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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)  
Amarillo (Potter County, TX)  
Oklahoma City (Oklahoma County, OK)  
Manhattan (New York County, NY)  
Wichita (Sedgwick County, KS)  
Cimarron (Gray County, KS)  
Chicago (Cook County, IL)  
Atlanta (Fulton County, GA)  
Pueblo (Pueblo County, CO)  
Los Angeles (Los Angeles County, CA)  
Akron (Washington County, CO)
Burlington (Kit Carson County, CO)
Cheyenne Wells (Cheyenne County, CO)
Eads (Kiowa County, CO)
Holyoke (Phillips 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)
Ordway (Crowley County, CO)
Pueblo (Pueblo County, CO)
Springfield (Baca County, CO)
Sterling (Logan County, CO)

Trinidad (Las Animas County, CO)
Walsenburg (Huerfano County, CO)
Wray (Yuma County, CO)
Abilene (Dickinson County, KS)
Alma (Wabaunsee County, KS)

Anthony (Harper County, KS)
Ashland (Clark County, KS)
Atwood (Rawlins County, KS)
Belleville (Republic County, KS)
Beloit (Mitchell County, KS)

Cimarron (Gray County, KS)
Clay Center (Clay County, KS)
Colby (Thomas County, KS)
Coldwater (Comanche County, KS)
Concordia (Cloud County, KS)

Cottonwood Falls (Chase County, KS)
Council Grove (Morris County, KS)
Dighton (Lane County, KS)
Dodge City (Ford County, KS)
El Dorado (Butler County, KS)

Elkhart (Morton County, KS)
Ellsworth (Ellsworth County, KS)
Emporia (Lyon County, KS)
Eureka (Greenwood County, KS)
Fredonia (Wilson 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)
Howard (Elk County, KS)
Hoxie (Sheridan County, KS)
Hugoton (Stevens County, KS)

Hutchinson (Reno County, KS)
Jetmore (Hodgeman County, KS)
Johnson City (Stanton County, KS)
Junction City (Geary 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)
Lincoln Center (Lincoln County, KS)
Lyons (Rice County, KS)
McPherson (McPherson County, KS)
Manhattan (Riley County, KS)

Mankato (Jewell County, KS)
Marion (Marion County, KS)
Marysville (Marshall County, KS)
Meade (Meade County, KS)
Medicine Lodge (Barber County, KS)

Minneapolis (Ottawa County, KS)
Ness City (Ness County, KS)
Newton (Harvey 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)
Salina (Saline County, KS)
Scott City (Scott County, KS)
Sedan (Chautauqua 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)
Washington (Washington County, KS)
Wellington (Sumner County, KS)

Westmoreland (Pottawatomie County, KS)
Wichita (Sedgwick County, KS)
Winfield (Cowley County, KS)
Alma (Harlan County, NE)
Aurora (Hamilton County, NE)

Beaver City (Furnas County, NE)
Benkelman (Dundy County, NE)
Clay Center (Clay County, NE)
Elwood (Gosper County, NE)
Fairbury (Jefferson County, NE)

Franklin (Franklin County, NE)
Geneva (Fillmore County, NE)
Grand Island (Hall County, NE)
Grant (Perkins County, NE)
Hastings (Adams County, NE)

Hayes Center (Hayes County, NE)
Hebron (Thayer County, NE)
Holdrege (Phelps County, NE)
Imperial (Chase County, NE)
Kearney (Buffalo County, NE)

Lexington (Dawson County, NE)
McCook (Red Willow County, NE)
Minden (Kearney County, NE)
Nelson (Nuckolls County, NE)
North Platte (Lincoln County, NE)

Ogallala (Keith County, NE)
Red Cloud (Webster County, NE)
Stockville (Frontier County, NE)
Trenton (Hitchcock County, NE)
Clayton (Union County, NM)

Mosquero (Harding County, NM)
Raton (Colfax County, NM)
Altus (Jackson County, OK)
Alva (Woods County, OK)
Anadarko (Caddo County, OK)

Arapaho (Custer County, OK)
Arnett (Ellis County, OK)
Beaver (Beaver County, OK)
Boise City (Cimarron County, OK)
Buffalo (Harper County, OK)

Chandler (Lincoln County, OK)
Cherokee (Alfalfa County, OK)
Cheyenne (Roger Mills County, OK)
Chickasha (Grady County, OK)
El Reno (Canadian County, OK)

Enid (Garfield County, OK)
Fairview (Major County, OK)
Guthrie (Logan County, OK)
Guymon (Texas County, OK)
Hobart (Kiowa County, OK)

Hollis (Harmon County, OK)
Kingfisher (Kingfisher County, OK)
Lawton (Comanche County, OK)
Mangum (Greer County, OK)
Medford (Grant County, OK)

New Cordell (Washita County, OK)
Newkirk (Kay County, OK)
Norman (Cleveland County, OK)
Oklahoma City (Oklahoma County, OK)
Pawhuska (Osage County, OK)

Pawnee (Pawnee County, OK)
Perry (Noble County, OK)
Sayre (Beckham County, OK)
Stillwater (Payne County, OK)
Taloga (Dewey County, OK)

Watonga (Blaine County, OK)
Woodward (Woodward County, OK)
Amarillo (Potter County, TX)
Canadian (Hemphill County, TX)
Canyon (Randall County, TX)

