North Myrtle Beach is four old beach towns and a lot of newer neighborhoods inland. The trees change as you go: wind-shaped oaks and cedars in the beach sections, big pines and hardwoods around Barefoot and along Highway 9, and everything in between.
Trees in North Myrtle Beach
In Cherry Grove, Ocean Drive, Crescent Beach, and Windy Hill, the lots are narrow, houses are close, and many yards back up to a canal or a marsh. Live oaks and cedars here have been shaped by salt wind for decades. They are tough, but their long limbs reach over roofs and decks, and the cedars in particular go over in storms when their shallow roots let go in wet sand.
Inland around Barefoot Resort, the Highway 9 corridor, and the neighborhoods off Highway 17, you get tall pines and mature hardwoods left standing when the subdivisions were built. Those pines stand close to houses and shed limbs every storm. A leaning pine over a house is a removal, not a trim.
Canal and marsh-front yards
A tree on the water side of a Cherry Grove house has nowhere to fall except the house, the dock, or the canal. Those come down in pieces from the top, each section lowered on a rope to the yard. We keep debris out of the water and off the neighbor's dock, and the brush leaves on the trailer the same day.
Second homes and rentals
A lot of North Myrtle Beach houses are rentals or weekend places. If a property manager or a neighbor sent you a photo, call (843) 927-2499. Corey meets whoever has the key, looks at the tree, sends you photos and a price, and schedules the work once you say go. You get photos when it is done.
After a storm
Beach sections take the wind first. After a blow we clear trees off roofs and decks, remove hangers, and haul the debris, and we tell you what else on the property looks ready to fail. If a line is involved, the power company goes first and we follow. See the storm damage cleanup page.
North Myrtle Beach has tree rules that can apply to removing larger trees. Check with the city before scheduling a removal and tell Corey what they said.