# Dixie Road Trip

> A free back-roads atlas of the American South: 91 hand-curated routes, 52 ready-made itineraries and 989 stops — alternatives to the interstates. Published by Dixie Media.

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## Atlas
- [Interactive atlas](https://dixieroadtrip.com/)
- [The best Southern road trips](https://dixieroadtrip.com/southern-road-trips): The best Southern road trips, mapped: 91 hand-curated back-roads routes and 52 itineraries across 13 states, from the Blues Highway to the Blue Ridge. No interstates.

## Routes
- [All routes](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes)
- [US 90: The Creole Coast](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/us90-coast): New Orleans → Pensacola, ~270 mi, 2–3 days. the Old Spanish Trail's middle act
- [The Forgotten Coast](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/forgotten-coast): Pensacola → St. Marks, ~280 mi, 2–3 days. US 98 & Scenic 30A to the Big Bend
- [Bayou Teche & the Cajun Prairie](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/cajun-corridor): New Orleans → Eunice, ~230 mi, 2–3 days. Old US 90 and the back levees of Acadiana
- [River Road & the Felicianas](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/river-road): New Orleans → Natchez, ~200 mi, 1–2 days. The Mississippi's levee roads to Natchez
- [US 90: The Florida Backbone](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/ost-florida): St. Augustine → Pensacola, ~400 mi, 2–3 days. Old Spanish Trail — Mile Zero to Pensacola
- [US 90: Rice & Rails](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/ost-west): Lafayette → Orange, TX, ~130 mi, 1 days. Old Spanish Trail — Lafayette to the Sabine
- [The Blues Highway](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/blues-61): Memphis → Natchez, ~320 mi, 2–4 days. US 61 through the Mississippi Delta
- [Natchez Trace Parkway](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/natchez-trace): Natchez → Nashville, ~444 mi, 3–4 days. 444 miles, zero billboards, ten thousand years
- [Grant's Vicksburg Campaign](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/grant-campaign): Loop from Vicksburg, ~165 mi, 1–2 days. The 1863 maneuver, county road by county road
- [The Civil Rights Trail](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/civil-rights): Jackson → Birmingham, ~430 mi, 3–4 days. Jackson to Birmingham through the Black Belt
- [The Hill Country Ramble](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/hill-country): Memphis → Tupelo, ~130 mi, 1–2 days. Old 78 and MS 7 through Faulkner country
- [Hank's Lost Highway](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/lost-highway): Montgomery → Mobile, ~170 mi, 1 days. US 31 from Montgomery to the Bay
- [Sherman to the Swamp](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/ga-441): Dillard → Folkston, ~330 mi, 3–4 days. US 441 down the spine of Georgia
- [The Valley Pike](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/valley-pike): Winchester → Roanoke, ~200 mi, 2–3 days. US 11 down the Shenandoah
- [Bull Run to the Bloody Angle](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/nova-civilwar): Loop from Alexandria, ~240 mi, 2–3 days. The Northern Virginia Civil War loop
- [The Crooked Road](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/crooked-road): Bristol → Floyd, ~210 mi, 2–3 days. Virginia's mountain music trail
- [Blue Ridge Parkway & the Smokies](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/blue-ridge): Roanoke → Cherokee (+ Smokies spurs), ~400 mi, 3–5 days. America's longest slow road, southern half
- [Highway 64: Shiloh to Lookout Mountain](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/tn-64): Memphis → Chattanooga, ~340 mi, 2–3 days. Southern Tennessee the long way
- [Bourbon, Bluegrass & Shakers](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/bourbon-68): Lexington → Mammoth Cave, ~180 mi, 2–3 days. US 68 and the old Kentucky pikes
- [The Constitution Route & 231](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/constitution-va): Charlottesville → Sperryville, ~75 mi, 1–2 days. Jefferson and Madison's neighborhood, then Virginia's prettiest road
- [The Overhill Country](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/overhill): Chattanooga → Gatlinburg, ~175 mi, 2 days. Ocoee whitewater to the peaceful side of the Smokies
- [Gold, Clay & Longleaf](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/piedmont): Raleigh → Columbia, ~250 mi, 2–3 days. the Carolina Piedmont crescent
- [Kings Highway & the Lowcountry](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/us17-lowcountry): Wilmington → Savannah, ~290 mi, 3–4 days. US 17, the coast road since 1735
- [Golden Isles & the First Coast](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/golden-isles): Savannah → St. Augustine, ~210 mi, 2–3 days. US 17 and A1A to the oldest city
- [Outer Banks & the Sound Country](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/outer-banks): Dismal Swamp → New Bern, ~300 mi, 3–4 days. NC 12, two ferries and the Albemarle backwaters
- [A1A: Flagler's Coast](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/a1a-flagler): St. Augustine → Titusville, ~135 mi, 1–2 days. the railroad baron's beach road
- [The Space & Treasure Coast](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/space-treasure): Titusville → Jupiter, ~135 mi, 1–2 days. rockets north, shipwreck gold south
- [Old Dixie: Cassadaga to Kissimmee](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/old-dixie-cassadaga): Cassadaga → Kissimmee, ~75 mi, 1 days. Orlando before the Mouse
- [Cross Creek & the Springs](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/cross-creek-springs): Palatka → Ocala, ~130 mi, 1–2 days. Rawlings country and glass-bottom water
