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Deep South Rhythms

A soulful loop through the heart of the South, hitting the jazz of New Orleans and the blues of the Delta.

5days
16stops
772km

The route

Tap a day or a town

You sleep in New Orleans · Baton Rouge · Vicksburg · Clarksdale — start in New Orleans, end in Memphis.

DAY01

French Quarter → Frenchmen Street

15 km · 29m driving · Overnight in Frenchmen Street
  1. 09:00
    French Quarter· start
  2. 7.4 km · 14m
  3. 13:00
    Garden District
  4. 7.3 km · 15m
  5. 16:00
    Frenchmen Street· overnight
Accommodation
French Quarter
DAY02

Depart → USS Kidd Veterans Museum

235 km · 2h 36m driving · Overnight in USS Kidd Veterans Museum
  1. 09:00
    Depart· start
  2. 85 km · 55m
  3. 11:00
    Oak Alley Plantation
  4. 1.2 km · 3m
  5. 15:00
    Baton Rouge
  6. 149 km · 1h 38m
  7. 17:30
    USS Kidd Veterans Museum· overnight
Accommodation
Downtown Baton Rouge
DAY03

Depart → Vicksburg

291 km · 3h 24m driving · Overnight in Vicksburg National Military Park
  1. 09:00
    Depart· start
  2. 70 km · 49m
  3. 11:30
    Natchez
  4. 67 km · 56m
  5. 15:00
    Windsor Ruins
  6. 154 km · 1h 39m
  7. 17:30
    Vicksburg National Military Park· overnight
Accommodation
Vicksburg
DAY04

Depart → Ground Zero Blues Club

214 km · 2h 29m driving · Overnight in Ground Zero Blues Club
  1. 09:00
    Depart· start
  2. 96 km · 1h 5m
  3. 11:30
    B.B. King Museum
  4. 2.1 km · 5m
  5. 15:00
    The Crossroads
  6. 115 km · 1h 19m
  7. 17:00
    Ground Zero Blues Club· overnight
Accommodation
Clarksdale
DAY05

Depart → Beale Street

17 km · 29m driving
  1. 09:00
    Depart· start
  2. 12 km · 13m
  3. 10:30
    Graceland
  4. 2.2 km · 6m
  5. 14:30
    Sun Studio
  6. 2 km · 10m
  7. 17:30
    Beale Street
Accommodation
Downtown Memphis
Heads Up
  • Bring bug spray for the swampy sections
  • Remember that many Delta blues joints only take cash