Moving from Boston to Memphis?
- 1,135 mi Distance
- 18 hr 55 min Drive time
- 1.3M Memphis metro
- 217 Sun days/year
Things you'll want to know about your new city.
Bookmark this page — these are the icons of Memphis, organized by what kind of day you're planning.
Culture & Arts
- Graceland — Elvis Presley's mansion — second-most-visited US home after the White House
- Beale Street — Three blocks of blues clubs, BB King's, Rum Boogie — birthplace of the blues
- National Civil Rights Museum (Lorraine Motel) — Built around the motel where MLK was assassinated; defining American history
- Sun Studio — Where Elvis, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison recorded — still operating
- Stax Museum of American Soul Music — Otis Redding, Isaac Hayes, soul music history
- FedExForum (Grizzlies NBA) — NBA basketball; Memphis Grizzlies home
- Crosstown Concourse — Repurposed Sears tower — restaurants, arts, theater, residential
Family-Friendly
- Memphis Zoo — Top-ranked US zoo; pandas (one of four US zoos with them)
- Peabody Hotel Ducks — Daily 11am/5pm duck march through lobby since 1933
- Mud Island River Park — Mississippi River Museum and scale-model river walk
Memphis's essential restaurants.
The dining list every Memphis resident knows by heart. Save the spots, work through them.
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Charles Vergos' Rendezvous BBQ ribs Downtown
Memphis dry-rub rib institution since 1948
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Central BBQ BBQ Multiple
Hot-smoked pulled pork, ribs, brisket — locals' favorite
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Cozy Corner BBQ North Memphis
BBQ Cornish hen and rib tips — anonymous-looking dive worth seeking out
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Gus's World Famous Fried Chicken Fried chicken Downtown (original)
Spicy fried chicken now national; original is here
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Hog & Hominy Italian-Southern East Memphis
Andy Ticer + Michael Hudman — James Beard nominees
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Felicia Suzanne's Southern fine dining Downtown
James Beard semifinalist — Southern with Creole touches
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The Beauty Shop Eclectic American Cooper-Young
Karen Carrier; restaurant in former 1940s beauty salon
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Andrew Michael Italian Kitchen Italian East Memphis
House-made pasta; James Beard semifinalist
What daily life feels like in Memphis.
Climate
Humid subtropical. Hot, humid summers (72-91°F). Mild winters (32-50°F) with occasional ice. Spring storms and tornado risk. 54 inches rainfall, 217 sun days.
- Summer72-91°F
- Winter32-50°F
- Sun days/yr217
- Rainfall54 inches
Walkability
- Walk Score38/100
- Transit Score30/100
- Bike Score50/100
Memphis is car-dependent — most errands require driving.
Outdoors & Recreation
- Shelby Farms Park — 4,500 acres (5x Central Park) with Shelby Farms Greenline trail
- Mississippi Riverfront / Tom Lee Park — newly redesigned downtown waterfront
- Wolf River Greenway — 36-mile multi-use trail
- Overton Park — 342 acres with old-growth forest
- Mud Island and the Mississippi
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