Adelaide to Port Pirie drive: Distance and road trip stops

The Adelaide to Port Pirie drive in South Australia is 228km long, with a driving time of around 2h30m. But it doesn’t take too much longer to go via the Clare Valley wineries rather than along the Augusta Highway.

The Adelaide to Port Pirie drive is one that most visitors to South Australia will undertake as part of a longer road trip. They’re likely to be moving on toward Port Augusta and then the Stuart Highway to Alice Springs and Darwin.

Or, if heading west, to Port Lincoln, Streaky Bay or Ceduna on the Eyre Peninsula.

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Port Pirie itself is not a particularly attractive destination, so it is best used as a waypoint or coffee break stop.

Adelaide to Port Pirie distance and driving time

The Adelaide to Port Pirie drive is 228km long, with a driving time of around two-and-a-half hours. Go the quickest way and once out of suburban Adelaide, it’s pretty much all along the Augusta Highway.

Feasible detours include Thompson Beach and Webb Beach, but you might as well continue on to Port Wakefield. The Clinton Conservation Park on the coast is the highlight here.

Click through to the next section: Port Wakefield to Port Pirie.