How long is South Carolina from me by car?

What's the distance to South Carolina from me?

Were you looking for the distance to the South Carolina state line? This page calculates the distance to the middle of South Carolina but if you want, you can also find out how far is the South Carolina state line?

driving distance in miles

Compare the distances and find out how far are we from South Carolina by plane or car.

flight distance in miles

Travel time to South Carolina

How long does it take to drive?

This depends on how many miles South Carolina is from your current location, and takes into account average driving times with traffic and highways or local roads.

How long does it take to fly?

South Carolina (US) Driving Distance Calculator, calculates the Distance and Driving Directions between two addresses, places, cities, villages, towns or airports in South Carolina (US).
This distance and driving directions will also be displayed on an interactive map labeled as Distance Map and Driving Directions South Carolina (US).
The distance between cities of South Carolina (US) is calculated in kilometers(kms), miles and nautical miles. Distance in miles gives you the mileage between cities by this South Carolina (US) mileage calculator.

South Carolina (US) Distance Chart (Distance Table): For your quick reference, below is a Distance Chart or Distance Table of distances between some of the major cities in South Carolina (US).
[Note: The distance between cities in South Carolina (US) distance chart below is straight line distance (may be called as flying or air distance) between the two locations in South Carolina (US) calculated based on their latitudes and longitudes. This distance may be very much different from the actual travel distance.]

17 hours, 7 minutes

Average driving speed: 65.8 mph
Kilometers per hour: 106 km/h
This is based on typical traffic conditions for this route.

Map of driving directions from South Carolina to Maine

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Driving time from South Carolina to Maine

How long is the drive from South Carolina to Maine? The total driving time is 17 hours, 7 minutes.

Your trip begins in the state of South Carolina. It ends in the state of Maine.

If you're planning a road trip, you might be interested in seeing the total driving distance from South Carolina to Maine.

You can also calculate the cost to drive from South Carolina to Maine based on current local gas prices and an estimate of your car's best gas mileage.

Since this is a long drive, you might want to stop halfway and stay overnight in a hotel. You can find the city that is halfway between South Carolina and Maine.

Planning to fly a plane instead? You might be more interested in calculating the flight time from South Carolina to Maine.

Driving time calculator

Travelmath helps you find the driving time based on actual directions for your road trip. You can find out how long it will take to drive between any two cities, airports, states, countries, or zip codes. This can also help you plan the best route to travel to your destination. Compare the results with the flight time calculator to see how much longer it might take to drive the distance instead of flying. You can also print out pages with a travel map.

Driving non-stop from Maryland to South Carolina

How far is South Carolina from Maryland? Here's the quick answer if you are able to make this entire trip by car without stopping.

Nonstop drive: 523 miles or 842 km

Driving time: 7 hours, 57 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 Maryland to South Carolina

Now let's assume you have a private jet and you can fly in the fastest possible straight line between Maryland (MD) and South Carolina (SC). 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: 429 miles or 690 km

Flight time: 1 hour, 6 minutes

The straight line flight distance is 94 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 1/5th 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.

Maryland to South Carolina road trip

Let's say you're actually planning a road trip to South Carolina, 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: 9.5 hours on the road with 1 overnight

Itinerary

Start at Maryland.

To see all the details on this itinerary, including recommended restaurants, hotels, and things to do along the way, check out the full road trip planner:

Maryland to South Carolina 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: Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)

Arrival airport: Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE)

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: 61 minutes

Getting to your destination: 44 minutes

Now finally, let's look at an actual flight from DCA to CAE 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, 28 minutes

So now we can finally get an idea of the total travel time from Maryland to South Carolina 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

To see the details on this flight plan, including recommended airports, airline, and route, check out the flight planner:

Plan a trip to South Carolina

Trippy has a ton of information that can help you plan your trip to South Carolina (SC). Start by reading the Trippy page on where to stay in South Carolina. Check out some of the questions people have asked about South Carolina like 6 day plan in South Carolina?. Click the button below to explore South Carolina in detail.

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 South Carolina to Maryland, or go to the main page to calculate the distance between cities.

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