Scenic byways in South Carolina
Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway
National Scenic Byway 117 mi in South Carolina.
About the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway
Looming majestically beyond the low Piedmont hills, the Blue Ridge escarpment thrills the mountain lover's soul. The Cherokees called these heights the Great Blue Hills of God. Following an ancient Cherokee path, this beautiful two-lane road arcs through peach orchards and villages, past Cowpens National Battlefield and over Lake Keowee.
Federal Highway Administration, America's Byways's own description, in its words. Byway page on America's Byways.
Designations: National Scenic Byway, South Carolina State Scenic Byway.
Camping along the byway
- Mile 58 · 3.5 mi offJones Gap State Park · State park · 18 sites · reservable
- Mile 66 · on the roadTable Rock State Park · State park · 94 sites · reservable
- Mile 79 · on the roadKeowee-Toxaway State Park · State park · 20 sites · reservable
- Mile 81 · 4.7 mi offMile Creek Park Campground · City, county or regional park · 69 sites · reservable
- Mile 82 · 3.3 mi offDevils Fork State Park · State park · 84 sites · reservable
- Mile 89 · 3.8 mi offOconee State Park · State park · 154 sites · reservable
- Mile 95 · 4.9 mi offHigh Falls County Park Campground · City, county or regional park · 91 sites · reservable
- Mile 116 · 2.3 mi offTugaloo State Park · State park · 117 sites · reservable
- Mile 117 · on the roadLake Hartwell State Park · State park · 122 sites · reservable
Public campgrounds within 5 miles of the road as the crow flies, in order along the byway; each one's page has its facts, season and weather by month.
About this page's facts
The line is the Federal Highway Administration's scenic byways layer (HEPGIS, a snapshot of 2022-06-24, a US government work), cut at the state line and simplified for the map; the length is the line's. The designation is the program's own: the national tiers from FHWA's America's Byways roster, the rest from the layer's designation field. Road conditions, closures and seasonal gates change: check the agency's own page and the state's road conditions before you go.