The Sun News | 01/25/2007 | NMB opens nature park on marsh
NMB opens nature park on marsh
From staff reports
Tracy Carr of Longs walks through the Heritage Shores Park in North Myrtle Beach with her sons Jeffrey, 6, (left) and Justin, 4, after the dedication ceremony Wednesday.
REBECCA KOENIG/The Sun News
Tracy Carr of Longs walks through the Heritage Shores Park in North Myrtle Beach with her sons Jeffrey, 6, (left) and Justin, 4, after the dedication ceremony Wednesday.
* Video from the park's opening
A dedication ceremony at 11 a.m. Wednesday marked the opening of the Heritage Shores Public Nature Park in the Cherry Grove area of North Myrtle Beach.
The park - on 8 acres north of 55th Avenue North and Heritage Drive - has a series of boardwalks, two picnic shelters, boat access to the Cherry Grove marsh, two information kiosks, an observation station and a series of trails about two-thirds of a mile long.
City officials and residents have said it will be a great addition to the area. The city budgeted a total of $132,000 in its 2004-05 and 2005-06 Parks and Recreation funds for the nature park.
The park includes interpretative signs to identify the plants, animals and nature that people might see in the park, as well as directional signs to help people get around in the park.
Parking is at the Cherry Grove Boat Landing on 53rd Avenue North.
Online video extra
Go to MyrtleBeachOnline.com to view video of the Heritage Shores Public Nature Park and to hear North Myrtle Beach Mayor Marilyn Hatley talk about the park's contribution to the city's quality of life.
We stumbled upon the public boat ramp in Cherry Grove (pictured at left) early last fall and we just fell in love with the spot. It's the backwater from the ocean, which is only a few hundred yards east over the spit of land up at the end of north Myrtle Beach. There are stunning views of Tidewater Golf Course across the water and the marshland was just beautiful....reminding us a lot of what we see up here on Cape Cod. We wandered through the marsh and scrub as much as we could picking some wild blackberries and taking some wonderful pictures of the marshland. When I spotted this article in the Sun Times, I was so excited to hear that the town is making this kind of effort to preserve this spot of land and add so much to it. Now I just can't wait to get back down to MB to see the improvements! If you're not familiar with the area...drive into the center of Cherry Grove, take a left at Boulineau's IGA and drive down Ocean Blvd until 53rd St. The area is at the end of 53rd.
Here's a shot (at right) taken from the shoreline looking over to Tidewater Golf Course and here's another (at left) looking north from 36th Ave over
the marshland back towards the new park. You might be able to pick out the two guys in the water having some pretty good success netting.If you get the opportunity....take the time to visit this are of Cherry Grove.....I'm sure you'll enjoy and appreciate it!
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