Houston to Atlanta road trip: Distance, drive time & best stops

The best road trip stops on the Houston to Atlanta drive are Shreveport LA, Jackson MS and Birmingham AL. The distance from Houston to Atlanta by car is 832 miles, with a 12h20m driving time.

Planning a Houston to Atlanta road trip itinerary

The Houston to Atlanta drive connects the biggest cities in Texas and Georgia.

The top Houston attraction is unquestionably the NASA Space Center, which takes you behind the scenes of the Johnson Space Center. This includes the Mission Briefing Center, and a vast array of high tech exhibitions.

Other attractions include the Houston Museum of Natural Science and the Children’s Museum,

For more Houston experiences, try hip hop party bike tours, foodie walks in the Montrose neighbourhood and quirky tours of Houston’s tunnel system.

Top Houston accommodation options include the superb value Club Quarters Houston Downtown and the upscale but boutique Magnolia.

Atlanta played a massive part in the Civil Rights movement, and a black history and civil rights tour is pretty much a must-do.

For more Atlanta experiences, try a sightseeing trolley tour for orientation and overview. Or a guided bike ride to get a better feel for the neighbourhoods.

Other Atlanta favourites include the World of Coca Cola, Midtown food and cocktail tours and multi-brewery beer tours.

Houston to Atlanta distance and driving time

By car, the distance from Houston to Atlanta is 832 miles. You can expect a driving time of around 12 hours and 20 minutes. The quickest route is usually along US-59 and US-79, then the I-20.

The best stops to add to a Houston to Atlanta road trip itinerary are Shreveport LA, Jackson MS and Birmingham AL.

Houston to Atlanta drive: Shreveport LA

Shreveport is best known for its riverboat casinos, but there are a few other strings to its bow. Surprisingly interesting attractions include the Shreveport Water Works Museum, which looks at the ways we use and treat water, and the Louisiana State Exhibit Museum. The latter is inside a masterpiece of modern architecture, and features a series of extraordinarily detailed dioramas depicting Louisiana life.

The best Shreveport experiences include scavenger hunts and the Shreveport Aquarium.

Best stops between Houston and Atlanta: Jackson MS

The capital of Mississippi has a collection of strong museums. The Mississippi Museum of Art has a great Southern art collection. The Old Capitol Museum and Mississippi Civil Rights Museum cover politics and history.

The Mississippi Museum of Natural Science is arguably Jackson’s highlight, though. It comes with a 100,000-gallon aquarium showing off the species that live on the Gulf Coast, and is within LeFleur’s Bluff State Park. That means plenty of nature trails to enjoy when the weather’s good.

Houston to Atlanta road trip attractions: Birmingham AL

Birmingham, Alabama, has a rich civil rights heritage. This is best explored on a civil rights tour which links the key sites and, crucially, puts them into context. Other Birmingham experiences include ghost walks and multi-brewery beer tours.

For museums, you’ve got the McWane Science Center, the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame, the Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark and more.

If planning to visit several of them, a Birmingham Area Multi-Attraction Pass will save you money.

The top-rated Birmingham accommodation picks are the Drury Inn and Suites Birmingham Grandview and the TownePlace Suites by Marriott Birmingham South.

Atlanta, Georgia. Photo by Pharoah_Ezypt/ Pixabay.

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