There's something undeniably magical about a road trip-the sense of boundless freedom, the ever-changing scenery, and the thrill of the unknown. It's not just about reaching a destination; it's about the experiences along the way. The hum of the engine, the wind rushing through open windows, and the endless stretch of asphalt ahead create a rhythm that lulls you into a state of adventure.
The Beginning: Anticipation and Excitement
Every road trip starts with anticipation. The night before departure is filled with last-minute packing, checking maps (or GPS), and that giddy excitement that makes sleep elusive. The car is loaded with snacks, playlists, and a mix of essentials and just-in-case items. As the engine starts the next morning, the journey truly begins-windows down, music up, and the open road calling.
The first miles are electric. The cityscape fades into suburbs, then into open countryside. The world feels full of possibilities. Conversations flow easily-plans, memories, jokes, and comfortable silences. The road is a companion, always moving forward, urging you to see what's around the next bend.
The Middle: Unexpected Discoveries
A road trip is never just about the highway. It's the detours that make it unforgettable. A hand-painted sign for a roadside attraction, a local diner with the best pie you've ever tasted, or a scenic overlook that wasn't on the itinerary-these unplanned moments become the heart of the journey.
Small towns welcome you with their quirks-a vintage gas station, a Main Street frozen in time, or a friendly waitress who calls you "hon." The landscape shifts: rolling hills give way to deserts, forests morph into plains, and mountains rise in the distance. Each mile brings new textures, colors, and stories.
There are challenges, too-wrong turns, sudden rainstorms, or that one rest stop with questionable bathrooms. But even these become part of the lore, the tales you'll laugh about later. A flat tire in the middle of nowhere leads to an encounter with a kind stranger. A missed exit becomes a chance to explore a hidden gem.
The Rhythm of the Road
Hours blend together in the best way. The playlist shifts from upbeat anthems to mellow tunes as the sun dips low. Golden hour bathes everything in warmth, and the world feels slower, softer. Conversations deepen as the miles pass-dreams, fears, and the kind of talks that only happen when you're untethered from daily life.
Night driving has its own magic. The road is quieter, lit only by headlights and the occasional glow of a distant town. The stars seem brighter out here, away from city lights. A 24-hour truck stop becomes a beacon of coffee and greasy comfort food, the neon sign a welcome sight in the darkness.
The Destination-and the Journey Home
Eventually, the destination appears, whether it's a national park, a coastal town, or a loved one's doorstep. There's satisfaction in arriving, but also a quiet longing for the road itself. Because the truth is, the trip isn't just about where you're going-it's about who you become along the way.
And then, there's the return. The road back is different-familiar yet changed. You're wiser, wearier, but full of stories. The car smells like adventure: sunscreen, fast food wrappers, and the faint scent of pine from that hike days ago. Home feels both comforting and strange after so much movement.
Why We Keep Going Back
A road trip is more than travel; it's a reminder of life's spontaneity. It's about control and surrender-planning the route but embracing the detours. It's about connection-to the people beside you, the strangers you meet, and the land unfolding outside your window.
And when it's over, you'll find yourself dreaming of the next one-because the road never really leaves you. It whispers in the everyday, calling you back to where the horizon never ends, and the journey is everything.
In the report below, the county's county seat is used as a starting point for a county. From there, all county seats within 250 straight-line miles from that county seat orgination point are shown. In those instances where a county does not have a county seat, than the largest city within that county is used as a reference point. There are a few cases where a county has two county seats, in that case, one is arbitrarily selected.
