Anyone travelled from NY to Nashville by car?

maggiesoup

mgdavid wrote: »

what? as agrinnall said, it's roughly 50 miles per day - you could bicycle it and still have time to spare.

Ah, I didn't realise it was so close.... will definitely try to make it.

maggiesoup

lavandergirl wrote: »

Not exactly by car but I flew from New York to Atlanta and then took the greyhound bus from Atlanta to Nashville. The scenery was lovely.

I loved Nashville! What month will you go and it could get too hot during the summer.
http://www.visitmusiccity.com/visitors/thingstodo

Great to hear it, we're not going until October so no problem with hot weather (we were in Cambodia last December - 33 degrees most days and humid - will avoid doing that again! )

PeacefulWaters

maggiesoup wrote: »

Ah, I didn't realise it was so close.... will definitely try to make it.

I would strongly advise having a good play with Google Maps to test distances and just normal searches around "what to see between ..." etc.

John259

PeacefulWaters wrote: »

I would strongly advise having a good play with Google Maps

Absolutely, it's a wonderfully useful resource. So of course I couldn't resist...
https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?saddr=New+York+City,+NY,+United+States&daddr=Nashville,+TN,+United+States+to:Memphis,+TN,+United+States+to:New+Orleans,+LA,+United+States&hl=en&sll=37.6,-95.665&sspn=49.738899,107.138672&geocode=FVA6bQIdS8KW-yk7CD_TpU_CiTFi_nfhBo8LyA%3BFWjMJwIdXtHT-ik9kOsTMuxkiDGg2umh0Lk_fQ%3BFd5WGAIdLPah-ilFl0PqHn7VhzH-thpgFfOT0Q%3BFVoEyQEdFJ6h-illghGyVKQghjG00yJe6FsG2w&oq=new+orleans&mra=ls&t=m&z=6

If you need to end up back in Nashville then you could perhaps use part of the Natchez Trace Parkway for the return journey northbound from Jackson (Mississippi) to Nashville:
http://www.nps.gov/natr/index.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natchez_Trace_Parkway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66g_Ru7A7uM

maggiesoup

Had no idea you could do this.... sounds fun! Will have a look over the weekend, thanks.

rawbob

I was in Nashville last year for a few days. I would recommend a stay at the Gaylord Opryland Resort next to the Grand Ole Opry.


We also went to Memphis. Graceland and Sun Studios are musts for music fans. If you drive to New Orleans you can go through Tupelo, Mississippi (Elvis' birthplace).


I drove up from Southern Alabama to Nashville. It was one long Interstate of trees for 8 hours! Hopefully your NY to Nashville is a bit more scenic and varied.

Tuesday_Tenor

agrinnall wrote: »

perhaps even go as far south as Charleston, then cut back inland via Atlanta to Nashville.

Do consider this. My sister spent 2 months exploring the southern States; loved Nashville, Memphis etc, but most of all loved the couple of weeks she spent in Charleston and Savannah.