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Savannah

GA · 32.0810, -81.0908

SC-46 Scenic Highway, Hilton Head Scenic Highway and Andrew Pickens Scenic Parkway are 3 of 8 signed byways within 30 miles of Savannah, Georgia.

Savannah, the historic riverside birthplace of Georgia, was settled in 1733 by British colonists led by General James Oglethorpe and Colonel William Bull. In 1864, when General William Tecumseh Sherman and his Union Army marched in, the mayor of Savannah gave Sherman's men run of the city in exchange for leaving it untorched. As a result, Savannah is one of the few major cities in the South with antebellum charm and architecture remaining intact.
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8 scenic drives near Savannah

Ordered by federal designation, then by how close each one runs to Savannah. All-American Roads and National Scenic Byways are named by the Federal Highway Administration, not by us.

  1. 01

    SC-46 Scenic Highway

    State scenic byway · 11 mi out

  2. 02

    Hilton Head Scenic Highway

    State scenic byway · 16 mi out

  3. 03

    Andrew Pickens Scenic Parkway

    State scenic byway · 17 mi out

  4. 04

    Historic Effingham-Ebenezer Scenic Byway

    State scenic byway · 17 mi out

  5. 05

    S-13 Scenic Highway

    State scenic byway · 17 mi out

  6. 06

    S-163 Scenic Highway

    State scenic byway · 17 mi out

  7. 07

    US-278 Scenic Highway

    State scenic byway · 17 mi out

  8. 08

    SC-170 Scenic Highway

    State scenic byway · 21 mi out

Day-trip loops

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 2 · 8 h window · 143 mi

7 h 37 loop · 8 stops · back by 7:37 PM. Rides the Hilton Head Scenic Highway (+13 min).

  1. Chechessee Bluff · 45 min
  2. The Kazoo Museum · 60 min
  3. Sheldon Church Ruins · 30 min
  4. Harold Turpin Park · 45 min
  5. Mill Hill · 15 min
  6. SCAD Sign · 30 min
  7. Oglethorpe Trolley · 10 min
  8. General Nathanael Greene · 30 min

Touches Hilton Head Scenic Highway, SC-170 Scenic Highway, Old Sheldon Church Road Scenic Highway

How long is a scenic day-trip loop from Savannah?

Byway's engine bakes two loops from Savannah: 4 h, 115 miles, 3 stops; and 8 h, 143 miles, 8 stops. The time counts the driving and the stops themselves.

What is there to stop at on a day trip from Savannah?

The 8 h loop stops at Chechessee Bluff, The Kazoo Museum, Sheldon Church Ruins, Harold Turpin Park, Mill Hill, SCAD Sign, Oglethorpe Trolley and General Nathanael Greene. Each stop traces to an OpenStreetMap feature.

Within reach

Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.

Scenic byways

Lookouts

Named places

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