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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.

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 Pensacola

• Alabama's Coastal Connection
  Starts in Pensacola
  Dauphin Island → Pensacola · ~95 mi · 1–2 days · skips I-10
• Hank's Lost Highway
  About 1 h 20 min to Mobile
  Montgomery → Mobile · ~170 mi · 1 days · skips I-65

Weekend road trips from Pensacola

• The Forgotten Coast
  Starts in Pensacola
  Pensacola → St. Marks · ~280 mi · 2–3 days · skips I-10
• US 90: The Creole Coast
  Starts in Pensacola
  New Orleans → Pensacola · ~270 mi · 2–3 days · skips I-10
• US 90: The Florida Backbone
  Starts in Pensacola
  St. Augustine → Pensacola · ~400 mi · 2–3 days · skips I-10
• The Old Federal Road
  About 1 h 35 min to Fort Mims
  Columbus, GA → Fort Mims · ~230 mi · 2–3 days · skips I-85 / I-65
• US 84: Wiregrass to Mockingbird
  About 1 h 55 min to Monroeville
  Dothan → Monroeville · ~170 mi · 2 days · skips I-10 (by 60 miles)
• US 49: Jackson to the Sound
  About 2 h 45 min to Gulfport
  Jackson → Gulfport · ~160 mi · 1–2 days · skips I-55 / I-10
• The Black Belt & Gee's Bend
  About 3 h 25 min to Selma
  Tuscaloosa → Selma · ~165 mi · 2 days · skips I-65 (by 70 miles)
• The Free State of Jones
  About 4 h to Meridian
  Meridian → Natchez · ~200 mi · 2 days · skips I-59 / US 84 four-lane hurry
• The Chattahoochee Trace
  About 4 h to Bainbridge
  Columbus → Bainbridge · ~180 mi · 2 days · skips I-75 (by 90 miles)
• Bayou Teche & the Cajun Prairie
  About 4 h 20 min to New Orleans
  New Orleans → Eunice · ~230 mi · 2–3 days · skips I-10 & the Basin bridge
• River Road & the Felicianas
  About 4 h 20 min to New Orleans
  New Orleans → Natchez · ~200 mi · 1–2 days · skips I-10

Named parkways and scenic byways within reach

• US 90: The Creole Coast
  Starts in Pensacola
  New Orleans → Pensacola · ~270 mi · 2–3 days · skips I-10
• The Chattahoochee Trace
  About 4 h to Bainbridge
  Columbus → Bainbridge · ~180 mi · 2 days · skips I-75 (by 90 miles)

Longer itineraries starting near Pensacola

• Forgotten Coast Oyster Run
  3 days · ~250 mi · from Pensacola
  Dune lakes, Truman Show streets, a phone-booth police station and the springs where Hollywood kept its monsters — Old Florida in one weekend.
• Gulf Shores & the Forts
  2 days · ~100 mi · from Mobile
  Both forts, the ferry and all 32 miles of Alabama beach in a weekend, with the Flora-Bama for the finale.

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