How far is Nelson, GA from New Ipswich, NH?

The driving distance from Nelson, GA to New Ipswich, NH is about 1079.6 miles (1737.5 km), with a travel time of about 21h 22m by car.

  • The straight-line flight distance is about 887.9 miles (1428.9 km).
  • For a round trip, plan for roughly 42h 44m of driving time before adding stops, traffic, or weather delays.
  • A comfortable departure window is usually 6:00 AM to 7:30 AM EDT.
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Road
1079.61 mi
21h 22m
Flight
887.87 mi
1428.89 km direct

This drive is better planned with a longer stop or an overnight stay.

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Flight Distance

Direct air line
887.87 mi
Kilometers
1428.89 km
Flight Time
01h 47m

Driving Distance

Road route
1079.61 mi
Kilometers
1737.47 km
Drive Time
21h 22m

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Arrival Snapshot
Arrive in New Ipswich
Fri, Oct 16, 9:53 AM EDT
Return by in Nelson
Sat, Oct 17, 7:15 AM EDT
Useful when you're deciding between a quick errand, a day trip, or a longer stop.
Leave Nelson
2026-10-15T12:30
Arrive New Ipswich
Fri, Oct 16, 9:53 AM EDT
Route Timing
21h 22m
One way by road
Best Departure Window
6:00 AM to 7:30 AM EDT
Treat this as a longer travel day
Arrive between
3:22 AM to 4:52 AM EDT

Starting early still helps, but most travelers will want a longer stop or an overnight stay on a route this long.

Leave by
5:16 PM EDT
Keeps a same-day return open with about 08h 00m at the destination.
Back in Nelson
8:00 PM EDT
Overnight-style route

You are leaving earlier than the recommended window, which gives you extra margin for breaks and traffic.

Halfway Point

A useful midpoint for breaks, coffee, or meeting in the middle.

Mid-route stop
Mount Jackson
VA

Town of the United States

From Nelson
539.4 mi
10h 41m
To New Ipswich
540.2 mi
10h 41m

Route Weather Snapshot

Check the forecast at both ends before you head out.

Origin
87°F
Thursday

Sunny

Starts
Thu, Oct 15 6:00 AM EDT
Wind
0 to 5 mph W
Destination
60°F
Thursday

Sunny

Starts
Thu, Oct 15 6:00 AM EDT
Wind
0 to 10 mph N

Driving Route Map

The map below follows the saved road route between Nelson and New Ipswich.

Turn-by-Turn Driving Directions

Step-by-step road directions between Nelson and New Ipswich.

