Hilton Head Island to New Orleans

[Brent and Cathy McDougall]

Hello!
I'm hoping for a few ideas as we plan a trip from our RV resort on Hilton Head Island to New Orleans. We are thinking of making this a ten day trip, through Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi. (Trying to add state stickers on our USA map!) For some reason, this trip has me stumped, because I don't really have any "bucket list" things to do.
If anybody has some "must see" ideas, or "best route" ideas, I would be grateful. Thinking of going in March or April. Thanks in advance,
Cathy

 

[Kirk]

Montgomery, Alabama, offers a variety of attractions, particularly focusing on history and culture. Key sites include the Alabama State Capitol and the Civil Rights Memorial Center and the First White House of the Confederacy and the Dexter Parsonage Museum are also popular historical destinations. That is a few possibilities.

 

[Gary RV_Wizard]

What sorts of things do you enjoy doing (besides putting stickers on your USA map)? Scenic views? Historic or cultural sites? Restaurants & pubs? Many things available but what appeals to you?

Many Rvers find the Gulf shores area of Georgia & Alabama attractive for its beaches, numerous restaurants, or fishing opportunities. Or further north, the mountain areas with its lakes & rivers. Would driving some of the Natchez Trace National Pkwy be interesting? A dinner cruise on the Alabama River? The Talladaga Race track? Tour the USS Alabama battleship in Mobile? Huntsville AL Space Center? Biloxi casinos? Vicksburg National Military Park? Elvis Presley Birthplace? For Blues music fans, place like the BB King Museum and the Gateway to Blues?

 

[Brent and Cathy McDougall]

What sorts of things do you enjoy doing (besides putting stickers on your USA map)? Scenic views? Historic or cultural sites? Restaurants & pubs? Many things available but what appeals to you?

Many Rvers find the Gulf shores area of Georgia & Alabama attractive for its beaches, numerous restaurants, or fishing opportunities. Or further north, the mountain areas with its lakes & rivers. Would driving some of the Natchez Trace National Pkwy be interesting? A dinner cruise on the Alabama River? The Talladaga Race track? Tour the USS Alabama battleship in Mobile? Huntsville AL Space Center? Biloxi casinos? Vicksburg National Military Park? Elvis Presley Birthplace? For Blues music fans, place like the BB King Museum and the Gateway to Blues?

wow, yes, yes and yes! Love all these ideas--thank you! I'm going to start looking into several of these! Thanks for taking the time to reply...

 

[DutchmenSport]

If you are traveling I-16, I-65, I-10 route, you are driving right the the heart of "Dixie". Every step of your journey is shrouded with Civil War history, 1800's plantation sites, Underground Railroad museums, and history, history, history.

Louisiana has more history between 1775 to 1821 than most states do since their existence. New Orleans was a battle ground for France, Spain, The pledgling United States, and even sections of Louisiana that became their own nation. It's chocked full of Revolutionary war history, Antebellum History, Civil War history, reconstruction history, civil rights history, and modern history.

You are traveling through the Deep South. You can probably stop ever 20 miles on your journey and find something historical through all those states.

We've spent the last year and half in 3 and 4 month incriments in Louisiana where we've been holding out as a camp host at a state historic site. We are returning again in October for another 4 month (volunteer) gig at the same place. We've spent 13 months over the last 18 months there. In all that time we've traveled across Louisiana from the location where Bonnie and Clyde were gunned down to New Orleans, and we are JUST scratching the surface what Louisiana has to offer.

There is just simply too much. Pick your area of interest, then pick a location, and see what attractions are available.

But!..... the best experiences are not necessarily the "tourist traps" locations. It's the little out-of-the-way, little unknown, or not so popular areas that reflect the true culture of the Deep South.

For example, this restaurant that is located South of Natchez, Mississippi on Highway 61:

or the many re-enactor events .... this one at the Audubon State Historic Site in St. Francisville, Louisiana, April 2025: