It is slightly shorter but quite as impressive: it makes you go through the “Best City to Visit” in each state, according to TripAdvisor.īut you won’t have all the lower 48 states, unlike the other itinerary. If you’re more of a city slicker, the map’s author has created a 2nd version that routes you through amazing cities instead.

City itinerary (image credit: Randy Olson) It seems I’ve only seen 14 of those, so maybe I should hit the road again after all. These are all very enticing attractions, for the most part. Wright Brothers National Memorial Visitor Center, NCĢ1. Here is the complete list of all 50 landmarks (48 states + Washington, DC + a bonus stop in California):ġ8. You can even take a shortcut from Michigan to Vermont through Canada, as the stop in Cleveland is only to keep Americans without a passport from crossing into the Great White North.

You can start anywhere, it’s a continuous loop, and it passes through many spots near the Canadian border. If you only stop to sleep, you can complete this roadtrip in only 9 days, but we recommend taking at least a couple of weeks to explore all these places obviously.Īnd gas is significantly cheaper in the US in case you were wondering. Roadtrips always make for great stories.Īnyway, the itinerary has also been optimized to be as efficient a route as possible to see all 48 states, so you can rest assured you won’t be wasting any time. So you’re not just seeing every state, you’re seeing cool parts of every state (which sadly wasn’t our case in North Dakota during our very random 1200-miles-nonstop-in-2-days Flytrippers roadtrip across the Midwest just for fun). student Randy Olson, on his blog, and it was done scientifically to optimize the routing: each stop represents a national park or a point of interest. Original itinerary (image credit: Randy Olson) I’m on the quest to visit all 50 states myself (in addition to also visiting every country obviously), and I’m not doing too bad with 47 already.īut let’s just say it would’ve been much quicker to get to 48 at once with this roadtrip instead of having to do it over dozens of trips.Ĥ8-state roadtrip – national parks/points of interest version There’s a version for national parks and points of interest and a version for cities.

The only 2 states you’ll have left to visit after this roadtrip will be Hawaii and Alaska. If you aim to eventually visit every state, any 1 of these 2 itineraries is a great way to almost all of them at once. So the USA has a lot of variety in terms of landscapes, but even in terms of culture too (even if many who aren’t from the country don’t realize that). The USA is a huge country, almost as big as Europe (it’s even larger than Canada when considering land area alone). Basics of the 2 epic USA roadtrip itineraries

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