  1. 1

    Start on Dogwood Pass

    5 m · 9 sec · Dogwood Pass

  2. 2

    Turn left onto Blue Ridge Avenue

    158 m · 24 sec · Blue Ridge Avenue

  3. 3

    Turn left onto Kennesaw Avenue

    1073 ft · 40 sec · Kennesaw Avenue

  4. 4

    At the end of the road, turn left onto Canton Road

    1339 ft · 27 sec · Canton Road

  5. 5

    Continue on Ball Ground Highway

    1845 ft · 29 sec · Ball Ground Highway

  6. 6

    Turn right

    1.8 mi · 3 min

  7. 7

    Merge slight left onto APD Highway

    11.2 mi · 14 min · APD Highway

  8. 8

    Turn right onto Antioch Church Road

    1242 ft · 33 sec · Antioch Church Road

  9. 9

    At the end of the road, turn left

    1 mi · 1 min

  10. 10

    Enter the roundabout and take exit 2 toward Perrow Highway

    54 m · 3 sec · Perrow Highway

  11. 11

    Exit the roundabout onto Perrow Highway

    2.1 mi · 3 min · Perrow Highway

  12. 12

    Enter the roundabout and take exit 1 toward the route

    27 m · 2 sec

  13. 13

    Exit the roundabout

    12 mi · 21 min

  14. 14

    Take the ramp slight right

    54 m · 6 sec

  15. 15

    Merge slight left

    15.4 mi · 22 min

  16. 16

    Continue straight

    10.9 mi · 16 min

  17. 17

    Continue straight

    12.6 mi · 15 min

  18. 18

    Take the exit left

    899 ft · 25 sec

  19. 19

    Merge slight left

    7.2 mi · 8 min

  20. 20

    Take the exit slight right

    1820 ft · 44 sec

  21. 21

    Merge slight left onto 25th Street Northeast

    3.1 mi · 5 min · 25th Street Northeast

  22. 22

    Continue on 25th Street NW

    2998 ft · 59 sec · 25th Street NW

  23. 23

    Continue on 25th Street Northwest

    839 ft · 18 sec · 25th Street Northwest

  24. 24

    Take the exit right

    1431 ft · 35 sec

  25. 25

    Merge slight left

    75.8 mi · 1 hr 23 min

  26. 26

    Keep slight left

    36.7 mi · 41 min

  27. 27

    Keep slight left to continue on I 81 North: Bristol

    157.1 mi · 2 hr 48 min

  28. 28

    Keep slight left to continue on I 81 North, US 11 North: Roanoke

    139.7 mi · 2 hr 34 min

  29. 29

    Continue straight

    1353 ft · 18 sec

  30. 30

    Keep slight left

    205.2 mi · 3 hr 51 min

  31. 31

    Take the exit slight right toward US 11, US 15: Enola, Marysville

    931 ft · 14 sec

  32. 32

    Keep slight left to continue on US 11 North, US 15 North: Marysville

    1828 ft · 28 sec

  33. 33

    Keep slight left

    2072 ft · 32 sec

  34. 34

    Merge slight left onto George N. Wade Memorial Bridge

    1.2 km · 1 min · George N. Wade Memorial Bridge

  35. 35

    Continue on American Legion Memorial Highway

    3.4 mi · 5 min · American Legion Memorial Highway

  36. 36

    Keep slight left to continue on American Legion Memorial Highway

    19.1 mi · 23 min · American Legion Memorial Highway

  37. 37

    Take the exit slight right toward I 78 East: Allentown

    1.1 km · 45 sec

  38. 38

    Continue on 78th Division Highway

    7.6 mi · 9 min · 78th Division Highway

  39. 39

    Continue on William Penn Highway

    42.8 mi · 51 min · William Penn Highway

  40. 40

    Keep slight left to continue on I 78 East: New Jersey

    58 mi · 1 hr 9 min

  41. 41

    Keep slight right to continue on Phillipsburg-Newark Expressway

    16.6 mi · 19 min · Phillipsburg-Newark Expressway

  42. 42

    Keep slight right to continue on Phillipsburg-Newark Expressway

    7.8 mi · 9 min · Phillipsburg-Newark Expressway

  43. 43

    Take the exit slight left toward I 78 East: Holland Tunnel, New York City

    2150 ft · 34 sec

  44. 44

    Merge slight left onto Phillipsburg-Newark Expressway

    1.1 km · 56 sec · Phillipsburg-Newark Expressway

  45. 45

    Take the exit slight right toward NJTP, I 95, US 1-9, NJ 21, US 22: Port Newark

    1328 ft · 21 sec

  46. 46

    Merge slight right onto Phillipsburg-Newark Expressway

    1 mi · 1 min · Phillipsburg-Newark Expressway

  47. 47

    Keep slight right to continue on I 95/NJTP North Tolls

    589 ft · 7 sec · I 95/NJTP North Tolls

  48. 48

    Keep straight to continue on I 95 North, NJTP North

    821 ft · 31 sec

  49. 49

    Continue on I 95 North, NJTP North

    1.2 mi · 2 min

  50. 50

    Keep slight right to continue on I 95, NJ 3: George Washington Bridge

    1.2 km · 59 sec

  51. 51

    Merge slight left onto New Jersey Turnpike Western Spur

    10.4 mi · 14 min · New Jersey Turnpike Western Spur

  52. 52

    Take the exit slight right toward US 46: The Ridgefields, Palisades Park

    823 ft · 28 sec

  53. 53

    Keep slight right to continue on US 46 East: Ridgefield, Palisades Park

    1233 ft · 42 sec

  54. 54

    Merge slight left

    1.5 km · 2 min

  55. 55

    Continue straight

    1.8 mi · 3 min

  56. 56

    Take the exit slight left toward George Washington Bridge Upper Level

    95 m · 5 sec

  57. 57

    Merge slight left

    1649 ft · 20 sec

  58. 58

    Keep slight left

    1.3 km · 1 min

  59. 59

    Continue on George Washington Bridge (upper level)

    3174 ft · 1 min · George Washington Bridge (upper level)

