---
template: byway.jade
id: "13794"
name: Ashley River Road
distance: "11"
duration: 25 minutes to drive the byway or two days to visit places along the way.
description: "The Ashley River Road passes by three national historic landmarks -- Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church, Drayton Hall and Middleton Place -- as it traverses a National Register Historic District that traces the history of European and African settlement, commerce and industry from their colonial origins to the present. "
contact: "**[Charleston Visitor Reception Center](http://www.charlestoncvb.com)**  \r\n 843-853-8000  \r\n\r\n"
path: "s|igEvlogN}ZhTu_@~VgKxHmBlBgBxBeD`FgQx^kBdDmA~AecBvtBaq@tx@ed@rk@kDrDad@fl@{DrEaLhP_Pj`@gXbx@mBhL{AfMgAfL{C~Um@fCoA~B}h@hy@kLhOyTjXkHfH{F|C_TbKiD`CuOrQer@nr@iI`JsCrDgnA~`B"
websites: 
  - url: "http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/dorchester/S10817718010/index.htm"
    name: Ashley River Historic District
  - url: "http://www.discoversouthcarolina.com/see-do/scenic-highways/ash-river-byway/"
    name: Ashley River Road
  - url: "http://www.dnr.sc.gov/water/envaff/river/scenic/ashley.html"
    name: Ashley Scenic River
  - url: "http://www.discoversouthcarolina.com/"
    name: Discover South Carolina
  - url: "http://www.sc-heritagecorridor.org/"
    name: South Carolina Heritage Corridor
designations: 
  - National Scenic Byway
  - South Carolina State Scenic Byway
states: 
  - SC
ll: 
  - -80.03803999999997
  - 32.82394000000005
bounds: 
  - - -80.179167
    - 32.82394000000005
  - - -80.03803999999997
    - 32.935944

---

The Ashley River Road passes by three national historic landmarks -- Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church, Drayton Hall and Middleton Place -- as it traverses a National Register Historic District that traces the history of European and African settlement, commerce and industry from their colonial origins to the present. 