Parking and Driving Directions

DRIVING DIRECTIONS TO CLAFLIN UNIVERSITY

We are centrally located in South Carolina, 75 miles west of Charleston and 40 miles south of Columbia. Major interstates and highways are easily accessible if traveling by car. Greyhound will take you directly to Orangeburg while Amtrak will take you to Columbia.

The closest airport to Orangeburg is the Columbia Metro Airport. Also, many students and friends fly in and out of the Charlotte International Airport, Charlotte, NC and the Charleston Airport, Charleston, SC.

From Charleston, SC

• Take I-26 WEST to Exit 145-A US-601
• Take exit #145-A towards ORANGEBURG
• Travel 5.3 miles on US-601/Magnolia Street
• Claflin University's main entrance will be on your left

From Savannah, GA

• Take I-95 NORTH, exit to I-26 WEST towards COLUMBIA
• Take exit #145-A US-601 SOUTH towards ORANGEBURG
• Travel 5.3 miles on US-601/Magnolia Street
• Claflin University's main entrance will be on your left

From Florence, SC

• Take I-95 SOUTH exit to I-26 WEST towards COLUMBIA
• Take exit #145-A US-601 SOUTH towards ORANGEBURG
• Travel 5.3 miles on US-601/Magnolia Street
• Claflin University's main entrance will be on your left

From Charlotte, SC

• Take I-77 SOUTH towards ROCK HILL- travel 96 miles
• Take the 1-26 EAST exit towards CHARLESTON –travel 29.8 miles
• Take exit #145-A towards ORANGEBURG , travel 5.3 miles on US-601/Magnolia Street
• Claflin University's main entrance will be on your left.

From Augusta, SC

• Take I-20 EAST towards FLORENCE
• Take the 1-26 EAST exit towards CHARLESTON –travel 29.8 miles
• Take exit #145-A towards ORANGEBURG - travel 5.3 miles on US-601/Magnolia Street
• Claflin University's main entrance will be on your left

From Columbia, SC

• Take I-26 E toward Charleston
• Merge onto US-601 S via EXIT 145A toward Orangeburg
• US-601 S becomes Magnolia St
• 400 Magnolia St. is on the left

PARKING DIRECTIONS

Parking spaces are available in the Jonas T. Kennedy Health and Wellness Complex parking lot. 

PARKING AND DRIVING DIRECTIONS TO THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST WORSHIP AND CONVENTION CENTER

• Travel I-26 East to Exit 139
• At stop sign, make a right turn onto Highway 22
• Continue on Highway 22 for 6 miles. Cross the four-way stop, continue 3.2 miles until the road ends
• Turn left onto Kennerly Road and travel 6 miles to North Road
• Make a right turn on North Road and travel 0.3 miles; then make a left onto Lake Edisto Road
• Travel Lake Edisto Road until it ends
• Make a left onto Shillings Bridge Road and travel 1.9 miles to a red light at Highway 4
• Take a left onto Highway 4 and drive 3.3 miles. The Seventh-day Adventist Worship and
  Convention Center is located on the left

I-26 West (from Charleston Area) to the Seventh-day Adventist Worship and Convention Center

• Travel I-26 West and Exit 154-A
• Travel 10.8 miles on Highway 301 South and bear right onto Highway 4
• Travel 0.4 miles; the Seventh-day Adventist Worship and Convention Center is located on the right

I-95 North to the Seventh-day Adventist Worship and Convention Center

• Travel on I-95 North and Exit on I-26 West
• Travel I-26 West and Exit 154-A onto Highway 301
• Travel 10.8 miles on Highway 301 South and bear right onto Highway 4
• Travel 0.4 miles. The Seventh-day Adventist Worship and Convention Center is on the right

I-95 South to the Seventh-day Adventist Worship and Convention Center

• I-95 South and Exit 97 onto Highway 301
• Travel 25.8 miles on Highway 301
• Bear right onto Highway 4 and travel 0.4 miles
• Travel 0.4 miles and the Seventh-day Adventist Worship and Convention Center is on the right

From Claflin University to the Seventh-day Adventist Worship and Convention Center

• Travel 0.2 miles North on Magnolia Street (Highway 601) to Chestnut Street
• Turn left onto Chestnut Street and travel 4.4 miles to Lake Edisto Road
• Make a left onto Lake Edisto Road and travel 2.5 miles until the road ends
• Take a left onto Shillings Bridge Road and travel 1.9 miles to a red light
• Make a left onto Highway 4 and travel 3.3 miles. The Seventh-day Adventist Worship and
  Convention Center is on the left

Alternate Route from Claflin University:

• Proceed on Magnolia Street (Highway 601) to the intersection of Highway 601 ( Magnolia St.) and Highway 301 (John C. Calhoun).
• Turn right on John C. Calhoun (Highway 301 South) and travel approximately 3 miles.
• Yield right on Highway 4 ( Neeses Highway).
• Travel ½ mile to 514 Neeses Highway. Proceed to park.

Parking Directions

If the parking area at the Convention Center is filled, parking will be provided approximately one block on each side of the Convention Center. Commencement parking signs will be placed at the entrance of each parking lot. Please follow the directions of the police officers.

One block before you reach the Seventh-day Adventist Worship and Convention Center (Center) is the Living Wells Celebration Center on your right (traveling south on Highway 4). You will be directed to park in their grass lot. The Center is a white building with a green roof. Commencement parking signs will be posted at the entrance of the parking lot. Please follow the direction of the police officer.

A shuttle bus (van) will take you to the Commencement Convocation.

Please do not park in the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses’ parking lot unless you are directed to park there by a police officer.