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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Oklahoma City (Oklahoma County, OK) |
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Manhattan (New York County, NY) |
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Wichita (Sedgwick County, KS) |
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Meade (Meade 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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Los Angeles (Los Angeles County, CA) |
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Burlington (Kit Carson County, CO)
Cheyenne Wells (Cheyenne County, CO)
Eads (Kiowa County, CO)
Hugo (Lincoln 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)
Trinidad (Las Animas County, CO)
Walsenburg (Huerfano 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)
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)
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)
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)
Elwood (Gosper County, NE)
Franklin (Franklin 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)
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)
Tucumcari (Quay County, NM)
Altus (Jackson County, OK)
Alva (Woods County, OK)
Anadarko (Caddo County, OK)
Arapaho (Custer County, OK)
Arnett (Ellis County, OK)
Bartlesville (Washington 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)
Duncan (Stephens County, OK)
El Reno (Canadian County, OK)
Enid (Garfield County, OK)
Fairview (Major County, OK)
Frederick (Tillman 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)
Pauls Valley (Garvin County, OK)
Pawhuska (Osage County, OK)
Pawnee (Pawnee County, OK)
Perry (Noble County, OK)
Purcell (McClain County, OK)
Sapulpa (Creek County, OK)
Sayre (Beckham County, OK)
Shawnee (Pottawatomie County, OK)
Stillwater (Payne County, OK)
Taloga (Dewey County, OK)
Walters (Cotton County, OK)
Watonga (Blaine County, OK)
Waurika (Jefferson 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)
Crowell (Foard County, TX)
Dalhart (Dallam County, TX)
Dimmitt (Castro County, TX)
Dumas (Moore County, TX)
Farwell (Parmer County, TX)
Floydada (Floyd County, TX)
Hereford (Deaf Smith County, TX)
Lipscomb (Lipscomb County, TX)
Matador (Motley County, TX)
Memphis (Hall County, TX)
Miami (Roberts County, TX)
Muleshoe (Bailey County, TX)
Paducah (Cottle County, TX)
Pampa (Gray County, TX)
Panhandle (Carson County, TX)
Perryton (Ochiltree County, TX)
Plainview (Hale 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)
Vernon (Wilbarger County, TX)
Wellington (Collingsworth County, TX)
Wheeler (Wheeler County, TX)
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18
0
55
106
73
57
32
86
120
34
52
90
90
56
93
125
244
164
251
271
172
194
218
162
283
279
251
322
240
280
163
213
179
176
308
188
194
218
195
254
150
225
212
222
262
250
277
136
158
155
|
285
252
233
287
214
203
213
234
262
159
201
235
338
361
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
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
285
303
305
365
358
335
388
373
370
386
367
409
402
352
398
402
383
377
347
113
126
187
106
148
208
203
164
132
346
133
112
167
283
222
125
220
225
219
237
202
172
253
105
156
114
223
197
134
254
161
291
253
244
263
324
293
264
252
325
125
277
275
171
206
198
227
160
0
95
15
44
102
56
27
146
71
52
46
89
89
41
113
100
80
75
84
119
54
27
101
70
134
58
78
48
80
46
34
161
95
89
|
545
521
518
576
523
491
515
543
581
459
531
562
588
424
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
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
312
340
308
525
535
567
565
519
583
548
598
561
576
555
546
517
513
571
562
442
459
519
430
195
296
178
230
287
276
350
424
323
202
288
256
169
135
202
257
259
167
216
379
204
223
221
158
213
282
215
283
172
190
135
269
246
243
158
225
238
179
231
257
142
231
120
292
334
298
332
375
232
279
308
189
397
341
365
377
276
352
309
249
255
298
357
221
306
318
338
301
200
286
345
339
389
312
366
173
244
272
|
1154
1171
1168
1110
1158
1192
1167
1138
1101
1222
1158
1124
1125
1391
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
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
1449
1435
1470
1251
1229
1157
1211
1270
1162
1238
1135
1242
1210
1191
1255
1306
1290
1190
1175
1246
1248
1174
1288
1487
1416
1512
1458
1398
1536
1336
1258
1373
1542
1431
1427
1525
1551
1502
1467
1447
1515
1510
1302
1479
1461
1489
1525
1468
1455
1470
1481
1541
1524
1571
1522
1515
1496
1550
1560
1443
1553
1513
1437
1540
1469
1562
1401
1359
1384
1366
1316
1458
1409
1382
1503
1290
1373
1321
1353
1439
1355
1374
1458
1434
1383
1373
1478
1377
1370
1344
1414
1487
1416
1337
1344
1294
1394
1333
1512
1441
1410
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Sources: STI: PopStats and STI: Colossus
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