Houston to Chattanooga drive: Distance, time & best stops
The best road trip stops on the Houston to Chattanooga drive are Baton Rouge, Meridian MS and Birmingham AL. The distance from Houston to Chattanooga is 813 miles, with an 11h53m driving time.
Planning a Houston to Chattanooga road trip itinerary
The Houston to Chattanooga drive takes you from the biggest city in Texas to southern Tennessee.
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.
Chattanooga in the foothills of the Appalachians is home to the National Medal of Honor Heritage Museum and the Tennessee Aquarium. But it’s mostly an outdoorsy place. Great Chattanooga experiences include rafting on the Middle Ocoee River, backcountry tours in Swincars and kayak adventures to the Nickajack Bat Cave. You can also try Segway tours, guided ghost walks and trolley tours.
Houston to Chattanooga distance and driving time
By car, the distance from Houston to Chattanooga is 813 miles. You can expect a driving time of around 11 hours and 53 minutes. The quickest route is along the I-10 and I-59.
The best stops on a Houston to Chattanooga road trip itinerary are Baton Rouge, Meridian MS and Birmingham AL.
Best stops between Houston and Chattanooga: Baton Rouge LA
Baton Rouge’s top attractions include Acadian Village, a recreated 19th-century Cajun village, which plays host to artisans and craftspeople among the historic homes.
Vermilionville is similar, but the living history museum here looks at the cultures of Native American and Creole people as well as the Acadians.
Elsewhere, the Cathedral of St John the Evangelist is famed for its stained glass windows.
Top Baton Rouge experiences include Cajun food tours.
For Lafayette accommodation, the SpringHill Suites and Home2 Suites tend to get the best reviews.
- For more ideas of where to stop, visit the guide to the Houston to Baton Rouge drive.
Houston to Chattanooga road trip attractions: Meridian MS
The Meridian Museum of Art is on the National Register of Historic Places and the Meridian Children’s Museum keeps younger visitors entertained.
Elsewhere, the Mississippi Arts and Entertainment Experience celebrates Mississippi’s contribution to the arts world and the Greek Revival-style Merrehope does the historic home thing.
Houston to Chattanooga drive: 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.
- Find more stops with the guides to the Meridian to Birmingham drive and Birmingham to Chattanooga drive.
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