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The drive from Atlanta to The Legacy Museum takes about 2 hr 24 min (southwest of Atlanta), by real roads from ZIP 30303. Along the way we found 40 stops within a short detour: 6 coffee shops, 1 bakeries, 7 ice cream and treats and 22 places to eat.
The list below is the best few of each kind, in driving order, with how far into the drive you reach each one (counted from Atlanta) and the detour it adds. Stops marked Our pick are chosen by us; the rest come from OpenStreetMap listings, so confirm hours before you count on them.
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Museum
A powerful museum on the history of slavery, lynching, segregation and mass incarceration in America, built on a site where enslaved people were once held.
Heads-up: Timed entries sell out; buy online ahead. Heavy subject matter for young kids.
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About 2 hr 24 min by road, heading southwest from the middle of ZIP 30303. Traffic and weather change that.
Good ones to start with: Cozumel Cantina (Atlanta), Starbucks (Shannon Chase), The Peach Cobbler Factory (Shannon Chase), Dungeon Museum (Rosegate Manor) and Frank's Family Restaurant (Sweet Briar Mobile Home Park). The page lists 23 in all, in driving order.
Starbucks in Shannon Chase, Foxtail Coffee in Country Manor, Crumbl Cookies in Country Manor and Starbucks in LaGrange. Check hours first; they come from OpenStreetMap listings.
Cozumel Cantina in Atlanta, Frank's Family Restaurant in Sweet Briar Mobile Home Park, Wendy's in Hogansville and Arby's in La Grange.
Dungeon Museum in Rosegate Manor, The Walking Dead - Morgan's appartement in Grantville, Valley Monument Co. in Lanett and Museum of East Alabama in Opelika.
Drive times are by road on a typical day from ZIP <class 'zip'> (OpenStreetMap data with the OSRM route planner). Stops come from our own picks and OpenStreetMap listings; hours and detours change, so check before you go. We do not store anyone's location.