Weekend trips from Atlanta
For any of these trips, you could visit just the first or second destination if you want to do less driving and spend more time in the area.
The longest trip is about 23 hours of total driving, so you may want to plan to do this over a long weekend.
Trip idea #1: Atlanta → Gatlinburg → Charlotte → Atlanta
leave Atlanta on Friday
1 hour → Calhoun
47 minutes → Chattanooga
34 minutes → Cleveland
56 minutes → Loudon
38 minutes → Knoxville
1 hour → Gatlinburg (stay Friday night)
1 hour → Calhoun
47 minutes → Chattanooga
34 minutes → Cleveland
56 minutes → Loudon
38 minutes → Knoxville
1 hour → Gatlinburg (stay Friday night)
5 hours of driving
Gatlinburg to Charlotte
leave Gatlinburg on Saturday
52 minutes → Dandridge
1.5 hours → Waynesville
36 minutes → Asheville
32 minutes → Hendersonville
49 minutes → Forest City
44 minutes → Gaffney
55 minutes → U.S. National Whitewater Center
19 minutes → Charlotte (stay Saturday night)
52 minutes → Dandridge
1.5 hours → Waynesville
36 minutes → Asheville
32 minutes → Hendersonville
49 minutes → Forest City
44 minutes → Gaffney
55 minutes → U.S. National Whitewater Center
19 minutes → Charlotte (stay Saturday night)
6 hours of driving
Charlotte to Atlanta
leave Charlotte on Sunday
1.5 hours → U.S. National Whitewater Center
34 minutes → Spartanburg
1.5 hours → Greenville
1 hour → Broad River Outpost
41 minutes → Dacula
19 minutes → Atlanta (back home)
1.5 hours → U.S. National Whitewater Center
34 minutes → Spartanburg
1.5 hours → Greenville
1 hour → Broad River Outpost
41 minutes → Dacula
19 minutes → Atlanta (back home)
5.5 hours of driving
Total driving time for this trip is about 16.5 hours of driving.
Trip idea #2: Atlanta → Myrtle Beach → Savannah → Atlanta
leave Atlanta on Friday
56 minutes → Madison
1 hour → Thomson
1.5 hours → Columbia
1.5 hours → Florence
1.5 hours → Myrtle Beach (stay Friday night)
56 minutes → Madison
1 hour → Thomson
1.5 hours → Columbia
1.5 hours → Florence
1.5 hours → Myrtle Beach (stay Friday night)
6.5 hours of driving
Myrtle Beach to Savannah
leave Myrtle Beach on Saturday
50 minutes → Scotts BBQ
59 minutes → Manning
46 minutes → Saint George
55 minutes → Hampton
1.5 hours → Bluffton
30 minutes → Savannah (stay Saturday night)
50 minutes → Scotts BBQ
59 minutes → Manning
46 minutes → Saint George
55 minutes → Hampton
1.5 hours → Bluffton
30 minutes → Savannah (stay Saturday night)
5.5 hours of driving
Savannah to Atlanta
leave Savannah on Sunday
1 hour → Coastal Georgia Botanical Gardens at the Historic Bamboo Farm
1 hour → Statesboro
53 minutes → Soperton
50 minutes → The Appalachian Trail
49 minutes → Macon
49 minutes → Jackson
23 minutes → Atlanta (back home)
1 hour → Coastal Georgia Botanical Gardens at the Historic Bamboo Farm
1 hour → Statesboro
53 minutes → Soperton
50 minutes → The Appalachian Trail
49 minutes → Macon
49 minutes → Jackson
23 minutes → Atlanta (back home)
5.5 hours of driving
Total driving time for this trip is about 17.5 hours of driving.
Trip idea #3: Atlanta → Orlando → Pensacola → Atlanta
leave Atlanta on Friday
49 minutes → Jackson
1.5 hours → Vienna
50 minutes → Tifton
49 minutes → Valdosta
1 hour → Lake City
55 minutes → Gainesville
1.5 hours → Mt Dora
42 minutes → Orlando (stay Friday night)
49 minutes → Jackson
1.5 hours → Vienna
50 minutes → Tifton
49 minutes → Valdosta
1 hour → Lake City
55 minutes → Gainesville
1.5 hours → Mt Dora
42 minutes → Orlando (stay Friday night)
8.5 hours of driving
Orlando to Pensacola
leave Orlando on Saturday
1.5 hours → Ocala
1.5 hours → Lake City
43 minutes → Jennings
1.5 hours → Tallahassee
1 hour → Marianna
58 minutes → DeFuniak Springs
1.5 hours → Pensacola (stay Saturday night)
1.5 hours → Ocala
1.5 hours → Lake City
43 minutes → Jennings
1.5 hours → Tallahassee
1 hour → Marianna
58 minutes → DeFuniak Springs
1.5 hours → Pensacola (stay Saturday night)
8 hours of driving
Pensacola to Atlanta
leave Pensacola on Sunday
46 minutes → Atmore
1 hour → Evergreen
56 minutes → Montgomery
51 minutes → Auburn
49 minutes → Pine Mountain
1 hour → Senoia
1 hour → Atlanta (back home)
46 minutes → Atmore
1 hour → Evergreen
56 minutes → Montgomery
51 minutes → Auburn
49 minutes → Pine Mountain
1 hour → Senoia
1 hour → Atlanta (back home)
6.5 hours of driving
Total driving time for this trip is about 23 hours of driving.
Trip idea #4: Atlanta → Birmingham → Nashville → Atlanta
leave Atlanta on Friday
33 minutes → Villa Rica
29 minutes → Tallapoosa
1.5 hours → White
39 minutes → Talladega Superspeedway
1 hour → Vulcan Park and Museum
7 minutes → Birmingham (stay Friday night)
33 minutes → Villa Rica
29 minutes → Tallapoosa
1.5 hours → White
39 minutes → Talladega Superspeedway
1 hour → Vulcan Park and Museum
7 minutes → Birmingham (stay Friday night)
4 hours of driving
Birmingham to Nashville
leave Birmingham on Saturday
1 hour → Hampton Inn Cullman
42 minutes → Decatur
57 minutes → Cornersville
49 minutes → Franklin
27 minutes → Nashville (stay Saturday night)
1 hour → Hampton Inn Cullman
42 minutes → Decatur
57 minutes → Cornersville
49 minutes → Franklin
27 minutes → Nashville (stay Saturday night)
4 hours of driving
Nashville to Atlanta
leave Nashville on Sunday
54 minutes → Murfreesboro
47 minutes → Monteagle
47 minutes → Chattanooga
1 hour → Calhoun
41 minutes → Atlanta (back home)
54 minutes → Murfreesboro
47 minutes → Monteagle
47 minutes → Chattanooga
1 hour → Calhoun
41 minutes → Atlanta (back home)
4 hours of driving
Total driving time for this trip is about 12.5 hours of driving.
Discover weekend getaways from Atlanta and explore
places that are easily drivable for a short 3-day trip or a longer weekend
if there's a holiday or you can get time off. Once you've picked a
destination, you can search for alternate routes that might have more
interesting stops along the way. If you're looking for all of the
possible destinations, try searching for a radius of
50 miles from Atlanta up to 200 miles from Atlanta or anything in between. If you don't have enough time for a
long weekend, try searching for day trips from Atlanta, or you can make Atlanta your destination instead. If you have more time, you can plan a drive from Atlanta to Arkansas.
