Nashville to Little Rock: Distance, drive time & best road trip stops

The distance from Nashville to Little Rock by car is 349 miles, with a 5h11m driving time. The best road trip stops on the Nashville to Little Rock drive are Jackson TN, Memphis and Village Creek State Park.

Finding the best things to do on a Nashville to Little Rock road trip

The drive from Nashville to Little Rock is a road trip through western Tennessee towards the capital of Arkansas.

Nashville is renowned for its country music, but the National Museum of African American Music is also in the Tennessee capital.

The best Nashville experiences include backstage tours of the Grand Ole Opry House, helicopter flights over the city and tasting tours at the Big Machine Distillery. You can also try line dancing classes, the Country Music Hall of Fame and haunted pub crawls. Or, for lavish old homes, visit Andrew Jackson’s Hermitage, the Travellers Rest Historic House Museum and Belmont Mansion.

Excellent Nashville accommodation choices include the gloriously evocative Belle Air Mansion and Inn, plus downtown’s grand dame, the Hermitage.

Key experiences in Little Rock include the Museum of Discovery and the William J Clinton Presidential Library and Museum.

Of Little Rock’s hotels, the Capital Hotel provides most historic glamour and the Residence Inn Little Rock Downtown is great value.

Nashville to Little Rock distance and driving time

By car, the distance from Nashville to Little Rock is 349 miles. That makes for a driving time of around five hours and 11 minutes. The quickest route is along the I-40.

The best stops to add to a Jackson TN to Little Rock road trip itinerary are Jackson TN, Memphis and Village Creek State Park.

Nashville to Little Rock road trip attractions: Loretta Lynn’s Ranch

Country singer-songwriter Loretta Lynn has a ranch full of rebuilt historic buildings. It’s in Hurricane Mills, TN, just north of the I-40. To learn more about Loretta’s life, visit the Coal Miner’s Daughter’s Museum, but there are other museums at Loretta Lynch’s Ranch. These include a North American Artefacts Museum and a Doll and Fans Museum.

As well as the museums and tours of Lynn’s home, you can stay overnight. There are spots for campers and RVs, while cabins are also available for rent.

Best stops between Nashville and Little Rock: Jackson, TN

Jackson TN is home to the Casey Jones Home and Railroad Museum. For the uninitiated, Casey Jones was about as famous as it gets in the world of railroad engineering. The enormous locomotive outside the house tends to be the most popular attraction.

Also in Jackson is Rusty’s TV and Movie Car Museum, which features more than 50 screen-famous cars and vans. These include a Batmobile, a Jeep from Jurassic Park and Scooby Doo’s Mystery Machine.

For more options, check out the guides to the Nashville to Jackson TN drive and Jackson TN to Memphis drive.

Nashville to Little Rock road trip attractions: Memphis, TN

Memphis, Tennessee, is a pilgrimage site for Elvis fans. The King’s Graceland mansion is one of the top tourist sites in the US. But the cultural heritage extends beyond music, as you’ll discover on an African-American history tour.

Try the Rock and Soul Museum, plus the Little Rock Music Hall of Fame and the 19^th century Woodruff-Fontaine House.

Ways of seeing the city include ghost walks, Downtown food tours and musical bus tours. There are also guided walks down music central, Beale Street, and city tours that take you inside the legendary Sun Studios.

Nashville to Little Rock drive: Village Creek State Park

For many, Village Creek State Park is all about the 27 hole golf course, the Ridges at Village Creek. But non-golfers have plenty to keep them occupied amid 7,000 acres of clear streams and tree-covered hillsides.

The walking trails include the most intact section of the Trail of Tears. This was the path followed by Native American tribes as they were forced from their homelands to what is now Oklahoma. The Cherokee, Choctaws, Creeks and Chicktaws all followed this path.

For more options, try the guide to the Memphis to Little Rock drive.

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