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Amarillo (Potter County, TX) |
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Manhattan (New York County, NY) |
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Chicago (Cook County, IL) |
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Atlanta (Fulton County, GA) |
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Pueblo (Pueblo County, CO) |
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Lamar (Prowers County, CO) |
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Greeley (Weld County, CO) |
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Fort Collins (Larimer County, CO) |
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Denver (Denver County, CO) |
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Colorado Springs (El Paso County, CO) |
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Boulder (Boulder County, CO) |
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Los Angeles (Los Angeles County, CA) |
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Akron (Washington County, CO)
Alamosa (Alamosa County, CO)
Aspen (Pitkin County, CO)
Boulder (Boulder County, CO)
Breckenridge (Summit County, CO)
Brighton (Adams County, CO)
Broomfield (Broomfield County, CO)
Burlington (Kit Carson County, CO)
Canon City (Fremont County, CO)
Castle Rock (Douglas County, CO)
Central City (Gilpin County, CO)
Cheyenne Wells (Cheyenne County, CO)
City of Creede (Mineral County, CO)
Colorado Springs (El Paso County, CO)
Conejos (Conejos County, CO)
Cripple Creek (Teller County, CO)
Del Norte (Rio Grande County, CO)
Denver (Denver County, CO)
Eads (Kiowa County, CO)
Fairplay (Park County, CO)
Fort Collins (Larimer County, CO)
Fort Morgan (Morgan County, CO)
Georgetown (Clear Creek County, CO)
Golden (Jefferson County, CO)
Greeley (Weld County, CO)
Gunnison (Gunnison County, CO)
Holyoke (Phillips County, CO)
Hot Sulphur Springs (Grand County, CO)
Hugo (Lincoln County, CO)
Julesburg (Sedgwick County, CO)
Kiowa (Elbert County, CO)
La Junta (Otero County, CO)
Lamar (Prowers County, CO)
Las Animas (Bent County, CO)
Leadville (Lake County, CO)
Littleton (Arapahoe County, CO)
Ordway (Crowley County, CO)
Pagosa Springs (Archuleta County, CO)
Pueblo (Pueblo County, CO)
Saguache (Saguache County, CO)
Salida (Chaffee County, CO)
San Luis (Costilla County, CO)
Springfield (Baca County, CO)
Sterling (Logan County, CO)
Trinidad (Las Animas County, CO)
Walsenburg (Huerfano County, CO)
Westcliffe (Custer County, CO)
Wray (Yuma County, CO)
Ashland (Clark County, KS)
Atwood (Rawlins County, KS)
Cimarron (Gray County, KS)
Colby (Thomas County, KS)
Coldwater (Comanche County, KS)
Dighton (Lane County, KS)
Dodge City (Ford County, KS)
Elkhart (Morton County, KS)
Ellsworth (Ellsworth County, KS)
Garden City (Finney County, KS)
Goodland (Sherman County, KS)
Gove City (Gove County, KS)
Great Bend (Barton County, KS)
Greensburg (Kiowa County, KS)
Hays (Ellis County, KS)
Hill City (Graham County, KS)
Hoxie (Sheridan County, KS)
Hugoton (Stevens County, KS)
Jetmore (Hodgeman County, KS)
Johnson City (Stanton County, KS)
Kingman (Kingman County, KS)
Kinsley (Edwards County, KS)
La Crosse (Rush County, KS)
Lakin (Kearny County, KS)
Larned (Pawnee County, KS)
Leoti (Wichita County, KS)
Liberal (Seward County, KS)
Lyons (Rice County, KS)
Meade (Meade County, KS)
Medicine Lodge (Barber County, KS)
Ness City (Ness County, KS)
Norton (Norton County, KS)
Oakley (Logan County, KS)
Oberlin (Decatur County, KS)
Osborne (Osborne County, KS)
Phillipsburg (Phillips County, KS)
Pratt (Pratt County, KS)
Russell (Russell County, KS)
St. Francis (Cheyenne County, KS)
St. John (Stafford County, KS)
Scott City (Scott County, KS)
Sharon Springs (Wallace County, KS)
Smith Center (Smith County, KS)
Stockton (Rooks County, KS)
Sublette (Haskell County, KS)
Syracuse (Hamilton County, KS)
Tribune (Greeley County, KS)
Ulysses (Grant County, KS)
WaKeeney (Trego County, KS)
Alma (Harlan County, NE)
Arthur (Arthur County, NE)
Beaver City (Furnas County, NE)
Benkelman (Dundy County, NE)
Bridgeport (Morrill County, NE)
Chappell (Deuel County, NE)
Elwood (Gosper County, NE)
Franklin (Franklin County, NE)
Grant (Perkins County, NE)
Harrisburg (Banner County, NE)
Hayes Center (Hayes County, NE)
Holdrege (Phelps County, NE)
Imperial (Chase County, NE)
Kimball (Kimball County, NE)
Lexington (Dawson County, NE)
McCook (Red Willow County, NE)
North Platte (Lincoln County, NE)