- [The Nature Coast](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/nature-coast): Perry → Tarpon Springs, ~230 mi, 2–3 days. the Gulf the condos never found
- [The Florida Cracker Trail](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/cracker-trail): Bradenton → Fort Pierce, ~145 mi, 1 days. cow-hunter country across the ridge
- [The Big Water](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/big-water): Around Lake Okeechobee (loop), ~115 mi, 1 days. the dike, the muck and the 1928 storm
- [The Tamiami Trail](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/tamiami): Naples → Miami, ~110 mi, 1–2 days. the road they blasted through the Glades
- [The Overseas Highway](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/overseas-hwy): Miami → Key West, ~165 mi, 2–3 days. Flagler's railroad that went to sea
- [Arkansas 7: The Scenic Seven](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/scenic-7): Hot Springs → Harrison, ~160 mi, 2 days. bathhouses to the Buffalo
- [Crowley's Ridge Parkway](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/crowleys-ridge): Piggott → Helena, ~200 mi, 2 days. Hemingway, Cash and the strange long hill
- [The Arkansas Delta](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/arkansas-delta): Helena → Lake Village, ~150 mi, 1–2 days. the other side of the river
- [Talimena & the Ouachitas](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/talimena): Hot Springs → Talihina, OK, ~130 mi, 1–2 days. the South's only east–west mountains
- [The Pig Trail & Eureka](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/pig-trail): Ozark → Eureka Springs, ~85 mi, 1 days. the Ozarks' favorite bad idea
- [The Bootheel: US 61 North](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/bootheel-61): Memphis → Cape Girardeau, ~175 mi, 1–2 days. earthquake country and throwed rolls
- [US 90 West: To the Alamo](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/us90-west): Orange → San Antonio, ~330 mi, 3–4 days. the Old Spanish Trail's Texas act
- [El Camino Real: The Texas Act](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/camino-real-tx): San Augustine → San Antonio, ~330 mi, 3–4 days. the royal road to the missions
- [LA 1: End of the Road](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/la1-end-of-road): Donaldsonville → Grand Isle, ~110 mi, 1–2 days. down the longest street in the world
- [Cane River & El Camino Real](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/cane-river-camino): Natchez → Toledo Bend, ~180 mi, 2 days. the royal road's Louisiana act
- [Poverty Point & the Delta Parishes](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/poverty-point-delta): Vidalia → Lake Providence, ~130 mi, 1–2 days. the oldest thing on the map
- [US 11: The Valley South](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/us11-valley-south): Chattanooga → Meridian, ~330 mi, 3–4 days. Appalachia's exit ramp
- [The Shoals](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/muscle-shoals): Corinth → Huntsville, ~150 mi, 2 days. the river that sings
- [The Black Belt & Gee's Bend](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/black-belt-gees-bend): Tuscaloosa → Selma, ~165 mi, 2 days. quilts, prairie and holy ground
- [The Old Federal Road](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/old-federal-road): Columbus, GA → Fort Mims, ~230 mi, 2–3 days. the road that made Alabama
- [US 84: Wiregrass to Mockingbird](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/mockingbird-84): Dothan → Monroeville, ~170 mi, 2 days. peanuts, weevils and Miss Nelle
- [The Free State of Jones](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/free-state-of-jones): Meridian → Natchez, ~200 mi, 2 days. Mississippi's inside-out county
- [US 49: Jackson to the Sound](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/us49-piney-woods): Jackson → Gulfport, ~160 mi, 1–2 days. the Hattiesburg line
- [Sherman's March to the Sea](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/sherman-march-sea): Milledgeville → Savannah, ~185 mi, 2 days. the left wing, Milledgeville to Savannah
- [US 41: Dixie Highway & the Atlanta Campaign](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/dixie-hwy-41): Chattanooga → Atlanta, ~120 mi, 1–2 days. the General's road
- [The Chattahoochee Trace](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/chattahoochee-trace): Columbus → Bainbridge, ~180 mi, 2 days. the river border nobody drives
- [Plains & Andersonville](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/plains-andersonville): Macon → Plains, ~90 mi, 1 days. peanuts and the prison pen
- [US 341: The Golden Isles Highway](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/us341-golden-isles): Barnesville → Brunswick, ~225 mi, 2 days. peaches to the beaches
- [North Georgia Gold & Apples](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/north-georgia-gold): Dahlonega → Brasstown Bald, ~130 mi, 1–2 days. Dahlonega to the roof of Georgia
- [The Trail of Tears: Georgia to Kentucky](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/trail-of-tears-north): New Echota → Hopkinsville, ~350 mi, 3 days. the northern road of the removal
- [US 11: The Valley Road South](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/valley-pike-south): Roanoke → Bristol, ~150 mi, 1–2 days. the Great Wagon Road's last act
- [Skyline Drive & the Parkway](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/skyline-brp-va): Front Royal → Roanoke, ~225 mi, 2–3 days. the Virginia ridgeline, end to end
- [Lee's Retreat](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/lees-retreat): Petersburg → Appomattox, ~110 mi, 1–2 days. the last week of the war
- [The Booth Escape Route](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/booth-escape-route): Washington → Port Royal, ~95 mi, 1 days. twelve days in April 1865
