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Cayce

Cayce is a city in the U.S.

Cayce
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The place

Cayce is a city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, along the Congaree River. Its population was 12,528 at the 2010 census and rose to 13,789 in the 2020 United States Census, and it is the third-most populated municipality in Lexington County. The city is primarily in Lexington County, with additional, predominantly rural land to the east in Richland County. Cayce is part of the Columbia metropolitan statistical area and is within South Carolina's Midlands region.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Cayce

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    University of South Carolina

    The University of South Carolina is a public research university in Columbia, South Carolina, United States. Founded in 1801 as South Carolina College, it is the flagship of the University of South Carolina System and the largest university in the state by enrollment.

    7.6 km · public university in Columbia, South Carolina · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    South Carolina State House

    The South Carolina State House is the building housing the government of the U.S. state of South Carolina, which includes the South Carolina General Assembly and the offices of the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina. Located in the capital city of Columbia near the corner of Gervais and Assembly Streets, the building also housed the Supreme Court until 1971.

    7.5 km · State capitol building of the U.S. state of South Carolina - Columbia, South Carolina · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Colonial Life Arena

    The Colonial Life Arena is a multi-purpose arena in Columbia, South Carolina, primarily home to the University of South Carolina men's and women's basketball teams. Opened as a replacement for the Carolina Coliseum with the name Carolina Center in 2002, the 18,000-seat arena is also host to various events, including conferences, concerts, and graduation ceremonies.

    6.8 km · basketball arena at the University of South Carolina · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Williams-Brice Stadium

    Williams–Brice Stadium is a football stadium located in Columbia, South Carolina, United States. It serves primarily as the home of the South Carolina Gamecocks football team, but has also been the site of many concerts, state high school football championships, and various other events, including the annual Palmetto Capital City Classic between the Benedict Tigers and the South Carolina State Bulldogs until the last game in 2005.

    5.8 km · stadium in South Carolina · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Columbia Museum of Art

    The Columbia Museum of Art is an art museum in the American city of Columbia, South Carolina.

    8 km · art museum in Columbia, South Carolina · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    St. Peter's Catholic Church

    The Basilica of St. Peter, also known as St.

    7.9 km · Roman catholic church in Columbia, South Carolina · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Hampton-Preston House

    The Hampton–Preston House located at 1615 Blanding Street in Columbia, South Carolina, is a historic mansion that was the home of members of the prominent Hampton family. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on July 29, 1969.

    8.6 km · historic house in South Carolina, United States · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Midlands Technical College

    Midlands Technical College is a public technical college with locations in the Richland, Lexington, and Fairfield counties of South Carolina. Midlands Technical College is the second largest technical college in the state with approximately 22,500 students.

    9.7 km · Public technical college in South Carolina, United States · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Melton Memorial Observatory

    Melton Memorial Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by University of South Carolina. It is named after William Davis Melton and built in 1928.

    7.5 km · astronomical observatory in South Carolina, United States · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Trinity Episcopal Cathedral

    Trinity Episcopal Church, now known as Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, is the first Episcopal and the oldest surviving sanctuary in Columbia, South Carolina, United States. It is a Gothic Revival church that is modeled after York Minster in York, England.

    7.6 km · cathedral in Columbia, South Carolina, USA · Wikipedia

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Getting to Cayce

Airports
Charlotte Douglas (CLT), 142 km · Charleston (CHS), 150 km · Myrtle Beach (MYR), 200 km
Stations
Columbia Metropolitan Airport, 4.9 km · Jim Hamilton – L.B. Owens Airport, 7.5 km · Greyhound Bus Depot, 8.2 km
  • Charlotte → Cayce
    142 km · quickest by road, 2h 27m · $12–17
  • Charleston → Cayce
    490 km · quickest by road, 8h 36m · $46–65
  • Myrtle Beach → Cayce
    204 km · quickest by road, 3h 57m · $19–26
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Cayce

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Cayce. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Go nextCongaree National Park, South Carolina's only national park, is even closer, about 20 miles (32 km) to the south, and makes for a good day trip.

From Wikivoyage: Columbia (South Carolina), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Fire IslandUS

    10 ways of moving, 18 sources

    1,022 km
  2. 02
    Vinalhaven and the Fox IslandsUS

    9 ways of moving, 13 sources

    1,540 km
  3. 03
    BacalarMX

    9 ways of moving, 41 sources

    1,846 km
  4. 04
    Caye CaulkerBZ

    9 ways of moving, 42 sources

    1,929 km
  5. 05
    FloresGT

    9 ways of moving, 32 sources

    2,086 km

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