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Sedgwick County – Travel Distances

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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.

 
Seattle (King County, WA)
Dallas (Dallas County, TX)  
Manhattan (New York County, NY)  
Chicago (Cook County, IL)  
Atlanta (Fulton County, GA)  
Pueblo (Pueblo County, CO)  
Julesburg (Sedgwick County, CO)  
Greeley (Weld County, CO)  
Fort Collins (Larimer County, CO)  
Denver (Denver County, CO)  
Colorado Springs (El Paso County, CO)  
Boulder (Boulder County, CO)  
Los Angeles (Los Angeles County, CA)  
Akron (Washington 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)

Colorado Springs (El Paso County, CO)
Cripple Creek (Teller 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)

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)
Pueblo (Pueblo County, CO)
Springfield (Baca County, CO)
Steamboat Springs (Routt County, CO)
Sterling (Logan County, CO)

Walden (Jackson County, CO)
Wray (Yuma County, CO)
Atwood (Rawlins County, KS)
Beloit (Mitchell County, KS)
Cimarron (Gray County, KS)

Colby (Thomas County, KS)
Dighton (Lane County, KS)
Garden City (Finney County, KS)
Goodland (Sherman County, KS)
Gove City (Gove County, KS)

Hays (Ellis County, KS)
Hill City (Graham County, KS)
Hoxie (Sheridan County, KS)
Jetmore (Hodgeman County, KS)
Johnson City (Stanton County, KS)

La Crosse (Rush County, KS)
Lakin (Kearny County, KS)
Leoti (Wichita County, KS)
Mankato (Jewell 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)

Russell (Russell County, KS)
St. Francis (Cheyenne County, KS)
Scott City (Scott County, KS)
Sharon Springs (Wallace County, KS)
Smith Center (Smith County, KS)

Stockton (Rooks County, KS)
Syracuse (Hamilton County, KS)
Tribune (Greeley County, KS)
Ulysses (Grant County, KS)
WaKeeney (Trego County, KS)

Ainsworth (Brown County, NE)
Albion (Boone County, NE)
Alliance (Box Butte County, NE)
Alma (Harlan County, NE)
Arthur (Arthur County, NE)

Aurora (Hamilton County, NE)
Bartlett (Wheeler County, NE)
Bassett (Rock County, NE)
Beaver City (Furnas County, NE)
Benkelman (Dundy County, NE)

Brewster (Blaine County, NE)
Bridgeport (Morrill County, NE)
Broken Bow (Custer County, NE)
Burwell (Garfield County, NE)
Butte (Boyd County, NE)

Central City (Merrick County, NE)
Chadron (Dawes County, NE)
Chappell (Deuel County, NE)
Clay Center (Clay County, NE)
Elwood (Gosper County, NE)

Franklin (Franklin County, NE)
Fullerton (Nance County, NE)
Geneva (Fillmore County, NE)
Gering (Scotts Bluff County, NE)
Grand Island (Hall County, NE)

Grant (Perkins County, NE)
Greeley Center (Greeley County, NE)
Harrisburg (Banner County, NE)
Harrison (Sioux County, NE)
Hastings (Adams County, NE)

Hayes Center (Hayes County, NE)
Holdrege (Phelps County, NE)
Hyannis (Grant County, NE)
Imperial (Chase County, NE)
Kearney (Buffalo County, NE)

Kimball (Kimball County, NE)
Lexington (Dawson County, NE)
Loup City (Sherman County, NE)
McCook (Red Willow County, NE)
Minden (Kearney County, NE)

Mullen (Hooker County, NE)
Neligh (Antelope County, NE)
Nelson (Nuckolls County, NE)
North Platte (Lincoln County, NE)
Ogallala (Keith County, NE)

O'Neill (Holt County, NE)
Ord (Valley County, NE)
Osceola (Polk County, NE)
Oshkosh (Garden County, NE)
Red Cloud (Webster County, NE)

Rushville (Sheridan County, NE)
St. Paul (Howard County, NE)
Sidney (Cheyenne County, NE)
Springview (Keya Paha County, NE)
Stapleton (Logan County, NE)

Stockville (Frontier County, NE)
Taylor (Loup County, NE)
Thedford (Thomas County, NE)
Trenton (Hitchcock County, NE)
Tryon (McPherson County, NE)

Valentine (Cherry County, NE)
York (York County, NE)
Burke (Gregory County, SD)
Chamberlain (Brule County, SD)
Winner (Todd County, SD)

Custer (Custer County, SD)
Deadwood (Lawrence County, SD)
Hot Springs (Fall River County, SD)
Kadoka (Jackson County, SD)
Kennebec (Lyman County, SD)

