Day Two: Roanoke Rapids, NC  to Orlando, FL (658 miles)

Most of the heavy traffic is in your rear view mirror on your second day. It can be more leisurely now. Leaving early is not as important, because at the end of the day, no matter what time… you’re there! Never the less, leaving at 6:00 am means you’ll get to Orlando around 6:00 pm. with plenty of time to settle in.

  • 6:00 am : Head out knowing that this leg of the trip has a rainbow at the end. Traffic should be light at this time of the day.

– Travel Tip –
Fill the gas tank the night before and get your breakfast before you leave the hotel. Most hotels include some sort of free breakfast with your night stay.

  • 8:00 am – 8:30 am :  You’ll be near Fayetteville, North Carolina. Time for a rest stop and maybe a little breakfast. I-95, exit 49 has several fast food restaurants that serve breakfast.
  • By 9:00 am you should be approaching Lumberton, North Carolina
  • By 9:45 am you should be approaching the North Carolina/South Carolina border
  • 9:45 am – 10:15 am : Stop and stretch at the South Carolina Welcome Center (mile marker 195)

– Travel Tip –
South Carolina has some of the lowest gas prices along I-95

  • Back on the road at 10:15 am and by 10:30 am you sould be approaching Florence, South Carolina
  • Santee, South Carolina is a popular stop for I-95 travelers. You should be near Santee by 11:00 am.
  • By 11:30 you should be approaching Walterboro, South Carolina.
  • By 12:00 noon you should be crossing the  South Carolina/Georgia state line.
  • 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm : Time for a rest stop, gas up and lunch. You’ll be near Savannah, Georgia. I-95, Exit 94 in Savannah has over a dozen restaurants and a good selection of gas stations. It’s a great stop for I-95 travelers.
  • By 2:00 pm. you should be approaching Brunswick, Georgia. This is your last chance to gas up before you hit Florida.

– Travel Tip –
If you need gas, it’s best to get it before you enter Florida, where gas prices are more expensive.

  • By 2:30 pm you should be approaching the Georgia/Florida state line. Why not make a quick stop at the Florida Welcome Center for some fresh (and free) orange juice! Just make it a quick one… traffic is building in Jacksonville.
  • By 3:15 pm you should be approaching Jacksonville, Florida. It’s still early enough to miss the afternoon rush hour. Great scheduling!

– Travel Tip –
If you think you’ll be hitting Jacksonville after 4:00 pm. you might want to consider taking I-295 around the city. It can save you time and aggravation.

  • By 4:00 pm you should be south of Jacksonville, Florida and headed for your destination.
  • By 5:00 pm you should be approaching Daytona, Florida and the I-95/I-4 exit to Orlando.
  • By 6:00 pm you should be approaching Orlando, Florida… not a great time as far as traffic is concerned. There is lots of I-4 construction going on in Orlando and passing through is tough. Here’s a alternate route:

– Travel Tip –
If you are headed south of Orlando (Disney, Tampa, etc.) you might want to consider taking FL Route 417 instead. Take I-4, exit 101 to FL 417. It connects back to I-4 near Disney. It’s a toll road but worth it!

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31 COMMENTS

  1. Why am I just finding this? Stupidity on my part. We travel from FL. to Maine many times a year. This will be our go to on the next road trip.

  3. I did the New England (Manchester, NH) to Orlando trip last month. This would have been handy. Great website! I’ll be sure to use it next trip!

  5. This site is great! I have been trying to put things together using different sites, but here it is “ALL WRAPPED UP IN A BOW”.

    THANKS

  6. Planning on leaving Salem NH at 2:30 pm on a Wednesday, and would like to be past DC and get a room on the other side of DC.
    Anybody have any best route and/or idea where I’d be around 10:00 pm?
    Thanks

  9. Thank you for this valuable information! We will be traveling with 2 dogs! Can you recommend Any dog friendly hotels at the 1/2 way point??

  13. The directions are great but there is always that one thing left out what are the coast of tolls from Boston to Orlando no one ever answers that question please dose anyone know Thank you

  14. Hello, Could the same route be used to travel from Miami to Boston? Or are there other alternative routes that you could suggest.

  16. Getting back on here after a long hiatus because – I’m now retired – and plan to spend more time on the big road again.

  17. Congratulations BostonBoy on hanging up the gloves, may it be a long retirement. You will now have more time to do the “i wonder what’s at this exit” exploration. Don’t forget to write up your trips, so us working stiffs can live vicariously through them.

    • @bossmannI don’t know how much I’ll be traveling … this summer was a washout with home repairs.   We are planning a Florida trip in Feb/March,  three weeks… as well as next summer.

      But we will update here – if you dig back,  I did a “trip down the big road”.    I also plan on taking lots of pictures,  etc.  so – it’ll be a good trip.

        • Thanks for reposting it. It’s somewhat out of date as I refer to using dollar coins — to pay tolls. Pardon my wry sense of humor.The US Treasury has stopped the general circulation of dollar coins, but you can get them at most banks. The original silver ones were problematic – they looked too much like a quarter; they had a serrated (grooves) edge like a quarter, and worst of all, Susan B. Anthony looks too much like George Washington. Still, drive-through fast food joints take them, and the newer dollar coins have former U.S. Presidents (the deceased ones) on them. Yes, kids, you can pay for a Happy Meal with coins bearing the portraits of Andrew Johnson, Millard Fillmore, and Warren G. Harding. I still use them. for the parking meters in the city of Boston – which take quarters and dollar coins. And now, EZ-Pass has taken over for tolls – thankfully – you don’t usually need to stop to pay the tolls. I can recall huge backups in Delaware, to pay what was then a $2 toll… likewise, New Hampshire has a full-speed gantry drive through on I-95. The toll booth used to be backed up for miles there.If you ever saw The Godfather, I’ll bet Sonny Corelone wished he had EZ-Pass.

  18. oh i am well aware of your “big road” story, to be honest that was what first got me to register to become a member of this site.

  19. An update.   I didn’t retire.    I retired from one job in May, 2019.   Home repairs stymied my travel.

    Then,  I was GONNA make the drive in February 2020 but I decided to take a good part-time job,  the money was too good.

    NOW — NOW — I retire again,  for good,  on May 31.   Vaccine is in my veins.

    We probably won’t do Florida for a bit (November,  or next March) but we’ll do SOME I-95 this summer.   I am antsy,  I wanna get behind the wheel.

    Drink coffee.   Take pictures.   Drive till I’m exhausted,   flop in a motel,  and do it all over again the next day.   Automobiles + I-95 = freedom as Americans and Canadians know it.

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