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

Stop 10 · Days 273–274

Muscle Shoals

Muscle Shoals, AL

A tiny Alabama river town with an outsized sound — the studios where Aretha, the Stones, and countless hits were cut.

Where to stay

  • A Florence/Shoals hotel

    Base in Florence across the river.

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You gotta eat this

  • Southern meat-and-three

    A plate lunch with three sides.

The days here

Each day opens its own hour-by-hour page

  1. 273Day 273 — The Muscle Shoals SoundFull day · 4h 30m planned
  2. 274Day 274 — East to HuntsvilleDrive day · 1h 15m drive

What this stop is made of

  • Museums & History
  • Concerts & Venues