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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.

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 Jackson, MS

• US 49: Jackson to the Sound
  Starts in Jackson
  Jackson → Gulfport · ~160 mi · 1–2 days · skips I-55 / I-10
• Grant's Vicksburg Campaign
  About 1 h 5 min to Loop from Vicksburg
  Loop from Vicksburg · ~165 mi · 1–2 days · skips I-20
• Poverty Point & the Delta Parishes
  About 1 h 40 min to Lake Providence
  Vidalia → Lake Providence · ~130 mi · 1–2 days · skips I-20
• River Road & the Felicianas
  About 2 h 10 min to Natchez
  New Orleans → Natchez · ~200 mi · 1–2 days · skips I-10
• The Arkansas Delta
  About 2 h 25 min to Lake Village
  Helena → Lake Village · ~150 mi · 1–2 days · skips I-40 / I-55

Weekend road trips from Jackson, MS

• The Free State of Jones
  About 2 h 10 min to Meridian
  Meridian → Natchez · ~200 mi · 2 days · skips I-59 / US 84 four-lane hurry
• Cane River & El Camino Real
  About 2 h 10 min to Natchez
  Natchez → Toledo Bend · ~180 mi · 2 days · skips I-49
• Crowley's Ridge Parkway
  About 3 h 55 min to Helena
  Piggott → Helena · ~200 mi · 2 days · skips I-55
• The Old Federal Road
  About 3 h 55 min to Fort Mims
  Columbus, GA → Fort Mims · ~230 mi · 2–3 days · skips I-85 / I-65
• LA 1: End of the Road
  About 4 h to Donaldsonville
  Donaldsonville → Grand Isle · ~110 mi · 1–2 days · skips US 90 four-lane
• The Hill Country Ramble
  About 4 h to Tupelo
  Memphis → Tupelo · ~130 mi · 1–2 days · skips I-22
• US 90: The Creole Coast
  About 4 h 5 min to New Orleans
  New Orleans → Pensacola · ~270 mi · 2–3 days · skips I-10
• Bayou Teche & the Cajun Prairie
  About 4 h 5 min to New Orleans
  New Orleans → Eunice · ~230 mi · 2–3 days · skips I-10 & the Basin bridge
• The Black Belt & Gee's Bend
  About 4 h 5 min to Tuscaloosa
  Tuscaloosa → Selma · ~165 mi · 2 days · skips I-65 (by 70 miles)
• Hank's Lost Highway
  About 4 h 10 min to Mobile
  Montgomery → Mobile · ~170 mi · 1 days · skips I-65
• US 84: Wiregrass to Mockingbird
  About 4 h 25 min to Monroeville
  Dothan → Monroeville · ~170 mi · 2 days · skips I-10 (by 60 miles)

Named parkways and scenic byways within reach

• Natchez Trace Parkway
  About 2 h 10 min to Natchez
  Natchez → Nashville · ~444 mi · 3–4 days · skips I-55 / I-65 corridor
• Crowley's Ridge Parkway
  About 3 h 55 min to Helena
  Piggott → Helena · ~200 mi · 2 days · skips I-55
• US 90: The Creole Coast
  About 4 h 5 min to New Orleans
  New Orleans → Pensacola · ~270 mi · 2–3 days · skips I-10

Longer itineraries starting near Jackson, MS

• Grant's Campaign Weekend
  2 days · ~180 mi · from Vicksburg
  The 1863 campaign in two days, exactly as the user manual (Grant's memoirs) describes it — five battles, one siege, county roads the whole way.

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