Ogallala (Keith County, NE)
Oshkosh (Garden County, NE)
Sidney (Cheyenne County, NE)
Stockville (Frontier County, NE)
Trenton (Hitchcock County, NE)
Clayton (Union County, NM)
Las Vegas (San Miguel County, NM)
Mora (Mora County, NM)
Mosquero (Harding County, NM)
Raton (Colfax County, NM)
Santa Fe (Santa Fe County, NM)
Santa Rosa (Guadalupe County, NM)
Taos (Taos County, NM)
Tierra Amarilla (Rio Arriba County, NM)
Tucumcari (Quay County, NM)
Alva (Woods County, OK)
Arnett (Ellis County, OK)
Beaver (Beaver County, OK)
Boise City (Cimarron County, OK)
Buffalo (Harper County, OK)
Cherokee (Alfalfa County, OK)
Cheyenne (Roger Mills County, OK)
Guymon (Texas County, OK)
Taloga (Dewey County, OK)
Woodward (Woodward County, OK)
Amarillo (Potter County, TX)
Canadian (Hemphill County, TX)
Canyon (Randall County, TX)
Channing (Hartley County, TX)
Clarendon (Donley County, TX)
Claude (Armstrong County, TX)
Dalhart (Dallam County, TX)
Dimmitt (Castro County, TX)
Dumas (Moore County, TX)
Hereford (Deaf Smith County, TX)
Lipscomb (Lipscomb County, TX)
Miami (Roberts County, TX)
Pampa (Gray County, TX)
Panhandle (Carson County, TX)
Perryton (Ochiltree County, TX)
Spearman (Hansford County, TX)
Stinnett (Hutchinson County, TX)
Stratford (Sherman County, TX)
Tulia (Swisher County, TX)
Vega (Oldham County, TX)
Wheeler (Wheeler County, TX)
Cheyenne (Laramie County, WY)
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938
871
931
777
816
836
863
796
822
848
859
915
916
809
885
|
1531
1716
1733
1638
1687
1615
1629
1494
1662
1627
1655
1506
1763
1631
1731
1655
1736
1623
1534
1689
1621
1559
1665
1640
1608
1749
1478
1681
1559
1471
1607
1584
1533
1565
1704
1632
1590
1779
1634
1717
1701
1698
1547
1524
1650
1655
1681
1481
1402
1422
1420
1429
1377
1413
1403
1517
1292
1443
1464
1406
1328
1368
1347
1367
1398
1485
1392
1498
1306
1368
1352
1465
1347
1460
1466
1297
1430
1338
1384
1362
1422
1396
1306
1334
1339
1322
1463
1333
1436
1473
1305
1336
1452
1493
1481
1477
1374
1331
1437
1355
1445
1508
1481
1352
1310
1445
1541
1413
1328
1444
1540
1344
1396
1393
1442
1472
1506
1379
1416
1596
1725
1721
1654
1653
1763
1713
1724
1768
1656
1353
1427
1450
1556
1403
1338
1435
1503
1387
1400
1558
1464
1568
1572
1516
1536
1572
1601
1548
1598
1450
1483
1504
1531
1474
1499
1522
1542
1573
1588
1471
1600
|
351
275
390
382
376
367
373
285
292
333
376
252
337
301
267
307
304
357
233
360
409
365
377
364
394
364
373
410
287
400
321
214
203
213
372
350
234
322
262
311
326
243
159
382
201
235
286
338
179
322
198
292
200
239
204
125
315
199
287
270
275
218
290
308
297
139
221
164
267
231
269
192
256
228
137
296
166
231
249
338
277
327
340
343
243
303
316
258
232
255
358
324
167
190
226
166
285
365
440
358
335
452
409
388
373
390
451
370
386
367
428
402
352
414
410
430
415
377
347
113
193
204
126
187
236
162
226
284
106
208
132
133
112
167
222
125
105
171
160
0
95
15
44
56
27
71
52
46
41
113
75
54
27
101
78
48
80
46
34
89
440
|
622
608
715
687
694
666
675
545
614
640
686
521
670
613
602
626
637
660
518
680
705
646
689
672
688
694
619
722
576
642
623
523
491
515
694
657
543
656
581
641
652
577
459
647
531
562
613
588
348
540
401
514
341
444
389
411
418
426
530
474
401
362
444
486
498
398
399
433
344
384
421
436
395
470
377
392
370
327
429
517
493
529
472
501
357
437
558
377
456
505
495
479
398
455
482
420
464
525
664
535
567
704
654
565
519
620
716
583
548
598
695
576
555
616
637
670
670
571
562
442
520
535
459
519
562
477
559
618
430
296
287
350
424
323
288
256
379
257
292
334
298
332
375
279
308
397
341
365
352
309
298
306
318
338
345
339
389
312
366
272
726
|
1079
1089
969
998
988
1019
1009
1154
1069
1042
997
1171
1030
1068
1103
1056
1061
1024
1168
1002
984
1051
992
1011
1002
996
1103
960
1110
1090
1060
1158
1192
1167
989
1026
1138
1057
1101
1049
1034
1120
1222
1062
1158
1124
1073
1125
1351
1188
1300
1204
1367
1266
1316
1271
1354
1271
1177
1246
1344
1354
1300
1258
1232
1286
1312
1251
1403
1335
1314
1255
1338
1228
1309
1370
1323
1398
1292
1238
1224
1210
1306
1266
1373
1320
1156
1360
1247
1194
1289
1281
1293
1232
1211
1267
1270
1251
1095
1229
1157
1029
1077
1211
1270
1119
1005
1162
1238
1135
1019
1210
1191
1152
1109
1071
1053
1190
1175
1246
1208
1186
1248
1174
1177
1263
1155
1102
1288
1416
1398
1336
1258
1373
1431
1427
1302
1437
1401
1359
1384
1366
1316
1409
1382
1290
1373
1321
1355
1374
1383
1377
1370
1344
1337
1344
1294
1394
1333
1410
973
|
Sources: STI: PopStats and STI: Colossus
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