Destinations · South Carolina
SC · 32.8853, -80.0169
Ashley River Road and Riverland Drive Scenic Highway are 2 of 7 signed byways within 30 miles of North Charleston, South Carolina.
Understand
Born of strife over representation and a fair shake at civic and property rights within the hegemony of the city of Charleston, North Charleston broke off and became its own municipality in 1972, and took some military bases with it, and some rice and indigo plantations.
The drives · Designated roads lead.
Ordered by federal designation, then by how close each one runs to North Charleston. All-American Roads and National Scenic Byways are named by the Federal Highway Administration, not by us.
National Scenic Byway · 4 mi out
National Scenic Byway · 25 mi out
State scenic byway · 8 mi out
State scenic byway · 9 mi out
State scenic byway · 10 mi out
State scenic byway · 11 mi out
State scenic byway · 12 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 · 95 mi
3 h 52 loop · 3 stops · back by 7:51 PM. Incorporates Ashley River Road.
Touches Ashley River Road, Edisto Island National Scenic Byway, Riverland Drive Scenic Highway
Loop 2 · 8 h window · 105 mi
7 h 59 loop · 9 stops · back by 11:58 PM. Incorporates Ashley River Road.
Touches Ashley River Road, Edisto Island National Scenic Byway, Bohicket Road Scenic Highway
Byway's engine bakes two loops from North Charleston: 4 h, 95 miles, 3 stops; and 8 h, 105 miles, 9 stops. The time counts the driving and the stops themselves.
The 8 h loop stops at Minor Crosby Community Center, Utilities Substation (No Parking), West Ashley Park, Depreciation, Angel Oak, T. Allen Legare Jr. Bridge Memorial, Postal Museum, Charleston Gas Light Company Marker and The Joseph Manigault House. 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.