  60. 60

    Continue on Trans-Manhattan Expressway

    1.2 km · 1 min · Trans-Manhattan Expressway

  61. 61

    Continue on Cross Bronx Expressway

    4.7 mi · 6 min · Cross Bronx Expressway

  62. 62

    Keep slight left

    2.9 mi · 4 min

  63. 63

    Take the exit slight right toward Hutchinson Parkway North

    131 m · 15 sec

  64. 64

    Keep slight left to continue on Hutchinson River Parkway North

    912 ft · 31 sec

  65. 65

    Merge slight left onto Hutchinson River Parkway

    1.5 mi · 2 min · Hutchinson River Parkway

  66. 66

    Take the exit slight right toward I 95 North: New Haven

    1570 ft · 44 sec

  67. 67

    Merge slight left onto New England Thruway

    40.8 mi · 55 min · New England Thruway

  68. 68

    Take the exit slight right toward CT 25, CT 8: Trumbull, Waterbury

    1 km · 1 min

  69. 69

    Continue straight

    3.2 mi · 3 min

  70. 70

    Keep slight right to continue on CT 8 North: Waterbury, New Haven

    1.8 mi · 2 min

  71. 71

    Take the exit slight right toward CT 15 North: Merritt Parkway, New Haven

    1.2 km · 2 min

  72. 72

    Merge slight left onto Merritt Parkway

    3 mi · 4 min · Merritt Parkway

  73. 73

    Continue on Wilbur Cross Parkway

    30.4 mi · 38 min · Wilbur Cross Parkway

  74. 74

    Continue on Berlin Turnpike

    15.7 mi · 20 min · Berlin Turnpike

  75. 75

    Merge slight right

    1.4 mi · 2 min

  76. 76

    Keep slight left to continue on I 84 East: Boston

    39.7 mi · 46 min

  77. 77

    Merge slight left onto Massachusetts Turnpike

    11.2 mi · 13 min · Massachusetts Turnpike

  78. 78

    Take the exit slight right toward I 395, MA 12, I 290: Auburn, Worcester

    2031 ft · 1 min

  79. 79

    Keep slight left to continue on I 395, MA 12 North, I 290

    794 ft · 19 sec

  80. 80

    Keep slight left to continue on I 395, I 290

    1244 ft · 30 sec

  81. 81

    Keep slight left to continue on I 290

    1723 ft · 42 sec

  82. 82

    Continue straight

    7.5 mi · 10 min

  83. 83

    Take the exit slight right toward I 190 North, MA 70: Sterling, Leominster, Burncoat Street, Lincoln Street

    788 ft · 14 sec

  84. 84

    Keep slight left to continue on I 190 North: Sterling, Leominster

    1897 ft · 33 sec

  85. 85

    Continue straight

    18.1 mi · 21 min

  86. 86

    Continue on Fitchburg

    1.6 km · 1 min

  87. 87

    Merge slight right onto Concord Turnpike

    2.8 mi · 4 min · Concord Turnpike

  88. 88

    Turn right onto Abbott Avenue

    1.1 km · 2 min · Abbott Avenue

  89. 89

    At the end of the road, turn left onto Water Street

    986 ft · 23 sec · Water Street

  90. 90

    Turn right onto Bemis Road

    2605 ft · 54 sec · Bemis Road

  91. 91

    Keep slight right to continue on John Fitch Highway

    2.9 mi · 6 min · John Fitch Highway

  92. 92

    Enter the roundabout and take exit 1 toward Ashby State Road

    10 m · 1 sec · Ashby State Road

  93. 93

    Exit the roundabout onto Ashby State Road

    2.6 mi · 4 min · Ashby State Road

  94. 94

    Continue on Fitchburg State Road

    1.9 mi · 3 min · Fitchburg State Road

  95. 95

    Continue on Main Street

    2.6 mi · 6 min · Main Street

  96. 96

    Turn slight right onto West Road

    2.5 mi · 4 min · West Road

  97. 97

    Continue on Ashburnham Road

    1.4 mi · 3 min · Ashburnham Road

  98. 98

    Continue on Ashby Road

    1.3 mi · 2 min · Ashby Road

  99. 99

    Turn right onto Main Street

    1.1 km · 1 min · Main Street

  100. 100

    Arrive at your destination

    0 m · 1 sec · Main Street

Car Route Details

A richer read on the saved driving route between Nelson and New Ipswich.

OSRM road route
Drive Character

Long-distance drive

This route is long enough that fuel, rest stops, weather, and timing matter more than any single maneuver.

Directions
100 steps
21 turns on the saved route
Ramps & Exits
39
17 merges, 22 ramps or exits
Navigation Density
9.3 / 100 mi
Decision points by distance
Main Roads
I 81 North
502 mi · 47%
25th Street Northwest
113 mi · 10%
Perrow Highway
60.8 mi · 6%
I 78 East
59.1 mi · 5%
William Penn Highway
42.8 mi · 4%
New England Thruway
40.8 mi · 4%
Longest Stretch

I 81 North

Keep slight left

205 mi · 03h 51m

Route Summary

A quick read on whether this route feels easy, ambitious, or worth planning around.

