Three Good Stops

Memphis to Naples: where to stop

1005 miles, about 14 hr 25 min of driving. Here are the real towns worth stopping in between Memphis, TN and Naples, FL, and why each one earned it.

Your first stop

Tupelo, MSStretch your legs in Tupelo, MS · mile 136

The other 6 stops on this drive

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

I•••••, ALstretch, fuel, meal · mile 275
A•••••, GAstretch · mile 412
T•••••, GAstretch, fuel · mile 554
A•••••, GAovernight, meal · mile 598
O•••••, FLstretch · mile 742
R•••••, FLstretch, fuel, meal · mile 874

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
15988 hr 37 minAdel, GA
24065 hr 47 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 Memphis to Naples your way →

Questions

How far is Memphis, TN to Naples, FL?
About 1005 miles, roughly 14 hr 25 min of driving before stops.

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

Where is a good place to stop between Memphis and Naples?
Tupelo, MS is the first one on this route.