Day 1 Nashville Lynchburg Chattanooga
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RouteXpert René Plücken (MRA Master)
Last edit: 09-08-2025
Route Summary America is the perfect country to explore by motorcycle. Many tour companies offer organized trips, but there's also the charm of mapping out your own routes and riding independently.
There are good motorcycle rental companies throughout the country and the motorcycles are often the latest model and well maintained.
We'll drive along the beautiful roads in the states of Nashville and North Carolina, and this area is characterized by its beautiful, idyllic landscape with two-lane country roads that wind through the countryside with many curves. You can visit beautiful towns, villages, and sights.
Be careful though, as the roads are sometimes of very poor quality and are barely or not at all lit in the dark.
This route is a great way to get used to the heavy Harley motorcycles and American traffic. The route itself isn't particularly interesting, but the beautiful green landscape and the charming villages you pass along the way are immediately enjoyable. This route deserves a 4**** rating.
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Duration
8h 26m
Mode of travel
Car or motorcycle
Distance
336.70 km
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RouteXpert Review Tip: Before you start your trip, be sure to take a day or two to enjoy Nashville. This city has a vibrant music and entertainment scene spanning various genres and is known as the capital of country music.
If you're traveling across America, you'll naturally do so on a Harley. After picking up the motorcycles from Eagle Rider in Nashville, we'll head south along the Natchez State Parkway. The Natchez State Parkway follows the historic "Old Natchez Trace," a historic forest trail in the United States that stretches approximately 440 miles from Nashville, Tennessee, to Natchez, Mississippi, connecting the Cumberland, Tennessee, and Mississippi rivers.
After about 25 miles, we'll take New Highway 7 and drive via Columbia and Petersburg to Lynchburg to visit the famous Jack Daniel's Distillery and Museum. Upon arrival in Lynchburg, we'll have lunch at one of the many restaurants on Main Street.
After the tour at Jack Daniel's, we continue through the typical Tennessee landscape via Winchester and Jasper to our final destination in Chattanooga, where we spend the night at the famous Chattanooga Choo Choo hotel.
Chattanooga has so much to offer; it was named one of the "Top 45 Places to Go" in the world by the New York Times. And it's no wonder. Nestled among the mountains of Southeast Tennessee, along the beautiful Tennessee River, Chattanooga is one of America's most breathtaking cities. A world of outdoor adventure, fantastic restaurants, live events, art, and world-class attractions awaits. So, you might want to plan an extra night or two.
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