United States, Tennessee
The Natchez Trace begins in the suburbs and the Smoky Mountain roads are three hours east.
First instinct from Nashville: head south west on the Natchez Trace.
Scored roads in range
3
Nearest great road
163 mi
Best rated nearby
9.3 / 10
Shortest full loop
10 hr 15 min
Checked by the Drivers Atlas desk
Scored and written by the Drivers Atlas editorial desk, drawing on driven routes across the UK and Europe, mapping data and member road reports. Every road in the library carries a driving and scenery score set by the same method. How we score roads.
Last reviewed 31 March 2026
150 to 400 km from the centre
Leave early, take the long way back and make a day of it.
Roughly 23 hr 49 min of driving if you string the lot together and come back the way you came.
163 mi away · Tennessee and North Carolina
Wide, fast and empty, the grown up alternative to the Tail of the Dragon next door.
69 km · 42.9 mi · Atlas rating 9.3 / 10
165 mi away · Tennessee and North Carolina
318 curves in 11 miles, the most famous stretch of asphalt in America.
18 km · 11.2 mi · Atlas rating 9.3 / 10
164 mi away · Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee
A 715 km parkway with no junctions, no lorries and no billboards, just trees and quiet.
715 km · 444.3 mi · Atlas rating 8.4 / 10
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