Road Trips

Family Adventures Beyond Nashville

Nashville is a great starting point for a road trip! Someone once told me that you could reach two-thirds of the population of the U.S. by driving 12 hours or less! Visit the beautiful beaches of the Gulf shore in 6 to 8 hours, see Mickey Mouse and his friends at Disney World in about 12 hours, or explore Washington D.C. in less than 10 hours. Plus, there are LOTS of interesting sites to see that are even closer. Here are some of the places we have explored on road trips with our families. Hopefully, our adventures will inspire you to jump in the car and take a family road trip too!

Looking for fun places that are closer to Nashville? Check out some of the Day Trips we have taken!

North

Holiday World – 162 miles
Santa Claus Museum – 162 miles
Santa’s Candy Castle – 162 miles

West

Discovery Park of America – 181 miles
Metropolis, IL – 148 miles
Pink Palace Museum – 205 miles
National Civil Rights Museum – 213 miles
Beale Street – Memphis – 212 miles
Bass Pro Pyramid – Memphis – 213 miles
Budweiser Brewery Tour – 309 miles
Gateway Arch – 308 miles
St. Louis Science Center – 312 miles

East

The Tomb – 214 miles
Sugarlands Distillery – 222 miles
WonderWorks – 211 miles
Margaritaville Island Hotel – 212 miles
Dixie Stampede – 215 miles
MagiQuest – 211 miles
Roaring Fork Driving Tour – 225 miles
The Biltmore – 294 miles
North Charleston, SC Fire Museum – 543 miles

South

Gulf Coast Duck Tours – 450 miles
Gulfarium Marine Adventure Park – 444 miles

Orlando

How to Plan Your First Trip to Disney World – 688 miles (10 hours)

Marineland Dolphin Adventure in St. Augustine, Florida

by Crystal Bowron | Jul 13, 2020 | Road Trips, Travel

Anyone who knows our family, knows that we don't vacation like most people vacation. We don't usually have an itinerary planned out weeks in advance, in fact, we typically don't even know we're going out of town until a week or two before we're on the road. I don't...

Visit Superman in Metropolis, Illinois

by Lauren Breeze | Jul 13, 2020 | Road Trips, Travel

"Up in the sky, look: It's a bird. It's a plane. It's Superman!" Do you have comic book or super hero fans in your house? If so, take a drive 2.5 hours north of Nashville on I-24 to Metropolis, Illinois and visit the official hometown of Superman. Start your visit in...

See the Smoky Mountains on the Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail

by Lauren Breeze | May 17, 2020 | Road Trips, Travel

In the fall in Tennessee, my favorite weekend trip is Gatlinburg, TN and once there, my very favorite place to see the fall color and the Smoky Mountains is the Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail. Before you head out, it is worth driving into the main entrance of the...

How to Plan the Perfect First Trip to Disney World

by Erica Jennings | Feb 11, 2020 | Road Trips, Travel

Congratulations! You have decided to go to Disney World! Now what? Plan Your Perfect First Trip to Disney World There are so many pieces of the Disney puzzle to consider before and during planning. Planning a Disney vacation can be overwhelming. You may have so many...

Cathedral Caverns

by Lauren Breeze | Jan 13, 2020 | Road Trips, Travel

Cathedral Caverns, located in northeast Alabama, is a spectacular sight for the whole family. Now an Alabama state park, the cave has paved walking trails that are accessible to strollers and wheelchairs. It is a great first cave experience for the whole family....