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Lane 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)  
Amarillo (Potter County, TX)  
Manhattan (New York County, NY)  
Wichita (Sedgwick County, KS)  
Dighton (Lane County, KS)  
Chicago (Cook County, IL)  
Atlanta (Fulton County, GA)  
Pueblo (Pueblo County, CO)  
Colorado Springs (El Paso County, CO)  
Los Angeles (Los Angeles County, CA)  
Akron (Washington County, CO)
Burlington (Kit Carson County, CO)
Castle Rock (Douglas County, CO)
Cheyenne Wells (Cheyenne County, CO)
Colorado Springs (El Paso County, CO)

Eads (Kiowa County, CO)
Fort Morgan (Morgan 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)
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)
Arthur (Arthur County, NE)
Aurora (Hamilton County, NE)
Beatrice (Gage County, NE)
Beaver City (Furnas County, NE)

Benkelman (Dundy County, NE)
Brewster (Blaine County, NE)
Broken Bow (Custer County, NE)
Burwell (Garfield County, NE)
Central City (Merrick County, NE)

Chappell (Deuel County, NE)
Clay Center (Clay County, NE)
Elwood (Gosper County, NE)
Fairbury (Jefferson County, NE)
Franklin (Franklin County, NE)

Fullerton (Nance County, NE)
Geneva (Fillmore County, NE)
Grand Island (Hall County, NE)
Grant (Perkins County, NE)
Greeley Center (Greeley 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)
Loup City (Sherman County, NE)
McCook (Red Willow County, NE)
Minden (Kearney County, NE)

Mullen (Hooker County, NE)
Nelson (Nuckolls County, NE)
North Platte (Lincoln County, NE)
Ogallala (Keith County, NE)
Ord (Valley County, NE)

Osceola (Polk County, NE)
Oshkosh (Garden County, NE)
Red Cloud (Webster County, NE)
St. Paul (Howard County, NE)
Seward (Seward County, NE)

Sidney (Cheyenne 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)
Wilber (Saline County, NE)
York (York County, NE)
Clayton (Union County, NM)

Raton (Colfax 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)
Guthrie (Logan County, OK)
Guymon (Texas County, OK)
Kingfisher (Kingfisher County, OK)

Medford (Grant County, OK)
New Cordell (Washita County, OK)
Newkirk (Kay 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)
Channing (Hartley County, TX)
Clarendon (Donley County, TX)
Claude (Armstrong County, TX)

Dalhart (Dallam County, TX)
Dumas (Moore 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)

Vega (Oldham County, TX)
Wheeler (Wheeler County, TX)
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1347
1367
1213
 
1398
1485
1287
1392
1498
 
1215
1306
1368
1352
1465
 
1347
1460
1466
1283
1297
 
1269
1200
1275
1235
1193
 
1430
1338
1258
1384
1258
 
1362
1422
1396
1306
1334
 
1339
1322
1463
1333
1259
 
1436
1216
1473
1305
1336
 
1452
1493
1481
1477
1374
 
1214
1277
1187
1265
1255
 
1331
1437
1253
1193
1355
 
1445
1340
1333
1304
1250
 
1481
1259
1352
1217
1310
 
1247
1235
1270
1445
1274
 
1275
1413
1238
1328
1444
 
1310
1344
1299
1396
1306
 
1400
1263
1393
1442
1294
 
1226
1472
1288
1273
1205
 
1506
1377
1379
1317
1376
 
1416
1399
1202
1231
1596
 
1653
1353
1398
1427
1450
 
1556
1403
1338
1435
1348
 
1321
1356
1310
1503
1339
 
1305
1407
1267
1267
1295
 
1441
1286
1387
1363
1400
 
1558
1464
1572
1516
1536
 
1572
1548
1450
1483
1504
 
1531
1474
1499
1522
1542
 
1588
1471
351
285
333
252
301
 
233
365
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
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
440
443
447
358
 
335
478
445
477
458
 
409
422
388
426
373
 
475
435
438
390
474
 
417
370
414
386
367
 
409
402
448
352
398
 
475
402
414
410
470
 
474
430
383
454
471
 
415
440
377
473
473
 
347
442
451
455
113
 
187
208
164
132
133
 
112
167
222
125
219
 
237
202
253
105
223
 
254
161
291
293
264
 
125
275
171
198
160
 
0
95
44
56
27
 
71
46
113
75
54
 
27
101
78
48
80
 
34
89
622
545
640
521
613
 
518
646
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
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
664
562
517
535
 
567
654
616
634
579
 
654
539
565
508
519
 
596
537
568
620
613
 
547
583
512
548
598
 
561
576
599
555
546
 
681
517
616
637
620
 
581
670
513
589
561
 
670
635
571
637
668
 
562
648
531
560
442
 
519
296
230
287
350
 
424
323
288
256
202
 
257
259
216
379
221
 
282
215
283
246
243
 
238
231
257
231
292
 
334
298
375
279
308
 
397
365
309
298
306
 
318
338
345
339
389
 
366
272
1079
1154
1042
1171
1068
 
1168
1051
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
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
1095
1286
1363
1229
 
1157
1166
1193
1204
1277
 
1077
1295
1211
1348
1270
 
1271
1316
1268
1119
1239
 
1277
1162
1329
1238
1135
 
1242
1210
1228
1191
1255
 
1109
1306
1152
1109
1220
 
1296
1071
1290
1253
1326
 
1053
1151
1190
1193
1132
 
1175
1129
1346
1304
1246
 
1174
1416
1458
1398
1336
 
1258
1373
1431
1427
1502
 
1467
1447
1510
1302
1489
 
1455
1470
1481
1515
1496
 
1443
1513
1437
1469
1401
 
1359
1384
1316
1409
1382
 
1290
1321
1374
1383
1377
 
1370
1344
1337
1344
1294
 
1333
1410


Sources: STI: PopStats and STI: Colossus