This would be the “quick view” version, if only I were giving versions names rather than numbers. Er:
Date |
Location(s) |
Miles |
7/15 |
Orange County, San Simeon, Big Sur |
369 mi. |
7/16
| Big Sur, Monterey, San Francisco |
147 mi. |
7/17 |
San Francisco, Pt. Reyes, Napa |
108 mi. |
7/18 |
Napa, Yosemite National Park |
201 mi. |
7/19 |
Yosemite |
|
7/20 |
Yosemite |
|
7/21 |
Yosemite |
|
7/22 |
Yosemite, Lake Tahoe |
197 mi. |
7/23 |
Lake Tahoe, Lassen Volcanic National Park |
221 mi. |
7/24 |
Lassen |
|
7/25 |
Lassen |
|
7/26 |
Lassen, Crater Lake National Park |
255 mi. |
7/27 |
Crater Lake |
|
7/28 |
Crater Lake, Oregon Coast |
201 mi. |
7/29 |
Oregon Coast |
206 mi. |
7/30 |
Astoria, Portland, Eagle Creek |
173 mi. |
7/31 |
Portland, Mt. St. Helens |
72 mi. |
8/1 |
Mt. St. Helens |
|
8/2 |
Mt. St. Helens |
|
8/3 |
Mt. St. Helens, Mt. Rainier National Park |
120 mi. |
8/4 |
Mt. Rainier |
|
8/5 |
Mt. Rainier, Browns Point |
75 mi. |
8/6 |
Browns Point, Olympic National Park |
121 mi. |
8/7 |
Olympic National Park |
|
8/8 |
Olympic National Park |
|
8/9 |
Olympic National Park |
|
8/10 |
Olympic National Park, Browns Point |
179 mi. |
8/11 |
Browns Point |
|
8/12 |
Browns Point, Mt. Baker |
130 mi. |
8/13 |
Mt. Baker |
|
8/14 |
Mt. Baker |
|
8/15 |
Mt. Baker |
|
8/16 |
Mt. Baker, North Cascades Highway |
281 mi. |
8/17 |
Curlew, Glacier National Park |
380 mi. |
8/18 |
Glacier National Park |
|
8/19 |
Glacier National Park |
|
8/20 |
Glacier National Park |
|
8/21 |
Glacier, Whitefish, Yellowstone National Park |
529 mi. |
8/22 |
Yellowstone, Jackson, Victor |
146 mi. |
8/23 |
Victor, Sheridan |
350 mi. |
8/24 |
Sheridan |
|
8/25 |
Sheridan, Devil’s Tower, Mt. Rushmore, Custer SP |
318 mi. |
8/26 |
Custer State Park, Wind Cave National Park |
29 mi. |
8/27 |
Custer SP, Chadron, Badlands National Park |
225 mi. |
8/28 |
Badlands, Minuteman Missile NHS, T. Roosevelt National Park |
362 mi. |
8/29 |
Theodore Roosevelt National Park |
|
8/30 |
T. Roosevelt NP, Voyageurs National Park |
579 mi. |
8/31 |
Voyageurs, Boundary Waters |
108 mi. |
9/1 |
Boundary Waters |
|
9/2 |
Boundary Waters, Duluth |
122 mi. |
9/3 |
Duluth, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore |
294 mi. |
9/4 |
Pictured Rocks, Mackinac Island |
124 mi. |
9/5 |
Mackinac Island, Sleeping Bear Dunes, Chicago/Wayne |
487 mi. |
9/6 |
Chicago/Wayne |
|
9/7 |
Chicago/Wayne |
|
9/8 |
Chicago/Wayne, Nauvoo |
476 mi. |
9/9 |
Chicago/Wayne, Ann Arbor, Dearborn |
313 mi. |
9/10 |
Ann Arbor, Dayton |
196 mi. |
9/11 |
Dayton (USAF Museum), Akron |
197 mi. |
9/12 |
Cuyahoga Valley, Niagara Falls, Palmyra |
330 mi. |
9/13 |
Palmyra, Adirondacks (Lake Placid) |
270 mi. |
9/14 |
Adirondacks, Vermont (Underhill S.P.) |
73 mi. |
9/15 |
Vermont (Underhill) |
|
9/16 |
Vermont (Underhill, Belvidere), White Mountains (Sugarloaf) |