- [US 23: The Country Music Highway](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/country-music-highway): Ashland → Pikeville, ~140 mi, 1–2 days. coal seams and gold records
- [US 52: The Mine Wars Road](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/coal-mine-wars): Bluefield → Williamson, ~100 mi, 1–2 days. billion-dollar coalfield, five-and-dime pay
- [The Midland Trail](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/midland-trail): White Sulphur Springs → Charleston, ~120 mi, 1–2 days. US 60 over the New River country
- [The Quiet Zone](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/the-quiet-zone): Lewisburg → Petersburg, WV, ~160 mi, 2 days. no signal, all signal
- [The Wilderness Road](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/wilderness-road): Bristol → Berea, ~220 mi, 2–3 days. Boone's gap and the first West
- [Moonbows & the Gorge](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/moonbows-gorge): Slade → Cumberland Falls, ~150 mi, 2 days. Red River Gorge to Cumberland Falls
- [US 60: The Mutton Line](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/mutton-line): Louisville → Paducah, ~220 mi, 2 days. Louisville to Paducah the long way
- [US 70: Broadway of America](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/us70-broadway): Memphis → Nashville, ~210 mi, 2 days. Memphis to Nashville, pre-interstate
- [The Middle Tennessee Pike](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/middle-tn-pike): Nashville → Muscle Shoals, ~140 mi, 2 days. Franklin to the Shoals on the old roads
- [US 127: The Plateau & the Sale](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/us127-plateau): Chattanooga → Albany, KY, ~160 mi, 2 days. Sequatchie to York country
- [US 11E: The Great Valley Road](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/great-valley-11e): Knoxville → Bristol, ~110 mi, 1–2 days. Knoxville to Bristol, statesman country
- [US 64: The Waterfall Byway](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/waterfall-byway): Brevard → Murphy, ~120 mi, 2 days. Brevard to Murphy, falling water all the way
- [SC 11: The Cherokee Foothills](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/cherokee-foothills): Gaffney → Walhalla, ~115 mi, 1–2 days. the peach-shed skyline road
- [The Old Ninety Six District](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/old-96): Augusta → Abbeville, ~100 mi, 1 days. backcountry crowns and kilns
- [Old Salem to Mayberry](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/mayberry-old-salem): Winston-Salem → Mount Airy, ~70 mi, 1 days. Moravians, Pilot Mountain and Andy
- [US 58: The Last Capital Road](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/us58-last-capital): Martinsville → Suffolk, ~230 mi, 2 days. Martinsville to the Dismal Swamp
- [US 301: The Ghost Road](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/us301-ghost-road): Emporia → Santee, ~290 mi, 2–3 days. the interstate that time forgot
- [Sherman's Carolinas Campaign](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/shermans-carolinas): Columbia → Durham, ~280 mi, 2–3 days. Columbia to the largest surrender
- [The Inner Banks](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/inner-banks): Washington → Ocracoke (via Swan Quarter ferry), ~120 mi, 1–2 days. Blackbeard's sound country
- [The Northern Neck](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/historyland-neck): Fredericksburg → Irvington, ~110 mi, 1–2 days. Historyland Highway, the peninsula of presidents
- [VA 5 & the Colonial Parkway](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/va5-colonial): Richmond → Yorktown, ~90 mi, 1–2 days. plantation row to the first peninsula
- [US 13: The Eastern Shore](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/eastern-shore-13): Cape Charles → Chincoteague, ~90 mi, 1–2 days. two counties, four centuries, one road
- [The Dragon & the Skyway](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/dragon-skyway): Loop from Gatlinburg, ~280 mi, 2–3 days. Newfound Gap, the Cherohala and US 129: a Smokies loop
- [US 41: Dixie Highway, Nashville to Chattanooga](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/dixie-hwy-nashville): Nashville → Chattanooga, ~220 mi, 2 days. the old Dixie Highway over Monteagle, with the whiskey dogleg
- [Hill Country: Austin to San Antonio the Long Way](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/hill-country-tx): Austin → San Antonio, ~175 mi, 2 days. US 290, the ranch roads and the Pedernales country
- [US 41: The Tamiami Trail North, Tampa to Naples](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/tamiami-north): Tampa → Naples, ~250 mi, 2–3 days. the Gulf's other coast road, Ybor City to the Everglades' door
- [The Buffalo River Loop](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/buffalo-river-loop): Loop from Harrison, ~100 mi, 1–2 days. Jasper, Ponca and the Boxley Valley on AR 7, 74 and 43
- [Alabama's Coastal Connection](https://dixieroadtrip.com/routes/coastal-connection): Dauphin Island → Pensacola, ~95 mi, 1–2 days. Dauphin Island to Perdido Key by the Mobile Bay ferry

## Regions
- [Gulf Coast road trips](https://dixieroadtrip.com/regions/gulf): The Gulf Coast has 10 back-roads routes, about 2,025 miles and 108 curated stops, and 14 ready-made itineraries use them.
- [Deep South road trips](https://dixieroadtrip.com/regions/deep-south): The Deep South has 21 back-roads routes, about 4,674 miles and 178 curated stops, and 17 ready-made itineraries use them.
- [Upper South road trips](https://dixieroadtrip.com/regions/upper-south): The Upper South has 31 back-roads routes, about 5,515 miles and 259 curated stops, and 15 ready-made itineraries use them.
