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Road trips from Greenville, SC

27 back-roads routes start within a 4.5-hour drive of Greenville, SC, including 3 day trips and 21 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 Greenville, SC

• SC 11: The Cherokee Foothills
  About 55 min to Walhalla
  Gaffney → Walhalla · ~115 mi · 1–2 days · skips I-85
• The Old Ninety Six District
  About 1 h 10 min to Abbeville
  Augusta → Abbeville · ~100 mi · 1 days · skips I-20
• North Georgia Gold & Apples
  About 2 h to Brasstown Bald
  Dahlonega → Brasstown Bald · ~130 mi · 1–2 days · skips GA 400 / I-575

Weekend road trips from Greenville, SC

• US 64: The Waterfall Byway
  About 50 min to Brevard
  Brevard → Murphy · ~120 mi · 2 days · skips I-40 (by 50 miles)
• The Overhill Country
  About 2 h 10 min to Gatlinburg
  Chattanooga → Gatlinburg · ~175 mi · 2 days · skips I-75
• The Dragon & the Skyway
  About 2 h 10 min to Loop from Gatlinburg
  Loop from Gatlinburg · ~280 mi · 2–3 days · skips I-40 (by 200 miles)
• Gold, Clay & Longleaf
  About 2 h 25 min to Columbia
  Raleigh → Columbia · ~250 mi · 2–3 days · skips I-85 / I-77
• Sherman's Carolinas Campaign
  About 2 h 25 min to Columbia
  Columbia → Durham · ~280 mi · 2–3 days · skips I-95 / I-40
• US 11E: The Great Valley Road
  About 2 h 50 min to Knoxville
  Knoxville → Bristol · ~110 mi · 1–2 days · skips I-81 / I-26
• The Crooked Road
  About 3 h to Bristol
  Bristol → Floyd · ~210 mi · 2–3 days · skips I-81
• The Wilderness Road
  About 3 h to Bristol
  Bristol → Berea · ~220 mi · 2–3 days · skips I-75 / I-81
• US 11: The Valley Road South
  About 3 h to Bristol
  Roanoke → Bristol · ~150 mi · 1–2 days · skips I-81
• Sherman's March to the Sea
  About 3 h 15 min to Milledgeville
  Milledgeville → Savannah · ~185 mi · 2 days · skips I-16
• US 41: Dixie Highway & the Atlanta Campaign
  About 3 h 25 min to Atlanta
  Chattanooga → Atlanta · ~120 mi · 1–2 days · skips I-75
• The Trail of Tears: Georgia to Kentucky
  About 3 h 35 min to New Echota
  New Echota → Hopkinsville · ~350 mi · 3 days · skips I-75 / I-24
• US 301: The Ghost Road
  About 3 h 35 min to Santee
  Emporia → Santee · ~290 mi · 2–3 days · skips I-95 (that's the point)
• Old Salem to Mayberry
  About 3 h 45 min to Winston-Salem
  Winston-Salem → Mount Airy · ~70 mi · 1 days · skips I-74
• Plains & Andersonville
  About 3 h 55 min to Macon
  Macon → Plains · ~90 mi · 1 days · skips I-75
• US 341: The Golden Isles Highway
  About 4 h to Barnesville
  Barnesville → Brunswick · ~225 mi · 2 days · skips I-75 / I-16
• US 41: Dixie Highway, Nashville to Chattanooga
  About 4 h 10 min to Chattanooga
  Nashville → Chattanooga · ~220 mi · 2 days · skips I-24
• Highway 64: Shiloh to Lookout Mountain
  About 4 h 10 min to Chattanooga
  Memphis → Chattanooga · ~340 mi · 2–3 days · skips I-40 / I-24
• US 127: The Plateau & the Sale
  About 4 h 10 min to Chattanooga
  Chattanooga → Albany, KY · ~160 mi · 2 days · skips I-40
• Moonbows & the Gorge
  About 4 h 25 min to Cumberland Falls
  Slade → Cumberland Falls · ~150 mi · 2 days · skips I-75 (mostly)
• US 52: The Mine Wars Road
  About 4 h 30 min to Bluefield
  Bluefield → Williamson · ~100 mi · 1–2 days · skips I-77 (by a county)

Named parkways and scenic byways within reach

• US 64: The Waterfall Byway
  About 50 min to Brevard
  Brevard → Murphy · ~120 mi · 2 days · skips I-40 (by 50 miles)
• Blue Ridge Parkway & the Smokies
  About 1 h 40 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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