Channing (Hartley County, TX)
Childress (Childress 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)
Memphis (Hall County, TX)

Miami (Roberts County, TX)
Pampa (Gray County, TX)
Panhandle (Carson County, TX)
Perryton (Ochiltree County, TX)
Quanah (Hardeman County, TX)

Silverton (Briscoe County, TX)
Spearman (Hansford County, TX)
Stinnett (Hutchinson County, TX)
Stratford (Sherman County, TX)
Tulia (Swisher County, TX)

Vega (Oldham County, TX)
Wellington (Collingsworth County, TX)
Wheeler (Wheeler County, TX)
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276
249
154
 
200
234
269
207
297
 
219
250
203
201
262
 
301
201
306
201
139
 
253
245
178
329
312
 
343
282
312
169
248
 
379
188
231
280
137
 
332
306
290
232
293
 
313
258
278
302
125
 
278
154
126
336
374
 
347
385
351
376
324
 
329
350
380
436
358
 
397
325
358
415
372
 
386
369
356
328
429
 
453
324
383
377
322
 
362
398
116
112
50
 
82
135
192
292
151
 
42
100
122
38
26
 
68
77
29
237
94
 
146
35
78
120
93
 
84
101
18
0
106
 
73
57
120
52
90
 
56
125
244
164
251
 
271
172
194
218
283
 
279
251
280
163
179
 
176
194
218
195
150
 
225
212
222
262
250
 
277
158
155
351
285
252
233
373
 
287
400
321
214
203
 
213
234
262
159
382
 
201
235
338
361
403
 
251
179
322
394
359
 
198
388
292
200
379
 
365
380
239
204
330
 
125
315
382
357
371
 
199
287
270
275
218
 
290
308
347
297
139
 
294
221
164
381
267
 
231
269
192
256
228
 
137
334
296
318
398
 
374
345
429
166
231
 
354
249
317
338
277
 
327
340
343
243
303
 
316
258
341
232
342
 
255
358
324
167
190
 
226
166
285
413
285
 
415
303
305
365
443
 
358
335
422
388
426
 
373
435
438
390
417
 
370
414
386
367
409
 
402
352
398
402
414
 
410
383
377
347
113
 
126
187
148
208
203
 
164
132
133
112
167
 
283
222
125
220
219
 
237
202
253
105
156
 
114
223
197
134
254
 
161
291
253
244
324
 
293
264
125
275
171
 
198
160
0
95
15
 
44
102
56
27
71
 
52
46
41
113
80
 
75
54
27
101
134
 
58
78
48
80
46
 
34
95
89
622
545
521
518
619
 
576
642
623
523
491
 
515
543
581
459
647
 
531
562
588
424
431
 
310
348
540
488
467
 
401
456
514
341
471
 
385
406
444
389
347
 
411
418
389
349
332
 
426
530
474
401
362
 
444
486
324
498
398
 
370
399
433
431
344
 
384
421
436
395
470
 
377
439
392
389
442
 
490
384
487
370
327
 
441
429
364
517
493
 
529
472
501
357
437
 
558
377
419
456
301
 
505
495
479
398
455
 
482
420
464
485
312
 
456
340
308
525
562
 
535
567
539
565
508
 
519
537
568
620
547
 
583
512
548
598
561
 
576
555
546
517
616
 
637
513
571
562
442
 
459
519
195
296
178
 
230
287
350
424
323
 
202
288
256
169
202
 
257
259
216
379
204
 
223
221
158
213
282
 
215
283
172
190
269
 
246
243
238
231
257
 
231
292
334
298
332
 
375
232
279
308
397
 
341
365
352
309
255
 
298
306
318
338
200
 
286
345
339
389
312
 
366
244
272
1079
1154
1171
1168
1103
 
1110
1090
1060
1158
1192
 
1167
1138
1101
1222
1062
 
1158
1124
1125
1391
1430
 
1427
1351
1188
1339
1331
 
1300
1378
1204
1367
1348
 
1443
1434
1266
1316
1451
 
1271
1354
1457
1476
1509
 
1271
1177
1246
1344
1354
 
1300
1258
1492
1232
1286
 
1395
1312
1251
1404
1403
 
1335
1314
1255
1338
1228
 
1309
1346
1370
1393
1409
 
1315
1423
1383
1323
1398
 
1362
1292
1421
1238
1224
 
1210
1306
1266
1373
1320
 
1156
1360
1378
1247
1509
 
1194
1289
1281
1293
1232
 
1211
1267
1270
1366
1449
 
1410
1435
1470
1251
1286
 
1229
1157
1295
1211
1348
 
1270
1316
1268
1119
1277
 
1162
1329
1238
1135
1242
 
1210
1191
1255
1306
1152
 
1109
1290
1190
1175
1246
 
1248
1174
1487
1416
1512
 
1458
1398
1336
1258
1373
 
1542
1431
1427
1525
1502
 
1467
1447
1510
1302
1479
 
1461
1489
1525
1468
1455
 
1470
1481
1541
1524
1522
 
1515
1496
1443
1513
1437
 
1469
1401
1359
1384
1366
 
1316
1458
1409
1382
1290
 
1373
1321
1355
1374
1434
 
1383
1377
1370
1344
1487
 
1416
1337
1344
1294
1394
 
1333
1441
1410


Sources: STI: PopStats and STI: Colossus

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