Three Good Stops

Myrtle Beach to Cleveland: where to stop

683 miles, about 10 hr 49 min of driving. Here are the real towns worth stopping in between Myrtle Beach, SC and Cleveland, OH, and why each one earned it.

Your first stop

Bennettsville, SCStretch your legs in Bennettsville, SC · mile 100

The other 5 stops on this drive

Named for your own departure time and driving style when you plan the trip — your first full plan is free.

W•••••, NCstretch, meal · mile 237
W•••••, VAstretch, fuel · mile 320
C•••••, WVstretch · mile 447
C•••••, OHstretch, overnight, meal · mile 546
A•••••, OHstretch, fuel · mile 640

Name every stop — first trip free

No card for the first trip. After that it's 99¢ for three trips, or $2.99 a month.

How the days break up

DayMilesDrivingNight in
15468 hr 42 minCambridge, OH
21372 hr 7 min—

How we picked these

Every stop is a real town on your actual route — not a chain billboard. We score towns on what a driver needs at that point in the drive: fuel and food for a stretch break, parks and grass when a pet is along, hotels and restaurants when it's an overnight. Detour distance counts against a town, so nothing here costs you a long side trip.

This page is planned for a 9-hour driving day leaving at 8:00 AM. Change any of that — your hours, your MPG, pets, small children, an EV's charging range — and the stops change with it. Plan Myrtle Beach to Cleveland your way →

Questions

How far is Myrtle Beach, SC to Cleveland, OH?
About 683 miles, roughly 10 hr 49 min of driving before stops.

Can you drive Myrtle Beach to Cleveland in one day?
Not comfortably. At a 9-hour driving day it splits into 2 days, with a night in Cambridge, OH.

Where is a good place to stop between Myrtle Beach and Cleveland?
Bennettsville, SC is the first one on this route.