- [Atlantic Coast road trips](https://dixieroadtrip.com/regions/atlantic): The Atlantic Coast has 9 back-roads routes, about 1,780 miles and 78 curated stops, and 9 ready-made itineraries use them.
- [Florida Peninsula road trips](https://dixieroadtrip.com/regions/florida): The Florida Peninsula has 10 back-roads routes, about 1,490 miles and 73 curated stops, and 5 ready-made itineraries use them.
- [Ozarks, Ouachitas & the Bootheel road trips](https://dixieroadtrip.com/regions/ozarks): The Ozarks, Ouachitas & the Bootheel has 7 back-roads routes, about 1,000 miles and 46 curated stops, and 4 ready-made itineraries use them.
- [Beyond the Sabine road trips](https://dixieroadtrip.com/regions/sabine): The Beyond the Sabine has 3 back-roads routes, about 835 miles and 28 curated stops, and 1 ready-made itinerary uses them.

## States
- [Alabama road trips and scenic drives](https://dixieroadtrip.com/states/alabama): 12 back-roads routes touch Alabama, with 112 curated stops along them and 11 ready-made itineraries crossing the state.
- [Arkansas road trips and scenic drives](https://dixieroadtrip.com/states/arkansas): 7 back-roads routes touch Arkansas, with 46 curated stops along them and 4 ready-made itineraries crossing the state.
- [Florida road trips and scenic drives](https://dixieroadtrip.com/states/florida): 15 back-roads routes touch Florida, with 142 curated stops along them and 15 ready-made itineraries crossing the state.
- [Georgia road trips and scenic drives](https://dixieroadtrip.com/states/georgia): 13 back-roads routes touch Georgia, with 106 curated stops along them and 10 ready-made itineraries crossing the state.
- [Kentucky road trips and scenic drives](https://dixieroadtrip.com/states/kentucky): 7 back-roads routes touch Kentucky, with 50 curated stops along them and 4 ready-made itineraries crossing the state.
- [Louisiana road trips and scenic drives](https://dixieroadtrip.com/states/louisiana): 7 back-roads routes touch Louisiana, with 71 curated stops along them and 12 ready-made itineraries crossing the state.
- [Mississippi road trips and scenic drives](https://dixieroadtrip.com/states/mississippi): 12 back-roads routes touch Mississippi, with 131 curated stops along them and 15 ready-made itineraries crossing the state.
- [North Carolina road trips and scenic drives](https://dixieroadtrip.com/states/north-carolina): 10 back-roads routes touch North Carolina, with 106 curated stops along them and 10 ready-made itineraries crossing the state.
- [South Carolina road trips and scenic drives](https://dixieroadtrip.com/states/south-carolina): 6 back-roads routes touch South Carolina, with 48 curated stops along them and 6 ready-made itineraries crossing the state.
- [Tennessee road trips and scenic drives](https://dixieroadtrip.com/states/tennessee): 17 back-roads routes touch Tennessee, with 176 curated stops along them and 17 ready-made itineraries crossing the state.
- [Texas road trips and scenic drives](https://dixieroadtrip.com/states/texas): 4 back-roads routes touch Texas, with 35 curated stops along them and 4 ready-made itineraries crossing the state.
- [Virginia road trips and scenic drives](https://dixieroadtrip.com/states/virginia): 16 back-roads routes touch Virginia, with 136 curated stops along them and 13 ready-made itineraries crossing the state.
- [West Virginia road trips and scenic drives](https://dixieroadtrip.com/states/west-virginia): 3 back-roads routes touch West Virginia, with 18 curated stops along them and 1 ready-made itinerary crossing the state.

## Cities
- [Road trips from Atlanta](https://dixieroadtrip.com/road-trips-from/atlanta): 24 back-roads routes start within a 4.5-hour drive of Atlanta, including 3 day trips and 17 weekend drives; 2 ready-made itineraries begin nearby.
- [Road trips from Nashville](https://dixieroadtrip.com/road-trips-from/nashville): 19 back-roads routes start within a 4.5-hour drive of Nashville, including 0 day trips and 17 weekend drives; 5 ready-made itineraries begin nearby.
- [Road trips from New Orleans](https://dixieroadtrip.com/road-trips-from/new-orleans): 18 back-roads routes start within a 4.5-hour drive of New Orleans, including 3 day trips and 12 weekend drives; 3 ready-made itineraries begin nearby.
- [Road trips from Houston](https://dixieroadtrip.com/road-trips-from/houston): 5 back-roads routes start within a 4.5-hour drive of Houston, including 0 day trips and 3 weekend drives; 0 ready-made itineraries begin nearby.
- [Road trips from Dallas](https://dixieroadtrip.com/road-trips-from/dallas): 2 back-roads routes start within a 4.5-hour drive of Dallas, including 0 day trips and 1 weekend drive; 0 ready-made itineraries begin nearby.
- [Road trips from Austin](https://dixieroadtrip.com/road-trips-from/austin): 3 back-roads routes start within a 4.5-hour drive of Austin, including 0 day trips and 1 weekend drive; 0 ready-made itineraries begin nearby.
- [Road trips from San Antonio](https://dixieroadtrip.com/road-trips-from/san-antonio): 3 back-roads routes start within a 4.5-hour drive of San Antonio, including 0 day trips and 1 weekend drive; 0 ready-made itineraries begin nearby.
