---
id: "2161"
name: Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway
distance: "112"
duration: 3 hours to drive the byway.
description: 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.
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organization:
  - url: https://www.discoversouthcarolina.com/see-do/scenic-highways/cherokee-foothills-hwy/
    name: Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway
attractions:
  - url: https://www.fs.usda.gov/conf
    name: Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest
  - url: https://www.nps.gov/cowp/index.htm
    name: Cowpens National Battlefield
  - url: https://www.discoversouthcarolina.com/see-do/scenic-highways/cherokee-foothills-hwy/
    name: Discover South Carolina
  - url: https://www.fs.usda.gov/scnfs
    name: Francis Marion and Sumter National Forests
  - url: https://www.fs.usda.gov/nfsnc
    name: National Forests in North Carolina
  - url: https://scnhc.org/
    name: South Carolina National Heritage Corridor
  - url: https://upcountrysc.com/
    name: Upcountry South Carolina
designations:
  - National Scenic Byway
  - South Carolina State Scenic Byway
states:
  - SC
ll:
  - -81.66834999999998
  - 35.09706900000003
bounds:
  - - -83.05615199999994
    - 34.49012000000005
  - - -81.66834999999998
    - 35.16371200000003
books: "978-1426219054"

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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.