Trip Read

Better with a longer stop

This route is long enough that most travelers will be better off planning an overnight stay or a more deliberate stop window.

Drive Time
21h 22m
Overnight route
Same-Day Return
42h 44m
Round-trip wheel time
Road vs Air
+191.7 mi
887.9 mi direct line
Halfway Stop
Mount Jackson
10h 41m from Nelson
Leave By
5:16 PM EDT
Overnight-style route
Weather Watch

Sunny leaving Nelson and Sunny near New Ipswich.

Trip Questions

Direct answers travelers usually want before committing to the drive.

How long does it take to drive from Nelson to New Ipswich?

The road trip is about 1079.6 miles (1737.5 km) and usually takes 21h 22m in normal driving conditions.

Is this a same-day trip or an overnight route?

This route is long enough that most travelers will be better off planning an overnight stay or a more deliberate stop window.

What is the halfway point on this route?

Mount Jackson is a useful midpoint, sitting about 539.4 miles from Nelson and 540.2 miles from New Ipswich.

How much longer is the road route than the straight-line distance?

The direct path is about 887.9 miles (1428.9 km), while the road route adds roughly 191.7 extra miles because roads do not follow the straight air line.

When is the best time to leave for this route?

A good departure window is usually 6:00 AM to 7:30 AM EDT. Starting early still helps, but most travelers will want a longer stop or an overnight stay on a route this long.

How much will gas cost for this route?

Using about 28.3 MPG, regular gas is estimated at $144.21 one way or $288.42 round trip. Estimated CO2 is about 338.6 kg one way.

What should you check before leaving?

Before you leave, expect Sunny around Nelson and Sunny near New Ipswich.

Stop Ideas Near Mount Jackson

Useful break, food, and waypoint ideas within about 15 miles of the route midpoint.

Mid-route Guidance
Local place coverage is thin around Mount Jackson, so nearby transit and meeting points are shown instead.
Reviewed stop coverage is still thin around this midpoint, so practical transit waypoints are shown on the right.

Transit and Meeting Points

Useful pickup, handoff, or rendezvous points close to Mount Jackson.

RAIL

Culpeper station

64 mi away
109 South Commerce Street
RAIL

Staunton station

76 mi away
1 Middlebrook Avenue
RAIL

Charlottesville Union Station

80 mi away
810 West Main St
RAIL

Martinsburg station

99 mi away
229 East Martin St.

Flight Path Map

This map shows the direct air route between Nelson and New Ipswich. Straight-line distance: 887.87 mi (1428.89 km).

Nelson

#1 Nelson

City in Pickens and Cherokee counties, Georgia, United States of America

Population1,395
Coordinates34.3820400, -84.3710300
Altitude377
CountryUnited States
New Ipswich

#2 New Ipswich

Town in New Hampshire

Population5,429
Coordinates42.7481400, -71.8542400
Altitude323
CountryUnited States
Start: Nelson (-84.37103, 34.38204)
End: New Ipswich (-71.85424, 42.74814)

Estimated Travel Time

Distance: 1737 km by road

SpeedTime
30 mph (48.3 km/h)35h 58m
40 mph (64.37 km/h)26h 59m
50 mph (80.47 km/h)21h 35m
60 mph (96.56 km/h)17h 59m
70 mph (112.65 km/h)15h 25m
80 mph (129 km/h)13h 28m

Fuel, Round Trip and CO2

Estimated fuel cost and emissions for this route.

One-way fuel
38.1 gal
144.21 L · about $144.21
Round trip
$288.42
76.2 gal · 288.42 L
Estimated CO2
338.6 kg one way
Round trip: 677.2 kg / 1493 lb CO2, using regular gasoline.
Fuel$/galOne wayRound trip
Regular gas $3.79 $144.21 $288.42
Mid-grade $4.27 $162.65 $325.30
Premium $4.70 $179.07 $358.14
Diesel $5.75 $218.88 $437.77

Assumes 8.3 L/100 km (about 28.3 MPG). CO2 is an estimate and varies by vehicle, fuel blend, traffic, and terrain.

Prices in Georgia · Oct 15, 2026

There is no time difference between Nelson and New Ipswich. The current time is 12:30:50.

Distance to Other Cities

How did we calculate? Place names are translated into coordinates. The Haversine formula calculates straight-line distance; driving distance uses road network data.