Three Good Stops

Nashville to Buffalo: where to stop

709 miles, about 10 hr 26 min of driving. Here are the real towns worth stopping in between Nashville, TN and Buffalo, NY, and why each one earned it.

Your first stop

Shepherdsville, KYStretch your legs in Shepherdsville, KY · 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.

K•••••, OHstretch, fuel, meal · mile 270
W•••••, OHstretch · mile 407
M•••••, OHstretch, fuel · mile 546
C•••••, OHovernight, meal · mile 591

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
15918 hr 40 minConneaut, OH
21181 hr 46 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 Nashville to Buffalo your way →

Questions

How far is Nashville, TN to Buffalo, NY?
About 709 miles, roughly 10 hr 26 min of driving before stops.

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

Where is a good place to stop between Nashville and Buffalo?
Shepherdsville, KY is the first one on this route.