- [Road trips from Charlotte](https://dixieroadtrip.com/road-trips-from/charlotte): 22 back-roads routes start within a 4.5-hour drive of Charlotte, including 2 day trips and 17 weekend drives; 0 ready-made itineraries begin nearby.
- [Road trips from Memphis](https://dixieroadtrip.com/road-trips-from/memphis): 13 back-roads routes start within a 4.5-hour drive of Memphis, including 3 day trips and 9 weekend drives; 7 ready-made itineraries begin nearby.
- [Road trips from Birmingham](https://dixieroadtrip.com/road-trips-from/birmingham): 20 back-roads routes start within a 4.5-hour drive of Birmingham, including 1 day trip and 17 weekend drives; 1 ready-made itinerary begins nearby.
- [Road trips from Charleston](https://dixieroadtrip.com/road-trips-from/charleston): 8 back-roads routes start within a 4.5-hour drive of Charleston, including 0 day trips and 7 weekend drives; 1 ready-made itinerary begins nearby.
- [Road trips from Miami](https://dixieroadtrip.com/road-trips-from/miami): 6 back-roads routes start within a 4.5-hour drive of Miami, including 2 day trips and 4 weekend drives; 1 ready-made itinerary begins nearby.
- [Road trips from Orlando](https://dixieroadtrip.com/road-trips-from/orlando): 12 back-roads routes start within a 4.5-hour drive of Orlando, including 6 day trips and 5 weekend drives; 1 ready-made itinerary begins nearby.
- [Road trips from Tampa](https://dixieroadtrip.com/road-trips-from/tampa): 11 back-roads routes start within a 4.5-hour drive of Tampa, including 3 day trips and 8 weekend drives; 1 ready-made itinerary begins nearby.
- [Road trips from Jacksonville](https://dixieroadtrip.com/road-trips-from/jacksonville): 14 back-roads routes start within a 4.5-hour drive of Jacksonville, including 3 day trips and 9 weekend drives; 3 ready-made itineraries begin nearby.
- [Road trips from Louisville](https://dixieroadtrip.com/road-trips-from/louisville): 11 back-roads routes start within a 4.5-hour drive of Louisville, including 0 day trips and 10 weekend drives; 2 ready-made itineraries begin nearby.
- [Road trips from Raleigh](https://dixieroadtrip.com/road-trips-from/raleigh): 22 back-roads routes start within a 4.5-hour drive of Raleigh, including 2 day trips and 17 weekend drives; 0 ready-made itineraries begin nearby.
- [Road trips from Richmond](https://dixieroadtrip.com/road-trips-from/richmond): 20 back-roads routes start within a 4.5-hour drive of Richmond, including 6 day trips and 12 weekend drives; 5 ready-made itineraries begin nearby.
- [Road trips from Knoxville](https://dixieroadtrip.com/road-trips-from/knoxville): 26 back-roads routes start within a 4.5-hour drive of Knoxville, including 3 day trips and 19 weekend drives; 1 ready-made itinerary begins nearby.
- [Road trips from Chattanooga](https://dixieroadtrip.com/road-trips-from/chattanooga): 25 back-roads routes start within a 4.5-hour drive of Chattanooga, including 2 day trips and 18 weekend drives; 0 ready-made itineraries begin nearby.
- [Road trips from Savannah](https://dixieroadtrip.com/road-trips-from/savannah): 13 back-roads routes start within a 4.5-hour drive of Savannah, including 0 day trips and 11 weekend drives; 0 ready-made itineraries begin nearby.
- [Road trips from Little Rock](https://dixieroadtrip.com/road-trips-from/little-rock): 12 back-roads routes start within a 4.5-hour drive of Little Rock, including 2 day trips and 9 weekend drives; 2 ready-made itineraries begin nearby.
- [Road trips from Baton Rouge](https://dixieroadtrip.com/road-trips-from/baton-rouge): 14 back-roads routes start within a 4.5-hour drive of Baton Rouge, including 4 day trips and 6 weekend drives; 4 ready-made itineraries begin nearby.
- [Road trips from Mobile](https://dixieroadtrip.com/road-trips-from/mobile): 15 back-roads routes start within a 4.5-hour drive of Mobile, including 3 day trips and 10 weekend drives; 2 ready-made itineraries begin nearby.
- [Road trips from Pensacola](https://dixieroadtrip.com/road-trips-from/pensacola): 14 back-roads routes start within a 4.5-hour drive of Pensacola, including 2 day trips and 11 weekend drives; 2 ready-made itineraries begin nearby.
- [Road trips from Greenville, SC](https://dixieroadtrip.com/road-trips-from/greenville-sc): 27 back-roads routes start within a 4.5-hour drive of Greenville, SC, including 3 day trips and 21 weekend drives; 0 ready-made itineraries begin nearby.
- [Road trips from Asheville](https://dixieroadtrip.com/road-trips-from/asheville): 26 back-roads routes start within a 4.5-hour drive of Asheville, including 5 day trips and 18 weekend drives; 2 ready-made itineraries begin nearby.
- [Road trips from Virginia Beach](https://dixieroadtrip.com/road-trips-from/virginia-beach): 13 back-roads routes start within a 4.5-hour drive of Virginia Beach, including 4 day trips and 8 weekend drives; 3 ready-made itineraries begin nearby.
