Top 100 Weekend Road Trips

Ranking Road Trip State
6 Santa Fe to Carlsbad Caverns National Park via U.S. Route 285 New Mexico
7 Atlanta to Savannah via U.S. Route 80 Georgia
8 Savannah to Dahlonega via State Route 11 Georgia
9 Kauai’s Waimea Canyon Drive Hawaii
10 Annapolis to Ocean City via U.S. Route 50 Maryland
11 Springfield to Salem via Interstate 90 and Route 1A Massachusetts
12 Yosemite National Park to Death Valley via Tioga Pass and U.S. Highway 395 California
13 Joplin to Cape Girardeau via U.S. Route 71 and Interstate 55 Missouri
14 Newport to Burrillville via State Route 138 and 102 Rhode Island
15 Springfield to Hannibal via U.S. Route 60 and 61 Missouri
16 Norfolk to Blacksburg via U.S. Route 460 Virginia
17 Albuquerque to Shiprock via U.S. Route 550 New Mexico
18 La Crosse to Door County via State Route 33 and U.S. Route 41 Wisconsin
19 Idaho Falls to Sandpoint via U.S. Route 93 and 75 Idaho
20 Atlantic City to Delaware Water Gap via State Route 42 and Interstate 80 New Jersey
21 Sioux City to Burlington via U.S. Route 75 and 34 Iowa
22 Ogden to Moab via U.S. Route 89 and Interstate 70 Utah
23 San Francisco to Mendocino via California State Route 1 California
24 Pensacola to St. Augustine via U.S. Highway 98 and A1A Florida
25 Concord to Dixville Notch via Interstate 93 and State Route 26 New Hampshire
26 Miami to Key West via U.S. Highway 1 Florida
27 Hilo to Kona via Hawaii Belt Road Hawaii
28 Denver to Durango via US-550 Colorado
29 Little Rock to Eureka Springs via Scenic 7 Byway Arkansas
30 Old Orchard Beach to Lubec via U.S. Route 1 Maine
31 Duluth to International Falls via U.S. Route 53 Minnesota
32 Houston to Amarillo via U.S. Route 290 and Interstate 40 Texas
33 Chicago to Cairo via Historic Route 66 and Illinois Route 37 Illinois
34 Fayetteville to Hot Springs via U.S. Highway 71 Arkansas
35 Huntington to Elkins via Interstate 64 and U.S. Route 33 West Virginia
36 Myrtle Beach to Aiken via U.S. Route 501 and Interstate 20 South Carolina
37 Cheyenne to Yellowstone National Park via Interstate 25 and U.S. Route 26 Wyoming
38 Portland to Crater Lake National Park via Interstate 5 and State Route 138 Oregon
39 Harrisburg to Wellsboro via U.S. Route 15 Pennsylvania
40 Maui’s Hāna Highway Hawaii
41 Nashville to Gatlinburg via Interstate 40 Tennessee
42 Virginia Beach to Abingdon via U.S. Route 58 Virginia
43 Baltimore to Deep Creek Lake via Interstate 70 and U.S. Route 219 Maryland
44 Cincinnati to Cleveland via Interstate 71 Ohio
45 Tacoma to Walla Walla via Interstate 5 and U.S. Route 12 Washington
46 Billings to Glacier National Park via U.S. Route 89 Montana
47 Birmingham to Gulf Shores via U.S. Highway 231 Alabama
48 Chattanooga to Union City via U.S. Route 27 and Interstate 40 Tennessee
49 St. Albans to White River Junction via Interstate 89 Vermont
50 Traverse City to Copper Harbor via U.S. Route 31 and 41 Michigan
51 Eugene to Baker City via State Route 58 and Interstate 84 Oregon
52 Grand Rapids to Porcupine Mountains via U.S. Route 131 and 2 Michigan
53 Monterey to Morro Bay via Pacific Coast Highway California
54 New Orleans to Shreveport via U.S. Route 61 and Interstate 49 Louisiana
55 Owensboro to Pikeville via Wendell Ford Expressway and U.S. Route 23 Kentucky
56 Great Falls to Red Lodge via U.S. Route 89 and 212 Montana
57 Louisville to Cumberland Gap via U.S. Route 150 and 25E Kentucky
58 Wilmington to Murphy via U.S. Route 74 North Carolina
59 Cape May to High Point State Park via Garden State Parkway and State Route 23 New Jersey
60 Baton Rouge to Monroe via U.S. Route 61 and Interstate 20 Louisiana
61 Bismarck to Medora via Interstate 94 North Dakota
62 Charleston to Greenville via Interstate 26 and 385 South Carolina
63 Charlotte to Kill Devil Hills via U.S. Route 52 and Interstate 64 North Carolina
64 Gary to Evansville via U.S. Route 41 Indiana
65 Haines to Skagway via Haines Highway and Klondike Highway Alaska
66 Omaha to Dubuque via U.S. Route 20 Iowa
67 Paducah to Ashland via U.S. Route 60 Kentucky
68 Rock Island to Danville via U.S. Route 34 and 1 Illinois
69 Toledo to Marietta via U.S. Route 23 and Interstate 77 Ohio
70 Worcester to North Adams via Route 2 (Mohawk Trail) Massachusetts
71 Casper to Jackson via U.S. Route 26 and 89 Wyoming
72 Greenwich to Mystic via Merritt Parkway and I-95 Connecticut
73 Memphis to Bristol via Interstate 40 and 81 Tennessee
74 Minneapolis to Grand Marais via U.S. Route 61 Minnesota
75 Omaha to Scottsbluff via U.S. Route 26 Nebraska
76 Philadelphia to Erie via Pennsylvania Turnpike and Interstate 79 Pennsylvania
77 Phoenix to Page via Apache Trail and US Highway 89 Arizona
78 Raleigh to Boone via U.S. Route 1 and 421 North Carolina
79 Rochester to Bemidji via U.S. Route 52 and 10 Minnesota
80 Tucson to Monument Valley via US Highway 191 Arizona
81 Montpelier to Bennington via State Route 12 and U.S. Route 7 Vermont
82 Richmond to Terre Haute via Historic National Road (U.S. Route 40) Indiana
83 Tulsa to Broken Bow via U.S. Route 69 Oklahoma
84 Wichita to Atchison via U.S. Route 400 and 73 Kansas
85 Bozeman to Troy via U.S. Route 93 Montana
86 Fargo to Williston via U.S. Route 83 North Dakota
87 Gillette to Evanston via Interstate 90 and U.S. Route 189 Wyoming
88 Grand Forks to Bowman via U.S. Route 2 and State Route 85 North Dakota
89 Hartford to Litchfield via Route 44 Connecticut
90 Milwaukee to Superior via Interstate 43 and U.S. Route 2 Wisconsin
91 Pittsburgh to Scranton via Interstate 76 and 81 Pennsylvania
92 Vicksburg to Tupelo via Natchez Trace Parkway Mississippi
93 Wilmington to Fenwick Island via State Route 1 Delaware
94 Boise to Coeur d'Alene via U.S. Route 95 Idaho
95 Medford to Pendleton via Interstate 5 and 84 Oregon
96 Morgantown to Lewisburg via Interstate 79 and U.S. Route 19 West Virginia
97 Muscle Shoals to Orange Beach via Natchez Trace Parkway and I-65 Alabama
98 Portsmouth to Pittsburgh via State Routes 16 and 3 New Hampshire
99 Yankton to Watertown via U.S. Route 81 South Dakota
100 Vancouver to Okanogan via Interstate 5 and State Route 20 Washington


Survey of 3,000 respondents by QuestionPro; May 2023.