How far is Atlanta from Hilton Head

The driving distance from Atlanta, Georgia to Hilton Head Island, South Carolina is:

281 miles / 452 km

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How far is Atlanta from Hilton Head


Map of driving directions from Atlanta, GA to Hilton Head Island, SC

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The total driving distance from Atlanta, GA to Hilton Head Island, SC is 281 miles or 452 kilometers.

Your trip begins in Atlanta, Georgia. It ends in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.

If you are planning a road trip, you might also want to calculate the total driving time from Atlanta, GA to Hilton Head Island, SC so you can see when you'll arrive at your destination.

You can also calculate the cost of driving from Atlanta, GA to Hilton Head Island, SC based on current local fuel prices and an estimate of your car's best gas mileage.

If you're meeting a friend, you might be interested in finding the city that is halfway between Atlanta, GA and Hilton Head Island, SC.

Planning to fly a plane instead? You might be more interested in calculating the straight line distance to fly from Atlanta, GA to Hilton Head Island, SC.




Driving distance calculator

Travelmath helps you find driving distances based on actual directions for your road trip. You can get the distance between cities, airports, states, countries, or zip codes to figure out the best route to travel to your destination. Combine this information with the fuel cost tool to find out how much it will cost you to drive the distance, or compare the results to the straight line distance to determine whether it's better to drive or fly. You can print out pages with a travel map.

The driving distance from Hilton Head Island, South Carolina to Atlanta, Georgia is:

281 miles / 452 km

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How far is Atlanta from Hilton Head


Map of driving directions from Hilton Head Island, SC to Atlanta, GA

View a map with driving directions using your preferred map provider: Google Maps, Bing Maps, or MapQuest. You can use DriveDistance.com to get the full driving distance from Hilton Head Island to Atlanta with directions.


More trip calculations

The total driving distance from Hilton Head Island, SC to Atlanta, GA is 281 miles or 452 kilometers.

Your trip begins in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. It ends in Atlanta, Georgia.

If you are planning a road trip, you might also want to calculate the total driving time from Hilton Head Island, SC to Atlanta, GA so you can see when you'll arrive at your destination.

You can also calculate the cost of driving from Hilton Head Island, SC to Atlanta, GA based on current local fuel prices and an estimate of your car's best gas mileage.

If you're meeting a friend, you might be interested in finding the city that is halfway between Hilton Head Island, SC and Atlanta, GA.

Planning to fly a plane instead? You might be more interested in calculating the straight line distance to fly from Hilton Head Island, SC to Atlanta, GA.




Driving distance calculator

Travelmath helps you find driving distances based on actual directions for your road trip. You can get the distance between cities, airports, states, countries, or zip codes to figure out the best route to travel to your destination. Combine this information with the fuel cost tool to find out how much it will cost you to drive the distance, or compare the results to the straight line distance to determine whether it's better to drive or fly. You can print out pages with a travel map.

Driving non-stop from Atlanta to Hilton Head Island

How far is Hilton Head Island from Atlanta? Here's the quick answer if you are able to make this entire trip by car without stopping.

Nonstop drive: 281 miles or 452 km

Driving time: 4 hours, 6 minutes

Realistically, you'll probably want to add a buffer for rest stops, gas, or food along the way. To get a better idea of how long this trip would really be, scroll down to calculate how many hours it would take if you drive with stops.



Flying non-stop from Atlanta to Hilton Head Island

Now let's assume you have a private jet and you can fly in the fastest possible straight line between Atlanta, Georgia and Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. Because of the curvature of the Earth, the shortest distance is actually the "great circle" distance, or "as the crow flies" which is calculated using an iterative Vincenty formula.

Flight distance: 236 miles or 380 km

Flight time: 40 minutes

The straight line flight distance is 45 miles less than driving on roads, which means the driving distance is roughly 1.2x of the flight distance.

Your plane flies much faster than a car, so the flight time is about 1/4th of the time it would take to drive.

This is a relatively short flight in a private plane, but you might be planning to book a commercial flight. In that case, your travel time would really need to include how many minutes to get to your local airport, wait for security, board and taxi on the runway, land at the other airport, and get to your destination. Scroll down to see a more realistic calculation that takes into account all these factors to get a more accurate estimate of your actual flight time.




Atlanta to Hilton Head Island road trip

Let's say you're actually planning a road trip to Hilton Head Island, and you want to stop along the way to rest. If it's a real road trip, you might want to check out interesting stops along the way, eat at great restaurants, and maybe even find a hotel to stay overnight. That's what Trippy is perfect for, helping you figure out travel plans in detail.

Based on the length of this trip, we think you could spread out this fun road trip over more than one day.

Road trip: 2 days of driving

With the full itinerary planned out, we can estimate your total travel time for this trip.

Travel time: 6.5 hours on the road with 1 overnight


Itinerary

Start in Atlanta.


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Atlanta to Hilton Head Island airports and flights

In the quick calculation above, we assumed you had a private plane and just wanted to know the time in the air from city to city. But for most of us, we're going to be flying on a commercial airline (whether it's first class or coach). So that means we really need to account for all the extra travel time getting to the airport, waiting for our flight, and making it to the destination.

To give you a better estimate of real-life travel, we've put together a flight itinerary with actual airports. Eventually you'll be able to customize this plan, choosing your own airports and flights. But for now, here's an example we've selected to give you an idea of how traveling might work between airports.

Departure airport: Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)

Arrival airport: Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)

With the airports selected, we can estimate the travel time to and from the airport, based on how far the airport is from downtown.

Getting to the airport: 24 minutes

Getting to your destination: 81 minutes

Now finally, let's look at an actual flight from ATL to SAV on Delta Air Lines and figure out how long it would take to fly including take-off and landing, and time to taxi on the runway.

Commercial flight time: 1 hour, 10 minutes

So now we can finally get an idea of the total travel time from Atlanta to Hilton Head Island including time spent getting to/from the airports, an estimated wait time of 2 hours at the airport for TSA security lines and waiting at the gate, and the actual flight itself.

Total travel time: 5 hours


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How far is it the other way?

The distance is the same either way if you're flying a straight line (or driving the same roads back and forth). But for a real trip, there can be plenty of differences so go ahead and check the reverse directions to get the distance from Hilton Head Island to Atlanta, or go to the main page to calculate the distance between cities.

If you happen to know Atlanta, don't forget to help other travelers and answer some questions about Atlanta!

How far apart are Hilton Head and Savannah?

A beautiful island resort off the southern end of South Carolina, Hilton Head Island is just 20 miles north of Savannah, Georgia and 95 miles south of Charleston.

What is halfway between Atlanta and Hilton Head?

Halfway between Atlanta, GA and Hilton Head Island, SC The town that marks the exact halfway point is actually Catlin, Georgia. The closest zip code to the midpoint is 31027. The exact latitude and longitude coordinates are 32° 28' 11" N and 82° 48' 32" W.

How long does it take to go to Atlanta to Hilton Head?

Yes, the driving distance between Atlanta to Hilton Head Island is 288 miles. It takes approximately 4h 55m to drive from Atlanta to Hilton Head Island.

How far apart are Atlanta and Savannah?

The distance from Atlanta to Savannah is about 250 miles, which is about a four-hour drive, depending on the traffic.