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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Dallas (Dallas County, TX) |
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Amarillo (Potter County, TX) |
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Manhattan (New York County, NY) |
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Wichita (Sedgwick County, KS) |
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Lakin (Kearny County, KS) |
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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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Denver (Denver County, CO) |
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Colorado Springs (El Paso County, CO) |
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Los Angeles (Los Angeles County, CA) |
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Akron (Washington 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)
Cheyenne Wells (Cheyenne County, CO)
Colorado Springs (El Paso County, CO)
Cripple Creek (Teller County, CO)
Denver (Denver County, CO)
Eads (Kiowa County, CO)
Fort Morgan (Morgan County, CO)
Golden (Jefferson 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)
Littleton (Arapahoe County, CO)
Ordway (Crowley County, CO)
Pueblo (Pueblo 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)
Abilene (Dickinson 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)
Dighton (Lane County, KS)
Dodge City (Ford County, KS)
El Dorado (Butler 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)
Hutchinson (Reno 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)
Lincoln Center (Lincoln County, KS)
Lyons (Rice County, KS)
McPherson (McPherson County, KS)
Mankato (Jewell County, KS)
Marion (Marion 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)
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)
Wellington (Sumner County, KS)
Wichita (Sedgwick County, KS)
Winfield (Cowley County, KS)
Alma (Harlan County, NE)
Beaver City (Furnas County, NE)
Benkelman (Dundy County, NE)
Chappell (Deuel County, NE)
Clay Center (Clay County, NE)
Elwood (Gosper County, NE)
Franklin (Franklin County, NE)
Grant (Perkins County, NE)
Hastings (Adams County, NE)
Hayes Center (Hayes 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)
Oshkosh (Garden County, NE)
Red Cloud (Webster County, NE)
Sidney (Cheyenne County, NE)
Stapleton (Logan County, NE)
Stockville (Frontier County, NE)
Trenton (Hitchcock County, NE)
Clayton (Union County, NM)
Mosquero (Harding County, NM)
Raton (Colfax County, NM)
Tucumcari (Quay County, NM)
Alva (Woods County, OK)
Arapaho (Custer 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)
El Reno (Canadian County, OK)
Enid (Garfield County, OK)
Fairview (Major County, OK)
Guymon (Texas County, OK)
Hobart (Kiowa County, OK)
Hollis (Harmon County, OK)
Kingfisher (Kingfisher County, OK)
Mangum (Greer County, OK)
Medford (Grant County, OK)
New Cordell (Washita County, OK)
Newkirk (Kay County, OK)
Perry (Noble County, OK)
Sayre (Beckham 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)
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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1263
1393
1442
1472
1288
1506
1377
1379
1416
1596
1654
1653
1656
1353
1398
1427
1450
1556
1403
1338
1435
1348
1321
1356
1503
1420
1472
1339
1446
1305
1407
1267
1295
1441
1387
1363
1400
1558
1464
1568
1572
1499
1516
1536
1572
1601
1548
1598
1450
1504
1483
1504
1531
1474
1551
1499
1522
1542
1573
1588
1483
1471
|
351
367
373
285
292
333
252
301
307
357
233
365
364
373
287
400
321
214
203
213
350
234
262
243
159
382
201
235
286
338
361
251
179
322
394
359
198
388
292
200
379
239
204
330
125
315
199
287
270
275
218
290
308
297
139
294
221
164
267
231
269
192
256
228
137
334
296
318
374
345
166
231
354
249
317
338
277
327
340
343
243
303
316
258
341
232
255
358
324
167
190
226
166
285
285
303
305
365
358
335
409
422
388
373
390
417
370
386
367
409
402
352
398
402
414
410
430
383
415
440
377
347
113
126
187
106
208
164
132
133
112
167
222
125
219
237
202
105
156
114
223
134
254
161
291
264
125
171
198
160
0
95
15
44
102
56
27
71
52
46
41
113
80
75
54
27
101
58
78
48
80
46
34
95
89
|
622
666
675
545
614
640
521
613
626
660
518
646
672
619
576
642
623
523
491
515
657
543
581
577
459
647
531
562
613
588
424
310
348
540
488
467
401
456
514
341
471
444
389
347
411
418
426
530
474
401
362
444
486
498
398
370
399
433
344
384
421
436
395
470
377
439
392
389
490
384
370
327
441
429
364
517
493
529
472
501
357
437
558
377
419
456
505
495
479
398
455
482
420
464
312
340
308
525
535
567
654
539
565
519
620
547
583
548
598
561
576
555
546
517
616
637
670
513
670
635
571
562
442
459
519
430
296
230
287
350
424
323
288
256
202
257
259
379
204
223
221
213
282
215
283
243
238
257
231
292
334
298
332
375
232
279
308
397
341
365
352
309
255
298
306
318
338
286
345
339
389
312
366
244
272
|
1079
1019
1009
1154
1069
1042
1171
1068
1056
1024
1168
1051
1011
1103
1110
1090
1060
1158
1192
1167
1026
1138
1101
1120
1222
1062
1158
1124
1073
1125
1391
1427
1351
1188
1339
1331
1300
1378
1204
1367
1348
1266
1316
1451
1271
1354
1271
1177
1246
1344
1354
1300
1258
1232
1286
1395
1312
1251
1403
1335
1314
1255
1338
1228
1309
1346
1370
1393
1315
1423
1323
1398
1362
1292
1421
1238
1224
1210
1306
1266
1373
1320
1156
1360
1378
1247
1194
1289
1281
1293
1232
1211
1267
1270
1449
1435
1470
1251
1229
1157
1077
1295
1211
1270
1119
1277
1162
1238
1135
1242
1210
1191
1255
1306
1152
1109
1071
1290
1053
1151
1190
1175
1246
1248
1174
1288
1416
1458
1398
1336
1258
1373
1431
1427
1502
1467
1447
1302
1479
1461
1489
1468
1455
1470
1481
1496
1443
1437
1469
1401
1359
1384
1366
1316
1458
1409
1382
1290
1373
1321
1355
1374
1434
1383
1377
1370
1344
1416
1337
1344
1294
1394
1333
1441
1410
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Sources: STI: PopStats and STI: Colossus
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