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Road trips from Columbia, SC

14 back-roads routes start within a 4.5-hour drive of Columbia, SC, including 2 day trips and 9 weekend drives; 0 ready-made itineraries begin nearby.

Drive times are estimates to the nearer end of each route (straight-line miles plus a quarter, at 50 mph); the atlas itself never routes you onto an interstate once the drive begins.

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Day trips from Columbia, SC

• The Old Ninety Six District
  About 1 h 40 min to Augusta
  Augusta → Abbeville · ~100 mi · 1 days · skips I-20
• SC 11: The Cherokee Foothills
  About 2 h 5 min to Gaffney
  Gaffney → Walhalla · ~115 mi · 1–2 days · skips I-85

Weekend road trips from Columbia, SC

• Gold, Clay & Longleaf
  Starts in Columbia
  Raleigh → Columbia · ~250 mi · 2–3 days · skips I-85 / I-77
• Sherman's Carolinas Campaign
  Starts in Columbia
  Columbia → Durham · ~280 mi · 2–3 days · skips I-95 / I-40
• US 301: The Ghost Road
  About 1 h 10 min to Santee
  Emporia → Santee · ~290 mi · 2–3 days · skips I-95 (that's the point)
• US 64: The Waterfall Byway
  About 3 h 15 min to Brevard
  Brevard → Murphy · ~120 mi · 2 days · skips I-40 (by 50 miles)
• Golden Isles & the First Coast
  About 3 h 20 min to Savannah
  Savannah → St. Augustine · ~210 mi · 2–3 days · skips I-95
• Sherman's March to the Sea
  About 3 h 20 min to Savannah
  Milledgeville → Savannah · ~185 mi · 2 days · skips I-16
• Old Salem to Mayberry
  About 3 h 50 min to Winston-Salem
  Winston-Salem → Mount Airy · ~70 mi · 1 days · skips I-74
• North Georgia Gold & Apples
  About 4 h 15 min to Brasstown Bald
  Dahlonega → Brasstown Bald · ~130 mi · 1–2 days · skips GA 400 / I-575
• Plains & Andersonville
  About 4 h 15 min to Macon
  Macon → Plains · ~90 mi · 1 days · skips I-75

Named parkways and scenic byways within reach

• US 64: The Waterfall Byway
  About 3 h 15 min to Brevard
  Brevard → Murphy · ~120 mi · 2 days · skips I-40 (by 50 miles)
• Blue Ridge Parkway & the Smokies
  About 4 h 5 min to Cherokee (+ Smokies spurs)
  Roanoke → Cherokee (+ Smokies spurs) · ~400 mi · 3–5 days · skips I-81 / I-40 / I-26

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