The Great American Road Trip Challenge~4.5 years · 48 states · one loop
The Deep South

Stop 8 · Days 269–270

The Mississippi Delta & Clarksdale

The Mississippi Delta & Clarksdale, MS

The flat, cotton-rich Delta where the blues was born — the crossroads, a great blues museum, and juke joints still going strong.

Where to stay

  • The Shack Up Inn, Clarksdale

    Sleep in a restored sharecropper shack on a cotton plantation.

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You gotta eat this

  • Delta hot tamales & fried catfish

    The Delta's own tamale tradition, plus catfish.

The days here

Each day opens its own hour-by-hour page

  1. 269Day 269 — Birthplace of the BluesFull day · 4h 30m planned
  2. 270Day 270 — East to TupeloDrive day · 2h 30m drive

What this stop is made of

  • Museums & History
  • Concerts & Venues