Three Good Stops

Memphis to San Antonio: where to stop

726 miles, about 10 hr 40 min of driving. Here are the real towns worth stopping in between Memphis, TN and San Antonio, TX, and why each one earned it.

Your first stop

North Little Rock, ARStretch your legs in North Little Rock, AR · mile 136

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.

W•••••, TXstretch, fuel, meal · mile 276
R•••••, TXstretch · mile 415
W•••••, TXstretch, fuel · mile 552
G•••••, TXovernight, meal · mile 595

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
15958 hr 37 minGeorgetown, TX
21312 hr 4 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 San Antonio your way →

Questions

How far is Memphis, TN to San Antonio, TX?
About 726 miles, roughly 10 hr 40 min of driving before stops.

Can you drive Memphis to San Antonio in one day?
Not comfortably. At a 9-hour driving day it splits into 2 days, with a night in Georgetown, TX.

Where is a good place to stop between Memphis and San Antonio?
North Little Rock, AR is the first one on this route.