- [Road trips from Columbia, SC](https://dixieroadtrip.com/road-trips-from/columbia-sc): 14 back-roads routes start within a 4.5-hour drive of Columbia, SC, including 2 day trips and 9 weekend drives; 0 ready-made itineraries begin nearby.
- [Road trips from Washington, DC](https://dixieroadtrip.com/road-trips-from/washington-dc): 13 back-roads routes start within a 4.5-hour drive of Washington, DC, including 4 day trips and 8 weekend drives; 3 ready-made itineraries begin nearby.
- [Road trips from Lexington, KY](https://dixieroadtrip.com/road-trips-from/lexington-ky): 13 back-roads routes start within a 4.5-hour drive of Lexington, KY, including 0 day trips and 13 weekend drives; 2 ready-made itineraries begin nearby.
- [Road trips from Jackson, MS](https://dixieroadtrip.com/road-trips-from/jackson-ms): 20 back-roads routes start within a 4.5-hour drive of Jackson, MS, including 5 day trips and 11 weekend drives; 1 ready-made itinerary begins nearby.
- [Road trips from Huntsville](https://dixieroadtrip.com/road-trips-from/huntsville): 19 back-roads routes start within a 4.5-hour drive of Huntsville, including 1 day trip and 15 weekend drives; 0 ready-made itineraries begin nearby.
- [Road trips from Montgomery](https://dixieroadtrip.com/road-trips-from/montgomery): 17 back-roads routes start within a 4.5-hour drive of Montgomery, including 1 day trip and 14 weekend drives; 0 ready-made itineraries begin nearby.
- [Road trips from Tallahassee](https://dixieroadtrip.com/road-trips-from/tallahassee): 13 back-roads routes start within a 4.5-hour drive of Tallahassee, including 0 day trips and 12 weekend drives; 0 ready-made itineraries begin nearby.
- [Road trips from Myrtle Beach](https://dixieroadtrip.com/road-trips-from/myrtle-beach): 9 back-roads routes start within a 4.5-hour drive of Myrtle Beach, including 0 day trips and 7 weekend drives; 0 ready-made itineraries begin nearby.
- [Road trips from Wilmington, NC](https://dixieroadtrip.com/road-trips-from/wilmington-nc): 6 back-roads routes start within a 4.5-hour drive of Wilmington, NC, including 0 day trips and 4 weekend drives; 0 ready-made itineraries begin nearby.
- [Road trips from Oklahoma City](https://dixieroadtrip.com/road-trips-from/oklahoma-city): 1 back-roads route starts within a 4.5-hour drive of Oklahoma City, including 0 day trips and 1 weekend drive; 0 ready-made itineraries begin nearby.

## Itineraries
- [All itineraries](https://dixieroadtrip.com/trips)
- [Delta 101](https://dixieroadtrip.com/trips/delta-101): A 3-day, ~420-mile Southern road trip from Memphis. It chains The Blues Highway and The Hill Country Ramble.
- [Grant's Campaign Weekend](https://dixieroadtrip.com/trips/grant-weekend): A 2-day, ~180-mile Southern road trip from Vicksburg. It chains Grant's Vicksburg Campaign.
- [Mosby to the Bloody Angle](https://dixieroadtrip.com/trips/nova-loop): A 3-day, ~240-mile Southern road trip from Alexandria / DC. It chains Bull Run to the Bloody Angle.
- [Lowcountry Long Weekend](https://dixieroadtrip.com/trips/lowcountry-weekend): A 3-day, ~210-mile Southern road trip from Charleston. It chains Kings Highway & the Lowcountry.
- [Forgotten Coast Oyster Run](https://dixieroadtrip.com/trips/forgotten-weekend): A 3-day, ~250-mile Southern road trip from Pensacola. It chains The Forgotten Coast.
- [Presidents & Pinot](https://dixieroadtrip.com/trips/presidents-pinot): A 3-day, ~160-mile Southern road trip from Charlottesville. It chains The Constitution Route & 231 and Bull Run to the Bloody Angle.
- [Crooked Road Ramble](https://dixieroadtrip.com/trips/crooked-weekend): A 3-day, ~220-mile Southern road trip from Bristol (start Thursday). It chains The Crooked Road.
- [The Natchez Trace, End to End](https://dixieroadtrip.com/trips/trace-end-to-end): A 5-day, ~720-mile Southern road trip from New Orleans. It chains River Road & the Felicianas and Natchez Trace Parkway.
- [The Blue Ridge, Ridgeline to Smokies](https://dixieroadtrip.com/trips/blue-ridge-ridgeline): A 5-day, ~640-mile Southern road trip from Front Royal. It chains Skyline Drive & the Parkway and Blue Ridge Parkway & the Smokies.
- [Tidewater & the Outer Banks](https://dixieroadtrip.com/trips/tidewater-outer-banks): A 4-day, ~430-mile Southern road trip from Richmond. It chains VA 5 & the Colonial Parkway and Outer Banks & the Sound Country.
- [The Gear Jammer: NASCAR Cathedral Run](https://dixieroadtrip.com/trips/gear-jammer): A 7-day, ~1300-mile Southern road trip from Daytona Beach.
- [The Red Dirt Roadhouse Run](https://dixieroadtrip.com/trips/red-dirt-run): A 6-day, ~900-mile Southern road trip from Nashville.
