Driving between St. Louis and Charleston, South Carolina
St. Louis to Nashville, 327 miles, 6 hours.
Nashville to Knoxville, 178 miles, 3 hours, 15 minutes (some mountain driving).
Knoxville to Asheville, 128 miles. 2 hours, 15 minutes (mountain driving)
Asheville to Spartanburg, 62 miles. 1 hour
Spartanburg to Columbia, 92 miles. 1 hour, 30 minutes.
Columbia to Charelston, 114 miles. 2 hours.
Total time: 16 hours driving.
30 minutes stops in Nashville, Knoxville, Asheville, and Columbia: adds 2 hours.
18 hours from St. Louis to Charleston, including stops.
Leaving St. Louis at 5:00 a.m., one would arrive in Charleston at 11:00 p.m. and be tired the next day.
Leaving St. Louis at 9:00 a.m., one could arrive in Spartanburg by 11:00 p.m., and stay the night in a cheap motel there. The next day one would have another 4 hours of travel to get to Charleston.
Alternate Route:
St. Louis to Nashville, 327 miles, 6 hours.
Nashville to Murfreesboro, 31 miles, 1 hour (some reduced speed in Nashville).
Murfreesboro to Chattanooga: 91 miles. 90 minutes (some mountain driving and reduced speed in Chattanooga).
Chattanooga to Atlanta, 120 miles: 2 hours.
Atlanta: about 30 minutes to get from the north side to the east side.
Atlanta to Augusta, 150 miles, 2 hours and 30 minutes.
Augusta to Charleston, 151 miles, but much of this on a US highway rather than an Interestate, so 3 hours.
Total time driving: 16 hours and 30 minutes.
Knoxville to Asheville, 128 miles. 2 hours, 15 minutes (mountain driving)
Asheville to Spartanburg, 62 miles. 1 hour
Spartanburg to Columbia, 92 miles. 1 hour, 30 minutes.
Columbia to Charleston, 114 miles. 2 hours.
Returning by Murpheesborough.
Charelston to Augusta, Georgia: 150 miles, driving 100 of them at avg. speeds of 50 miles per hour.
3 hours to Augusta
Augusta to Atlanta: 151 miles. 2 hours and 30 minutes.
Atlanta: 1 hour
Atlanta to Chattanooga: 117 miles: 2 hours.
Chattanooga to Murpheesborough: 90 miles: 90 minutes.
9 hours of driving to get to Murfeesborough. Sunday: drive to
Murpheesborough to St. Louis: 7 hours.
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