Destinations · South Carolina
SC · 32.7812, -79.9315
Fort Johnson Road Scenic Highway and Mathis Ferry Road Scenic Highway are 2 of 7 signed byways within 30 miles of Charleston, South Carolina.
Understand
Charles Towne, as it was first called, was established in 1670 by Anthony Ashley Cooper on the west bank of the Ashley River, Charles Towne Landing, a few miles northwest of the present downtown. By 1680, the settlement had grown and moved to its present peninsular location.
The drives · Designated roads lead.
Ordered by federal designation, then by how close each one runs to Charleston. All-American Roads and National Scenic Byways are named by the Federal Highway Administration, not by us.
National Scenic Byway · 7 mi out
National Scenic Byway · 25 mi out
State scenic byway · 3 mi out
State scenic byway · 3 mi out
State scenic byway · 4 mi out
State scenic byway · 6 mi out
State scenic byway · 10 mi out
Planned by the Byway engine on real roads: every stop traces to an OpenStreetMap feature, and the total time counts driving and the stops themselves.
Loop 1 · 4 h window · 17 mi
3 h 46 loop · 6 stops · back by 3:46 PM. Rides the Mathis Ferry Road Scenic Highway (+18 min).
Touches Ashley River Road, Mathis Ferry Road Scenic Highway, Long Point Road Scenic Highway
Loop 2 · 8 h window · 207 mi
7 h 37 loop · 5 stops · back by 7:36 PM. Incorporates Edisto Island National Scenic Byway.
Touches Edisto Island National Scenic Byway, Ashley River Road, Riverland Drive Scenic Highway
Byway's engine bakes two loops from Charleston: 4 h, 17 miles, 6 stops; and 8 h, 207 miles, 5 stops. The time counts the driving and the stops themselves.
The 4 h loop stops at Mace Brown Museum of Natural History, Many Hands, Light Work, John H. White Boulevard, Dr Peter Venkman, Model of the Civil War Submarine, H.L. Hunley and A History of Courtenay Square. Each stop traces to an OpenStreetMap feature.
Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.
The engine starts from town, weaves the byways and verified stops around it, and hands back an honest schedule — zero hallucinations.
Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.