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Drive times from 14 cities to 124 South Carolina places, from 4 minutes to 6 hr 25 min. Pick a trip below or download all 1,652 routes. 100 were read from Google Maps; the other 1,552 are estimates from OpenStreetMap road data, not Google Maps, and each row says which.
Free to reuse under CC BY 4.0, with a link back to this page.
Pick a Trip From Your City
Choose where you start, how long you will drive and what you want to see. This lists the closest matches from the drive-time table on this page. Most times are estimates from OpenStreetMap road data, not Google Maps, and each pick says which it is.
At a Glance
| Rows | 1,652 routes (100 from Google Maps, 1,552 estimated from OpenStreetMap road data) |
|---|---|
| Starting cities | Aiken, SC, Asheville, NC, Augusta, GA, Beaufort, SC, Charleston, SC, Charlotte, NC, Columbia, SC, Florence, SC, Greenville, SC, Hilton Head Island, SC, Myrtle Beach, SC, Rock Hill, SC, Savannah, GA, Spartanburg, SC |
| Destinations | 124 |
| Shortest and longest | 4 min (EdVenture Children's Museum from Columbia, SC) to 6 hr 25 min (Oconee State Park from Hilton Head Island, SC) |
| Last checked | 2026-10-26 |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 (see note on map data below) |
About the Estimates
Rows marked as estimates come from OpenStreetMap road data: the driving time and distance averaged over both directions, with the time rounded to the nearest 5 minutes. They are free-flow estimates with no traffic, weather or construction. Allow extra time on summer weekends and for any trip of three hours or more. They are not Google Maps times and can differ from them by several minutes.
Columns
| Column | What it holds |
|---|---|
origin | Starting city (the point the map or geocoder uses for the city name) |
destination | Attraction, park, beach, town or viewpoint |
kind | Group used by the trip picker: parks, sights, water, towns or views |
type | The place type as our place pages list it |
city | City or town of the destination |
county | County of the destination |
region | SC region of the destination |
typical_drive_minutes | Drive time in minutes. Google Maps rows: typical time for the fastest route on the checked date. OpenStreetMap rows: an estimate, the average of both directions, rounded to 5 minutes, with no traffic |
miles | Route length in miles (OpenStreetMap rows: average of both directions) |
method | How the row was made: "Google Maps, read 2026-10-17" or "Estimate from OpenStreetMap road data (OSRM)" |
route_note | A caveat, such as a ferry or a point that is not on a road |
source_url | The map directions page for the row |
page_url | Our guide to the destination, where we have one |
checked | Date (YYYY-MM-DD) the row was read or computed |
Preview
Five of the 116 Charleston rows, nearest first (the downloads hold all 1,652).
| origin | destination | typical_drive_minutes | miles | method |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charleston, SC | Fort Sumter National Monument (Liberty Square visitor center/ferry) | 4 | 0.7 | Google Maps, read 2026-10-17 |
| Charleston, SC | South Carolina Aquarium | 5 | 0.7 | Google Maps, read 2026-10-17 |
| Charleston, SC | Charles Towne Landing State Historic Site | 13 | 5.6 | Google Maps, read 2026-10-17 |
| Charleston, SC | Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum | 13 | 5.4 | Google Maps, read 2026-10-17 |
| Charleston, SC | May Forest State Park | 15 | 7.1 | Estimate from OpenStreetMap road data (OSRM) |
What We Could Not Verify
- Times are typical or estimated, not live. The 100 Google Maps rows give a typical time for the fastest route, read once on 2026-10-17. The 1,552 OpenStreetMap rows are our own calculation from OpenStreetMap road data. Traffic, weather and construction change both.
- The starting point is the city point, not your address, so short trips (a few minutes) are only rough.
- Fort Sumter: the Google row is the drive to the Liberty Square ferry terminal, and the estimate rows are the time to the road; the fort itself is reachable only by boat.
- Lakes and the mountain viewpoints use a point on or near the feature, so the time is to the nearest public road, and the row says so.
- Map data: the table is our compilation under CC BY 4.0. OpenStreetMap data is © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); the Google Maps links on older rows remain Google’s, and we publish only the numbers we read.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long is the drive from Greenville to the South Carolina Aquarium?
About 191 minutes (213 miles) by the fastest route; this row is read from Google Maps on 2026-10-17.
Which places are closest to Columbia?
EdVenture Children's Museum (4 min); South Carolina State Museum (4 min); Riverbanks Zoo & Garden (9 min).
Are these Google Maps times?
Only 100 of the 1,652 rows are. The rest are estimates from OpenStreetMap road data, labelled in the method column.
Can I reuse this data?
Yes, under CC BY 4.0: credit It’s South Carolina with a link to this page.
Related: attraction admission and parking costs, State Parks Passport, events by region.
Sources
See our editorial standards and corrections.
Cite this page: It's South Carolina, “SC Drive Times: Trip Picker and Dataset (CSV)”, itssouthcarolina.com/data/sc-drive-times/ (updated ). By the It's South Carolina editorial team. Free to quote with attribution and a link to this page; data and tables are licensed CC BY 4.0.