- [The Trace & the Delta Loop](https://dixieroadtrip.com/trips/trace-delta-week): A 7-day, ~1000-mile Southern road trip from Nashville. It chains Natchez Trace Parkway, The Blues Highway and Grant's Vicksburg Campaign.
- [The Gulf Crawl](https://dixieroadtrip.com/trips/gulf-crawl): A 6-day, ~480-mile Southern road trip from New Orleans. New Orleans to the Big Bend at porch speed — the whole northern Gulf without one mile of I-10.
- [The Civil Rights Pilgrimage](https://dixieroadtrip.com/trips/civilrights-week): A 7-day, ~900-mile Southern road trip from Memphis. Memphis to Birmingham through the movement's ground truth.
- [High Country & Mountain Music](https://dixieroadtrip.com/trips/highcountry-week): A 7-day, ~620-mile Southern road trip from Roanoke (start Thursday). It chains Blue Ridge Parkway & the Smokies and The Crooked Road.
- [The Old Spanish Trail: Full US 90](https://dixieroadtrip.com/trips/old-spanish-trail): A 8-day, ~1000-mile Southern road trip from St. Augustine.
- [Sounds & Banks](https://dixieroadtrip.com/trips/sounds-banks-week): A 7-day, ~560-mile Southern road trip from Norfolk. It chains Outer Banks & the Sound Country and Kings Highway & the Lowcountry.
- [The Deep South Grand Circle](https://dixieroadtrip.com/trips/deep-south-circle): A 14-day, ~1700-mile Southern road trip from Memphis.
- [The Eastern Crescent](https://dixieroadtrip.com/trips/eastern-crescent): A 15-day, ~1800-mile Southern road trip from Washington, DC.
- [The Hot Tamale Trail](https://dixieroadtrip.com/trips/tamale-trail): A 2-day, ~160-mile Southern road trip from Greenville, MS. It chains The Blues Highway.
- [Whole Hog: the Carolina Barbecue Trail](https://dixieroadtrip.com/trips/carolina-whole-hog): A 3-day, ~260-mile Southern road trip from Lexington, NC.
- [White Sauce & Dry Rub: the Barbecue Belt](https://dixieroadtrip.com/trips/bbq-belt): A 3-day, ~320-mile Southern road trip from Memphis.
- [Boudin, Cracklins & Plate Lunches](https://dixieroadtrip.com/trips/boudin-loop): A 2-day, ~140-mile Southern road trip from Lafayette, LA. It chains Bayou Teche & the Cajun Prairie and US 90: Rice & Rails.
- [The Whole Hog](https://dixieroadtrip.com/trips/whole-hog): A 28-day, ~4300-mile Southern road trip from Memphis (loop).
- [The Long Way to the Opry](https://dixieroadtrip.com/trips/music-epic): A 21-day, ~3000-mile Southern road trip from Nashville (loop).
- [The Overseas Highway](https://dixieroadtrip.com/trips/keys-overseas): A 3-day, ~210-mile Southern road trip from Miami. It chains The Overseas Highway.
- [Florida's Mystic Coast](https://dixieroadtrip.com/trips/mystic-florida): A 3-day, ~280-mile Southern road trip from St. Augustine. It chains A1A: Flagler's Coast and Old Dixie: Cassadaga to Kissimmee.
- [Cracker Trail & the Big Water](https://dixieroadtrip.com/trips/cracker-florida): A 2-day, ~260-mile Southern road trip from Bradenton. It chains The Florida Cracker Trail and The Big Water.
- [The Scenic Seven & the Pig Trail](https://dixieroadtrip.com/trips/ozark-scenic): A 3-day, ~340-mile Southern road trip from Hot Springs, AR. It chains Arkansas 7: The Scenic Seven and The Pig Trail & Eureka.
- [Crowley's Ridge & the Arkansas Delta](https://dixieroadtrip.com/trips/ark-delta-ridge): A 3-day, ~420-mile Southern road trip from Piggott, AR. It chains Crowley's Ridge Parkway and The Arkansas Delta.
- [Sherman's March to the Sea](https://dixieroadtrip.com/trips/sherman-sea): A 2-day, ~210-mile Southern road trip from Milledgeville, GA. It chains Sherman's March to the Sea.
- [Bourbon, Bluegrass & Shakers](https://dixieroadtrip.com/trips/bourbon-weekend): A 3-day, ~300-mile Southern road trip from Lexington, KY. It chains Bourbon, Bluegrass & Shakers.
- [Golden Isles Getaway](https://dixieroadtrip.com/trips/golden-isles-weekend): A 3-day, ~260-mile Southern road trip from Savannah. It chains Golden Isles & the First Coast.
- [Old Florida: Springs, Swamps & the Nature Coast](https://dixieroadtrip.com/trips/old-florida-week): A 7-day, ~780-mile Southern road trip from Gainesville. It chains Cross Creek & the Springs, The Nature Coast, The Big Water and The Tamiami Trail.
- [Beyond the Sabine: El Camino to the Alamo](https://dixieroadtrip.com/trips/beyond-sabine): A 7-day, ~1050-mile Southern road trip from Lafayette, LA. It chains US 90: Rice & Rails, US 90 West: To the Alamo and El Camino Real: The Texas Act.
- [The Ozark & Ouachita Highlands](https://dixieroadtrip.com/trips/ozark-highlands-week): A 6-day, ~780-mile Southern road trip from Hot Springs, AR.