Lake Andes (Charles Mix County, SD)
Martin (Bennett County, SD)
Murdo (Jones County, SD)
Philip (Haakon County, SD)
None (Oglala Lakota County, SD)

Rapid City (Pennington County, SD)
Sturgis (Meade County, SD)
White River (Mellette County, SD)
Winner (Tripp County, SD)
Casper (Natrona County, WY)

Cheyenne (Laramie County, WY)
Douglas (Converse County, WY)
Laramie (Albany County, WY)
Lusk (Niobrara County, WY)
Newcastle (Weston County, WY)

Torrington (Goshen County, WY)
Wheatland (Platte County, WY)
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512
757
578
 
757
559
792
619
662
 
666
602
662
704
684
 
660
518
598
605
686
 
816
826
808
713
632
 
560
721
674
722
762
 
799
816
673
627
952
 
885
906
926
858
846
 
846
886
1531
1638
1687
1615
1629
 
1494
1662
1627
1655
1506
 
1631
1655
1623
1534
1689
 
1621
1559
1665
1640
1608
 
1478
1681
1559
1471
1607
 
1584
1533
1565
1704
1632
 
1590
1634
1547
1713
1524
 
1681
1481
1422
1274
1420
 
1429
1413
1443
1464
1406
 
1347
1367
1398
1392
1498
 
1352
1465
1460
1275
1384
 
1362
1422
1396
1306
1334
 
1322
1463
1436
1473
1305
 
1336
1493
1481
1477
1374
 
1337
1246
1493
1331
1437
 
1253
1273
1320
1355
1445
 
1340
1508
1333
1304
1284
 
1250
1495
1481
1259
1352
 
1310
1247
1235
1535
1270
 
1445
1274
1541
1540
1275
 
1413
1328
1437
1444
1310
 
1540
1344
1299
1396
1306
 
1400
1245
1263
1393
1442
 
1275
1294
1226
1472
1288
 
1468
1273
1506
1330
1377
 
1379
1317
1376
1416
1399
 
1370
1231
1306
1308
1394
 
1521
1525
1515
1416
1334
 
1268
1429
1377
1424
1471
 
1501
1514
1378
1334
1662
 
1600
1616
1640
1569
1550
 
1559
1599
622
687
694
666
675
 
545
614
640
686
521
 
613
626
660
518
680
 
705
646
689
672
688
 
619
722
576
642
623
 
523
491
515
694
657
 
543
581
459
769
647
 
759
588
540
467
401
 
514
444
426
530
474
 
444
486
498
399
433
 
421
436
470
490
429
 
517
493
529
472
501
 
437
558
456
505
495
 
479
455
482
420
464
 
695
618
725
525
664
 
562
636
693
535
567
 
654
704
616
634
708
 
579
772
654
539
565
 
519
596
537
730
568
 
620
613
716
786
547
 
583
548
692
598
561
 
695
576
599
555
546
 
681
649
517
616
637
 
676
620
581
670
513
 
752
589
670
712
635
 
571
637
668
562
648
 
726
560
731
773
755
 
843
884
819
804
786
 
722
766
796
821
774
 
853
880
775
750
867
 
726
833
763
806
863
 
758
781
1079
998
988
1019
1009
 
1154
1069
1042
997
1171
 
1068
1056
1024
1168
1002
 
984
1051
992
1011
1002
 
1103
960
1110
1090
1060
 
1158
1192
1167
989
1026
 
1138
1101
1222
913
1062
 
925
1125
1188
1331
1300
 
1204
1266
1271
1177
1246
 
1300
1258
1232
1312
1251
 
1314
1255
1228
1315
1292
 
1238
1224
1210
1306
1266
 
1320
1156
1247
1194
1289
 
1281
1232
1211
1267
1270
 
1147
1259
1024
1251
1095
 
1286
1227
1161
1229
1157
 
1166
1029
1193
1204
1183
 
1277
995
1077
1295
1211
 
1270
1271
1316
998
1268
 
1119
1239
1005
959
1277
 
1162
1238
1077
1135
1242
 
1019
1210
1228
1191
1255
 
1109
1244
1306
1152
1109
 
1205
1220
1296
1071
1290
 
1023
1253
1053
1144
1151
 
1190
1193
1132
1175
1129
 
1106
1304
1155
1137
1074
 
941
919
956
1036
1110
 
1191
1043
1071
1023
1010
 
950
929
1078
1124
845
 
973
889
931
931
911
 
967
932


Sources: STI: PopStats and STI: Colossus