Points of Interest: Highway 174 was recently designated as a National Scenic Byway. What does this mean?
In October of 2009, Highway 174, travelling from the McKinley Washington, Jr., Bridge to the Atlantic Ocean at Edisto Beach State Park, was designated a National Scenic Byway. It is one of only four in the state of South Carolina, and this designation grants protection for this scenic stretch of road, which passes under a beautiful live oak canopy and runs by Dawhoo Landing, Russell Creek and Windsor Plantation house, King’s Market, the Edisto Island Museum, the Presbyterian Church on Edisto Island, sweetgrass basket stands, Old First Baptist Church, Trinity Episcopal Church, gorgeous marsh views toward Botany Bay Road and the entrance to the Botany Bay Wildlife Management Area, and Edisto Beach State Park Environmental Learning Center, finishing where the road meets the Atlantic Ocean.
