limited and fill first, so arrive early or have a paid backup in mind.
Myrtle Beach has 5 lots within walking distance; the largest is Broadway at the Beach (5,000 spaces). The lots nearest the sand fill first, so the ones a block or two back usually have room. Use the live map above to compare walking distance and how full each lot is right now.
On warm, sunny weekend days the closest Myrtle Beach lots fill by mid-morning. Arrive before 10 AM or after 4 PM for the easiest parking, and scrub the time slider on the map above for the crowd estimate hour by hour.
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Lot locations, counts, rates and hours are real, geocoded from each address. No live space-count feed is published, so availability is estimated from typical beach crowds and today’s weather. Your location is used only in your browser to sort by distance.
Main parking at Myrtle Beach: Pavilion Parking Garage ($3/hr · $15 day) and 9th Ave N Oceanfront Lot ($3/hr · $15 day), plus street parking at $2/hr · $10 day. Check today’s water, surf and UV on the conditions page.