Three Good Stops

Myrtle Beach to Oklahoma City: where to stop

1217 miles, about 17 hr 57 min of driving. Here are the real towns worth stopping in between Myrtle Beach, SC and Oklahoma City, OK, and why each one earned it.

Your first stop

Camden, SCStretch your legs in Camden, SC · mile 107

The other 10 stops on this drive

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

M•••••, GAstretch, meal · mile 247
S•••••, GAfuel · mile 320
O•••••, ALstretch · mile 458
H•••••, ALstretch, overnight, meal · mile 577
N•••••, MSfuel · mile 640
M•••••, TNstretch · mile 776

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
15778 hr 46 minHamilton, AL
25838 hr 18 minShawnee, OK
3570 hr 53 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 Oklahoma City your way →

Questions

How far is Myrtle Beach, SC to Oklahoma City, OK?
About 1217 miles, roughly 17 hr 57 min of driving before stops.

Can you drive Myrtle Beach to Oklahoma City in one day?
Not comfortably. At a 9-hour driving day it splits into 3 days, with a night in Hamilton, AL.

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