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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.

Drive times are estimates to the nearer end of each route (straight-line miles plus a quarter, at 50 mph); the atlas itself never routes you onto an interstate once the drive begins.

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Day trips from Huntsville

• US 41: Dixie Highway & the Atlanta Campaign
  About 1 h 55 min to Chattanooga
  Chattanooga → Atlanta · ~120 mi · 1–2 days · skips I-75

Weekend road trips from Huntsville

• The Shoals
  Starts in Huntsville
  Corinth → Huntsville · ~150 mi · 2 days · skips I-22 / I-65
• The Middle Tennessee Pike
  About 1 h 35 min to Muscle Shoals
  Nashville → Muscle Shoals · ~140 mi · 2 days · skips I-65
• US 41: Dixie Highway, Nashville to Chattanooga
  About 1 h 55 min to Chattanooga
  Nashville → Chattanooga · ~220 mi · 2 days · skips I-24
• Highway 64: Shiloh to Lookout Mountain
  About 1 h 55 min to Chattanooga
  Memphis → Chattanooga · ~340 mi · 2–3 days · skips I-40 / I-24
• The Overhill Country
  About 1 h 55 min to Chattanooga
  Chattanooga → Gatlinburg · ~175 mi · 2 days · skips I-75
• US 127: The Plateau & the Sale
  About 1 h 55 min to Chattanooga
  Chattanooga → Albany, KY · ~160 mi · 2 days · skips I-40
• The Trail of Tears: Georgia to Kentucky
  About 2 h 25 min to New Echota
  New Echota → Hopkinsville · ~350 mi · 3 days · skips I-75 / I-24
• US 70: Broadway of America
  About 2 h 30 min to Nashville
  Memphis → Nashville · ~210 mi · 2 days · skips I-40
• The Black Belt & Gee's Bend
  About 3 h to Tuscaloosa
  Tuscaloosa → Selma · ~165 mi · 2 days · skips I-65 (by 70 miles)
• The Hill Country Ramble
  About 3 h 5 min to Tupelo
  Memphis → Tupelo · ~130 mi · 1–2 days · skips I-22
• US 64: The Waterfall Byway
  About 3 h 40 min to Murphy
  Brevard → Murphy · ~120 mi · 2 days · skips I-40 (by 50 miles)
• North Georgia Gold & Apples
  About 3 h 45 min to Dahlonega
  Dahlonega → Brasstown Bald · ~130 mi · 1–2 days · skips GA 400 / I-575
• Hank's Lost Highway
  About 4 h 5 min to Montgomery
  Montgomery → Mobile · ~170 mi · 1 days · skips I-65
• Bourbon, Bluegrass & Shakers
  About 4 h 20 min to Mammoth Cave
  Lexington → Mammoth Cave · ~180 mi · 2–3 days · skips I-64 / I-65
• US 11E: The Great Valley Road
  About 4 h 20 min to Knoxville
  Knoxville → Bristol · ~110 mi · 1–2 days · skips I-81 / I-26

Named parkways and scenic byways within reach

• Natchez Trace Parkway
  About 2 h 30 min to Nashville
  Natchez → Nashville · ~444 mi · 3–4 days · skips I-55 / I-65 corridor
• US 64: The Waterfall Byway
  About 3 h 40 min to Murphy
  Brevard → Murphy · ~120 mi · 2 days · skips I-40 (by 50 miles)

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