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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Hugoton (Stevens 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)
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)
Eads (Kiowa 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)
Ordway (Crowley County, CO)
Pueblo (Pueblo 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)
Beloit (Mitchell 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)
Lincoln Center (Lincoln County, KS)
Lyons (Rice County, KS)
McPherson (McPherson County, KS)
Mankato (Jewell 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)
Elwood (Gosper County, NE)
Franklin (Franklin County, NE)
Hayes Center (Hayes County, NE)
Imperial (Chase County, NE)
McCook (Red Willow County, NE)
Stockville (Frontier 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 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)
Chickasha (Grady 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)
Oklahoma City (Oklahoma 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)
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)
Hereford (Deaf Smith County, TX)
Lipscomb (Lipscomb County, TX)
Littlefield (Lamb 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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29
237
94
146
35
78
120
93
84
101
0
57
120
52
90
56
125
244
164
251
271
172
194
218
247
162
283
228
279
251
322
240
280
163
294
213
179
176
308
188
194
218
195
254
150
225
212
222
262
250
277
136
158
155
|
351
285
292
333
252
301
307
233
373
287
321
214
203
213
234
262
243
159
201
235
286
338
251
179
322
359
198
292
200
239
204
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
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
388
373
370
367
352
377
347
113
93
144
193
204
126
112
187
162
226
106
148
208
203
164
132
133
112
167
222
125
220
219
237
202
172
253
105
156
114
223
197
134
254
161
291
244
264
125
275
171
198
160
0
95
15
44
102
56
27
113
146
71
123
52
46
89
89
41
113
93
100
80
75
84
119
54
27
101
70
134
58
78
48
80
46
34
161
95
89
|
622
545
614
640
521
613
626
518
619
576
623
523
491
515
543
581
577
459
531
562
613
588
310
348
540
467
401
514
341
444
389
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
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
565
519
583
598
555
571
562
442
387
444
520
535
459
391
519
477
559
430
195
296
178
230
287
350
424
323
288
256
169
202
257
259
167
216
379
204
223
221
158
213
282
215
283
190
243
238
231
257
231
292
334
298
332
375
232
279
308
265
189
397
242
341
365
377
276
352
309
331
249
255
298
357
221
306
318
338
301
200
286
345
339
389
312
366
173
244
272
|
1079
1154
1069
1042
1171
1068
1056
1168
1103
1110
1060
1158
1192
1167
1138
1101
1120
1222
1158
1124
1073
1125
1427
1351
1188
1331
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
1346
1370
1393
1315
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
1211
1270
1162
1135
1191
1190
1175
1246
1345
1304
1208
1186
1248
1352
1174
1263
1155
1288
1487
1416
1512
1458
1398
1336
1258
1373
1431
1427
1525
1502
1467
1447
1515
1510
1302
1479
1461
1489
1525
1468
1455
1470
1481
1524
1496
1443
1513
1437
1469
1401
1359
1384
1366
1316
1458
1409
1382
1460
1503
1290
1477
1373
1321
1353
1439
1355
1374
1404
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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