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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Lubbock (Lubbock County, TX) |
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Amarillo (Potter County, TX) |
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Manhattan (New York County, NY) |
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Elkhart (Morton 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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Colorado Springs (El Paso County, CO) |
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Los Angeles (Los Angeles County, CA) |
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Akron (Washington County, CO)
Alamosa (Alamosa 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)
Conejos (Conejos County, CO)
Cripple Creek (Teller County, CO)
Eads (Kiowa County, CO)
Fort Morgan (Morgan County, CO)
Holyoke (Phillips County, CO)
Hugo (Lincoln 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)
Saguache (Saguache County, CO)
Salida (Chaffee County, CO)
San Luis (Costilla County, CO)
Springfield (Baca County, CO)
Trinidad (Las Animas County, CO)
Walsenburg (Huerfano County, CO)
Westcliffe (Custer County, CO)
Wray (Yuma County, CO)
Anthony (Harper County, KS)
Ashland (Clark County, KS)
Atwood (Rawlins County, KS)
Cimarron (Gray County, KS)
Colby (Thomas County, KS)
Coldwater (Comanche County, KS)
Dighton (Lane County, KS)
Dodge City (Ford 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)
Lyons (Rice County, KS)
Meade (Meade County, KS)
Medicine Lodge (Barber 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)
Pratt (Pratt County, KS)
Russell (Russell County, KS)
St. Francis (Cheyenne County, KS)
St. John (Stafford County, KS)
Scott City (Scott County, KS)
Sharon Springs (Wallace 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)
Beaver City (Furnas County, NE)
Benkelman (Dundy County, NE)
Hayes Center (Hayes County, NE)
Imperial (Chase County, NE)
McCook (Red Willow County, NE)
Trenton (Hitchcock County, NE)
Clayton (Union County, NM)
Clovis (Curry County, NM)
Fort Sumner (De Baca County, NM)
Las Vegas (San Miguel County, NM)
Mora (Mora County, NM)
Mosquero (Harding County, NM)
Portales (Roosevelt County, NM)
Raton (Colfax County, NM)
Santa Fe (Santa Fe County, NM)
Santa Rosa (Guadalupe County, NM)
Taos (Taos 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)
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)
Frederick (Tillman 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)
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)
Crosbyton (Crosby County, TX)
Crowell (Foard County, TX)
Dalhart (Dallam County, TX)
Dickens (Dickens County, TX)
Dimmitt (Castro County, TX)
Dumas (Moore County, TX)
Farwell (Parmer County, TX)
Floydada (Floyd County, TX)
Guthrie (King County, TX)
Hereford (Deaf Smith County, TX)
Levelland (Hockley County, TX)
Lipscomb (Lipscomb County, TX)
Littlefield (Lamb County, TX)
Lubbock (Lubbock County, TX)
Matador (Motley County, TX)
Memphis (Hall County, TX)
Miami (Roberts County, TX)
Morton (Cochran 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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468
448
482
480
464
459
211
96
148
236
256
192
94
271
274
185
286
152
166
288
232
217
214
237
221
259
297
189
262
300
269
175
217
189
137
274
164
324
204
176
238
253
242
113
183
98
148
110
110
111
38
128
176
61
72
159
87
43
90
92
27
205
35
0
69
111
163
51
66
96
147
126
205
44
133
71
186
158
192
67
120
154
131
159
|
1079
1089
1154
1069
1042
1171
1068
1103
1056
1168
1051
1103
1110
1060
1158
1192
1167
1026
1138
1101
1049
1034
1120
1222
1158
1124
1073
1125
1427
1351
1188
1300
1204
1367
1266
1316
1271
1354
1271
1177
1246
1344
1354
1300
1258
1232
1286
1395
1312
1251
1403
1335
1314
1255
1338
1228
1309
1370
1323
1398
1292
1238
1224
1210
1306
1266
1373
1320
1156
1360
1247
1194
1281
1293
1232
1211
1267
1270
1449
1229
1157
1162
1135
1191
1175
1246
1345
1304
1208
1186
1248
1352
1174
1177
1263
1155
1288
1487
1416
1512
1458
1398
1336
1258
1373
1431
1427
1502
1467
1447
1515
1302
1479
1461
1489
1468
1455
1470
1443
1437
1469
1401
1359
1384
1366
1316
1458
1409
1382
1460
1503
1290
1477
1373
1321
1353
1439
1497
1355
1420
1374
1404
1439
1458
1434
1383
1398
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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