Three Good Stops

Jacksonville to Memphis: where to stop

736 miles, about 10 hr 38 min of driving. Here are the real towns worth stopping in between Jacksonville, FL and Memphis, TN, and why each one earned it.

Your first stop

Adel, GAStretch your legs in Adel, GA · mile 138

The other 4 stops on this drive

Named for your own departure time and driving style when you plan the trip — your first full plan is free.

F•••••, GAstretch, fuel, meal · mile 281
O•••••, ALstretch · mile 417
J•••••, ALstretch, fuel · mile 556
T•••••, MSovernight, meal · mile 603

Name every stop — first trip free

No card for the first trip. After that it's 99¢ for three trips, or $2.99 a month.

How the days break up

DayMilesDrivingNight in
16038 hr 40 minTupelo, MS
21341 hr 58 min—

How we picked these

Every stop is a real town on your actual route — not a chain billboard. We score towns on what a driver needs at that point in the drive: fuel and food for a stretch break, parks and grass when a pet is along, hotels and restaurants when it's an overnight. Detour distance counts against a town, so nothing here costs you a long side trip.

This page is planned for a 9-hour driving day leaving at 8:00 AM. Change any of that — your hours, your MPG, pets, small children, an EV's charging range — and the stops change with it. Plan Jacksonville to Memphis your way →

Questions

How far is Jacksonville, FL to Memphis, TN?
About 736 miles, roughly 10 hr 38 min of driving before stops.

Can you drive Jacksonville to Memphis in one day?
Not comfortably. At a 9-hour driving day it splits into 2 days, with a night in Tupelo, MS.

Where is a good place to stop between Jacksonville and Memphis?
Adel, GA is the first one on this route.