The Myrtle Beach Skywheel is a 187-foot tall observation wheel located in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, that opened May 20, 2011. At the time of its opening was the second-tallest extant Ferris wheel in North America, after the 212-footTexas Star in Dallas, and the tallest wheel in the United States east of the Mississippi River. It is now the sixth tallest Ferris wheel in the United States.