Bike the Neck

The Waccamaw Neck Bike Trail ( AKA Bike the Neck)

Today Bruce and I rode the newly completed section of the Bike the Neck Trail  between Murrells Inlet and Sandy Island Road.  I  felt so much safer knowing that we no longer have to compete with traffic on  Highway 17. 

The Waccamaw Neck Bike Trail  runs from Murrells Inlet to Pawleys Island is a 20 mile point-to-point trail located near Pawleys Island, South Carolina.  Some of it is separated from motorized vehicles, some is not.  Hopefully someday there will be a dedicated trail the entire length of the Waccamaw Neck.

The final northern  link in the Bike the Neck chain of South Carolina Bike trails was forged to literally bridge the section in Murrells Inlet SC ,  to the portion in Huntington Beach SC.   A wooden bridge now connects the bike lane along U.S. Highway 17 in Murrells Inlet, and the recently constructed bike trail along the edge of Huntington Beach State Park, which in turn connects to a trail leading all the way into Litchfield, SC. 

The section  through Murrells Inlet still shares use  of Hyway 17  bypass with the bike lane being marked along road,   until one reaches the new bridge. ( But at least bicyclists are no longer forced into traffic on the narrow bridge)

The Huntington Beach State Park portion of the trail is paved and meanders through gorgeous wooded and wetland sections of the park. This separate flat trail parallels US 17 through the woods  from Murrell’s Inlet to Sandy Island Road near Huntington Beach State Park. 

From  Murrell’s Inlet the trail follows US 17 Business south. for 6.0 miles of continuous trail  through Huntington Beach SP and two sections of approximately 4.0 miles. of Litchfield 

 For Maps, videos and related information about the Waccamaw Neck  Bike Trail,

  see the attached link  :

 http://www.us17coastalhighway.com/2010/08/waccamaw-neck-bikeway.html