- [Coal, Bluegrass & the Country Music Highway](https://dixieroadtrip.com/trips/coal-and-country): A 6-day, ~620-mile Southern road trip from Ashland, KY. It chains US 23: The Country Music Highway, US 52: The Mine Wars Road and The Crooked Road.
- [The Sacred South: Gospel & Sanctuary](https://dixieroadtrip.com/trips/sacred-south): A 6-day, ~700-mile Southern road trip from Tuscaloosa. It chains The Black Belt & Gee's Bend, The Civil Rights Trail and The Old Federal Road.
- [Cradle & Surrender: Jamestown to Appomattox](https://dixieroadtrip.com/trips/cradle-and-surrender): A 3-day, ~260-mile Southern road trip from Williamsburg. It chains VA 5 & the Colonial Parkway and Lee's Retreat.
- [A Reader's Central Kentucky: Bardstown to Shaker Village](https://dixieroadtrip.com/trips/reader-central-kentucky): A 3-day, ~160-mile Southern road trip from Bardstown, KY. It chains Bourbon, Bluegrass & Shakers.
- [Memphis to New Orleans on US 61](https://dixieroadtrip.com/trips/memphis-to-new-orleans): A 4-day, ~500-mile Southern road trip from Memphis. It chains The Blues Highway and River Road & the Felicianas.
- [Atlanta to Savannah to Charleston](https://dixieroadtrip.com/trips/atlanta-savannah-charleston): A 4-day, ~420-mile Southern road trip from Atlanta. It chains Sherman's March to the Sea and Kings Highway & the Lowcountry.
- [US 17: Outer Banks to Florida](https://dixieroadtrip.com/trips/us17-end-to-end): A 8-day, ~820-mile Southern road trip from Norfolk.
- [The Great River Road, Southern Act](https://dixieroadtrip.com/trips/great-river-road-south): A 6-day, ~650-mile Southern road trip from Memphis. It chains The Blues Highway, River Road & the Felicianas and LA 1: End of the Road.
- [A1A End to End: St. Augustine to Key West](https://dixieroadtrip.com/trips/a1a-end-to-end): A 6-day, ~520-mile Southern road trip from St. Augustine. It chains A1A: Flagler's Coast, The Space & Treasure Coast and The Overseas Highway.
- [Houston to New Orleans the Old US 90 Way](https://dixieroadtrip.com/trips/houston-to-new-orleans): A 3-day, ~430-mile Southern road trip from Houston. It chains US 90: Rice & Rails and Bayou Teche & the Cajun Prairie.
- [The Smokies, Every Road That Matters](https://dixieroadtrip.com/trips/smokies-weekend): A 3-day, ~280-mile Southern road trip from Gatlinburg. It chains The Dragon & the Skyway.
- [Nashville to Atlanta on the Dixie Highway](https://dixieroadtrip.com/trips/nashville-to-atlanta): A 3-day, ~340-mile Southern road trip from Nashville.
- [Nashville Day Trips: the Dixie Highway Sampler](https://dixieroadtrip.com/trips/nashville-day-trips): A 3-day, ~300-mile Southern road trip from Nashville. It chains US 41: Dixie Highway, Nashville to Chattanooga.
- [Buffalo River Weekend](https://dixieroadtrip.com/trips/buffalo-river-weekend): A 2-day, ~120-mile Southern road trip from Harrison. It chains The Buffalo River Loop.
- [Gulf Shores & the Forts](https://dixieroadtrip.com/trips/gulf-shores-weekend): A 2-day, ~100-mile Southern road trip from Mobile. Both forts, the ferry and all 32 miles of Alabama beach in a weekend, with the Flora-Bama for the finale.

## Road stories
- [All road stories](https://dixieroadtrip.com/articles)
- [The Juke Joints of US 61](https://dixieroadtrip.com/articles/juke-joints-us-61): Where to find surviving juke joints along US 61, from Clarksdale to Bentonia, and how to visit the Delta's music rooms with respect.
- [The Natchez Trace: 444 Miles Without a Billboard](https://dixieroadtrip.com/articles/natchez-trace-no-billboards): Plan a Natchez Trace Parkway road trip from Natchez to Nashville, with milepost stops, driving legs and the best seasons for the 444-mile route.
- [Driving Grant's Vicksburg Campaign](https://dixieroadtrip.com/articles/grants-vicksburg-campaign): A self-guided driving tour of Grant's 1863 Vicksburg campaign, including Bruinsburg, Raymond, Champion Hill and Vicksburg.
- [A Gulf Coast Seafood Drive on US 90](https://dixieroadtrip.com/articles/gulf-coast-seafood-us-90): Plan a Gulf Coast seafood road trip on US 90, with oysters, shrimp markets and local stops from New Orleans through Mobile to Pensacola.
- [Where to Hear Live Music on the Crooked Road](https://dixieroadtrip.com/articles/crooked-road-live-music): A weekend guide to old-time, bluegrass and country music on Virginia's Crooked Road, from Bristol and the Carter Fold to Galax and Floyd.
- [Driving the Selma to Montgomery Historic Trail](https://dixieroadtrip.com/articles/selma-montgomery-civil-rights-trail): Drive the Selma to Montgomery Historic Trail on US 80, with a respectful guide to the Edmund Pettus Bridge, Lowndes County and Montgomery.

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