Road trips by city

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.

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.

Open the interactive map →

Day trips from Montgomery

• Hank's Lost Highway
  Starts in Montgomery
  Montgomery → Mobile · ~170 mi · 1 days · skips I-65

Weekend road trips from Montgomery

• The Black Belt & Gee's Bend
  About 1 h 5 min to Selma
  Tuscaloosa → Selma · ~165 mi · 2 days · skips I-65 (by 70 miles)
• The Chattahoochee Trace
  About 1 h 55 min to Columbus
  Columbus → Bainbridge · ~180 mi · 2 days · skips I-75 (by 90 miles)
• The Old Federal Road
  About 1 h 55 min to Columbus, GA
  Columbus, GA → Fort Mims · ~230 mi · 2–3 days · skips I-85 / I-65
• US 84: Wiregrass to Mockingbird
  About 2 h 5 min to Monroeville
  Dothan → Monroeville · ~170 mi · 2 days · skips I-10 (by 60 miles)
• Plains & Andersonville
  About 2 h 50 min to Plains
  Macon → Plains · ~90 mi · 1 days · skips I-75
• US 341: The Golden Isles Highway
  About 3 h 20 min to Barnesville
  Barnesville → Brunswick · ~225 mi · 2 days · skips I-75 / I-16
• The Free State of Jones
  About 3 h 30 min to Meridian
  Meridian → Natchez · ~200 mi · 2 days · skips I-59 / US 84 four-lane hurry
• Alabama's Coastal Connection
  About 3 h 40 min to Pensacola
  Dauphin Island → Pensacola · ~95 mi · 1–2 days · skips I-10
• The Forgotten Coast
  About 3 h 40 min to Pensacola
  Pensacola → St. Marks · ~280 mi · 2–3 days · skips I-10
• US 90: The Creole Coast
  About 3 h 40 min to Pensacola
  New Orleans → Pensacola · ~270 mi · 2–3 days · skips I-10
• US 90: The Florida Backbone
  About 3 h 40 min to Pensacola
  St. Augustine → Pensacola · ~400 mi · 2–3 days · skips I-10
• US 41: Dixie Highway & the Atlanta Campaign
  About 3 h 40 min to Atlanta
  Chattanooga → Atlanta · ~120 mi · 1–2 days · skips I-75
• The Shoals
  About 4 h 5 min to Huntsville
  Corinth → Huntsville · ~150 mi · 2 days · skips I-22 / I-65
• The Trail of Tears: Georgia to Kentucky
  About 4 h 15 min to New Echota
  New Echota → Hopkinsville · ~350 mi · 3 days · skips I-75 / I-24

Named parkways and scenic byways within reach

• The Chattahoochee Trace
  About 1 h 55 min to Columbus
  Columbus → Bainbridge · ~180 mi · 2 days · skips I-75 (by 90 miles)
• US 90: The Creole Coast
  About 3 h 40 min to Pensacola
  New Orleans → Pensacola · ~270 mi · 2–3 days · skips I-10

Other cities: Atlanta · Nashville · New Orleans · Houston · Dallas · Austin · San Antonio · Charlotte · Memphis · Birmingham · Charleston · Miami · Orlando · Tampa · Jacksonville · Louisville · Raleigh · Richmond · Knoxville · Chattanooga · Savannah · Little Rock · Baton Rouge · Mobile · Pensacola · Greenville, SC · Asheville · Virginia Beach · Columbia, SC · Washington, DC · Lexington, KY · Jackson, MS · Huntsville · Tallahassee · Myrtle Beach · Wilmington, NC · Oklahoma City.