Three Good Stops

Memphis to Pittsburgh: where to stop

769 miles, about 11 hr 25 min of driving. Here are the real towns worth stopping in between Memphis, TN and Pittsburgh, PA, and why each one earned it.

Your first stop

Parsons, TNStretch your legs in Parsons, TN · mile 134

The other 5 stops on this drive

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

W•••••, TNstretch, meal · mile 253
E•••••, KYfuel · mile 320
C•••••, OHstretch · mile 456
R•••••, OHstretch, overnight, meal · mile 569
Z•••••, OHfuel · mile 640

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
15698 hr 22 minReynoldsburg, OH
21993 hr 3 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 Pittsburgh your way →

Questions

How far is Memphis, TN to Pittsburgh, PA?
About 769 miles, roughly 11 hr 25 min of driving before stops.

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

Where is a good place to stop between Memphis and Pittsburgh?
Parsons, TN is the first one on this route.