Popular road trips
Real, drivable itineraries you can steal — each paced day by day, with the stops, drives, and places to stay already worked out.
Oregon Coast Road Trip: 7-Day Itinerary, Astoria to Brookings
Sea stacks, lighthouses and dune towns down Highway 101.
7 days · 505 mi
Pacific Coast Highway: San Francisco to LA
America's most famous coastal drive.
5 days · 467 mi
Utah's Mighty Five: the red-rock loop
Five national parks, one unforgettable week.
7 days · 990 mi
Grand Canyon & Sedona escape
Red rocks, star skies and the big rim.
4 days · 555 mi
Yellowstone & Grand Tetons loop
Geysers, grizzlies and granite peaks.
6 days · 958 mi
Olympic Peninsula loop
Rainforest, hot springs and wild Pacific coast.
4 days · 427 mi
New England fall colors: Boston to Acadia
Lighthouses, lobster rolls and leaf-peeping.
5 days · 609 mi
Blue Ridge Parkway: DC to Asheville
America's favorite slow road.
5 days · 531 mi
Florida Keys: the Overseas Highway
113 miles of bridges over turquoise water.
3 days · 168 mi
Redwoods & Wine Country loop
Giant trees and great glasses.
4 days · 370 mi
Texas Hill Country weekend
BBQ, bluebonnets and German towns.
3 days · 178 mi
Ireland Road Trip: A 7-Day Loop from Dublin
Cliffs, castles and green roads in one circuit.
7 days · 1,113 km
Indiana Dunes Day Trip from Chicago
Lake Michigan dunes and a skyline view back at the city, an hour out
1 days · 93 mi
Milwaukee Day Trip from Chicago
A lakefront art museum, breweries and a Cream City brick downtown
1 days · 184 mi
Lake Geneva Day Trip from Chicago
A resort lake with a shore path past Gilded-Age estates
1 days · 165 mi
Starved Rock State Park Day Trip from Chicago
Sandstone canyons and waterfalls in flat farm country — the surprise of Illinois
1 days · 900 mi
Galena Day Trip from Chicago
A hill-town main street that looks unchanged since the 1850s
1 days · 327 mi
Saugatuck Day Trip from Chicago
Michigan's art-colony beach town, dune rides and a hand-cranked ferry
1 days · 281 mi
Rocky Mountain National Park Day Trip from Denver
Alpine tundra above the treeline on Trail Ridge Road, and elk in Estes Park
1 days · 130 mi
Garden of the Gods & Colorado Springs Day Trip from Denver
Red sandstone fins with Pikes Peak behind them, free to walk
1 days · 140 mi
Mount Blue Sky Day Trip from Denver
North America's highest paved road — 4,300 m without leaving the car
1 days · 179 mi
Georgetown & Guanella Pass Day Trip from Denver
A silver-mining town, a narrow-gauge railway and a switchback pass
1 days · 92 mi
Boulder & the Flatirons Day Trip from Denver
Tilted slabs above a walkable town, the easiest mountain day from the city
1 days · 57 mi
Breckenridge Day Trip from Denver
A Victorian main street at 2,900 m, over the Continental Divide
1 days · 161 mi