119 mi. |
9/17 |
White Mountains |
|
9/18 |
White Mountains |
|
9/19 |
White Mountains, Acadia National Park |
223 mi. |
9/20 |
Acadia National Park |
|
9/21 |
Acadia, Newport (R.I.) |
360 mi. |
9/22 |
Newport, New Haven, New York City |
184 mi. |
9/23 |
New York City |
|
9/24 |
New York City |
|
9/25 |
New York City, Philadelphia |
104 mi. |
9/26 |
Philadelphia, Annapolis, Quantico |
192 mi. |
9/27 |
Quantico, Shenandoah National Park |
99 mi. |
9/28 |
Shenandoah |
|
9/29 |
Shenandoah |
|
9/30 |
Shenandoah, Monongahela National Forest |
260 mi. |
10/1 |
Shenandoah, Charlottesville, Appomattox, Richmond |
206 mi. |
10/2 |
Richmond |
|
10/3 |
Richmond, Williamsburg, Jamestown, Cape Hatteras |
193 mi. |
10/4 |
Cape Hatteras, Raleigh-Durham |
213 mi. |
10/5 |
Raleigh-Durham |
|
10/6 |
Durham, Great Smoky Mountains National Park |
306 mi. |
10/7 |
Great Smoky Mountains |
|
10/8 |
Great Smoky Mountains |
|
10/9 |
Great Smoky Mountains |
|
10/10 |
Great Smoky Mountains, Congaree NP, Charleston |
352 mi. |
10/11 |
Charleston |
|
10/12 |
Charleston |
|
10/13 |
Charleston, Savannah, Okefenokee, Pensacola |
653 mi. |
10/14 |
Pensacola |
|
10/15 |
Pensacola, Mobile, New Orleans |
200 mi. |
10/16 |
New Orleans |
|
10/17 |
New Orleans, Natchez |
172 mi. |
10/18 |
Natchez Trace Parkway, Vicksburg |
220 mi. |
10/19 |
Natchez Trace Parkway, Nashville |
220 mi. |
10/20 |
Nashville, Mammoth Cave National Park |
87 mi. |
10/21 |
Mammoth Cave |
|
10/22 |
Mammoth Cave |
|
10/23 |
Mammoth Cave, Cathedral Canyon |
319 mi. |
10/24 |
Fredericktown, Springfield, Joplin |
313 mi. |
10/25 |
Joplin, Petit Jean SP, Hot Springs National Park |
299 mi. |
10/26 |
Hot Springs, Denton |
327 mi. |
10/27 |
Denton, Austin |
225 mi. |
10/28 |
Austin, San Antonio |
81 mi. |
10/29 |
San Antonio, Fredericksburg, Ft. Stockton |
330 mi. |
10/30 |
Ft. Stockton, Big Bend National Park |
147 mi. |
10/31 |
Big Bend National Park |
|
11/1 |
Big Bend, Guadalupe Mtns. National Park |
284 mi. |
11/2 |
Guadalupe Mtns, Carlsbad Caverns NP, Roswell |
145 mi. |
11/3 |
Roswell, White Sands, San Antonio (NM), Santa Fe |
377 mi. |
11/4 |
Santa Fe, Chaco Culture NHP |
186 mi. |
11/5 |
Chaco Culture, Four Corners, Cortez |
149 mi. |
11/6 |
Cortez, Canyonlands National Park |
147 mi. |
11/7 |
Canyonlands, Capitol Reef NP, Grand Staircase-Escalante NM |
232 mi. |
11/8 |
Grand Staircase-Escalante |
145 mi. |
11/9 |
Grand Staircase-Escalante, Lake Mead |
272 mi. |
11/10 |
Lake Mead |
|
11/11 |
Lake Mead, San Diego |
385 mi. |
So, clearly, the trip ends with a whole lot of long, boring, consecutive-day drives across the desert. Oh. Well.
Which totals out to 17,690 miles over 120 days, meaning 147.4 miles per day. (The most efficient 48-state route is around 9,000 miles, fwiw.)
Good luck to us all.
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