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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.

 
Syracuse (Onondaga County, NY)
Manhattan (New York County, NY)  
None (Bronx County, NY)  
Paterson (Passaic County, NJ)  
North Haverhill (Grafton County, NH)  
Worcester (Worcester County, MA)  
Springfield (Hampden County, MA)  
Lowell (Middlesex County, MA)  
Brockton (Plymouth County, MA)  
Boston (Suffolk County, MA)  
Chicago (Cook County, IL)  
Atlanta (Fulton County, GA)  
None (Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT)  
None (South Central CT Planning Region, CT)  
New Haven (New Haven County, CT)  
None (Capitol Planning Region, CT)  
Hartford (Hartford County, CT)  
None (Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT)  
Bridgeport (Fairfield County, CT)  
Los Angeles (Los Angeles County, CA)  
None (Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT)
Bridgeport (Fairfield County, CT)
None (Capitol Planning Region, CT)
Hartford (Hartford County, CT)
Litchfield (Litchfield County, CT)

None (Lower CT River Valley Planning Region, CT)
Middletown (Middlesex County, CT)
None (Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT)
None (South Central CT Planning Region, CT)
New Haven (New Haven County, CT)

New London (New London County, CT)
None (Southeastern CT Planning Region, CT)
None (Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT)
Rockville (Tolland County, CT)
None (Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT)

None (Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT)
Willimantic (Windham County, CT)
Alfred (York County, ME)
Auburn (Androscoggin County, ME)
Augusta (Kennebec County, ME)

Bangor (Penobscot County, ME)
Bath (Sagadahoc County, ME)
Belfast (Waldo County, ME)
Dover-Foxcroft (Piscataquis County, ME)
Ellsworth (Hancock County, ME)

Farmington (Franklin County, ME)
Machias (Washington County, ME)
Portland (Cumberland County, ME)
Rockland (Knox County, ME)
Skowhegan (Somerset County, ME)

Paris (Oxford County, ME)
Wiscasset (Lincoln County, ME)
Barnstable Town (Barnstable County, MA)
Boston (Suffolk County, MA)
Brockton (Plymouth County, MA)

Dedham (Norfolk County, MA)
Edgartown (Dukes County, MA)
Greenfield (Franklin County, MA)
Lawrence (Essex County, MA)
Lowell (Middlesex County, MA)

Nantucket (Nantucket County, MA)
Northampton (Hampshire County, MA)
Pittsfield (Berkshire County, MA)
Springfield (Hampden County, MA)
Taunton (Bristol County, MA)

Worcester (Worcester County, MA)
Brentwood (Rockingham County, NH)
Center Ossipee (Carroll County, NH)
Concord (Merrimack County, NH)
Dover (Strafford County, NH)

Keene (Cheshire County, NH)
Laconia (Belknap County, NH)
Lancaster (Coos County, NH)
Nashua (Hillsborough County, NH)
Newport (Sullivan County, NH)

North Haverhill (Grafton County, NH)
Hackensack (Bergen County, NJ)
Paterson (Passaic County, NJ)
None (Bronx County, NY)
Albany (Albany County, NY)

Auburn (Cayuga County, NY)
Lake Pleasant (Hamilton County, NY)
Ballston Spa (Saratoga County, NY)
Manhattan (New York County, NY)
Binghamton (Broome County, NY)

Canton (St. Lawrence County, NY)
Carmel (Putnam County, NY)
Catskill (Greene County, NY)
Cooperstown (Otsego County, NY)
Cortland (Cortland County, NY)

Delhi (Delaware County, NY)
Elizabethtown (Essex County, NY)
Fonda (Montgomery County, NY)
Fort Edward (Washington County, NY)
Queensbury (Warren County, NY)

Goshen (Orange County, NY)
Herkimer (Herkimer County, NY)
Hudson (Columbia County, NY)
Ithaca (Tompkins County, NY)
Johnstown (Fulton County, NY)

Kingston (Ulster County, NY)
Lowville (Lewis County, NY)
Malone (Franklin County, NY)
Mineola (Nassau County, NY)
Monticello (Sullivan County, NY)

New City (Rockland County, NY)
Norwich (Chenango County, NY)
Oswego (Oswego County, NY)
Plattsburgh (Clinton County, NY)
Poughkeepsie (Dutchess County, NY)

Riverhead (Suffolk County, NY)
Schenectady (Schenectady County, NY)
Schoharie (Schoharie County, NY)
Syracuse (Onondaga County, NY)
Troy (Rensselaer County, NY)

Utica (Oneida County, NY)
Wampsville (Madison County, NY)
Watertown (Jefferson County, NY)
White Plains (Westchester County, NY)
Honesdale (Wayne County, PA)

Milford (Pike County, PA)
Montrose (Susquehanna County, PA)
Bristol (Bristol County, RI)
East Greenwich (Kent County, RI)
South Kingstown (Washington County, RI)

Newport (Newport County, RI)
Providence (Providence County, RI)
Guildhall (Essex County, VT)
North Hero (Grand Isle County, VT)
Burlington (Chittenden County, VT)

Chelsea (Orange County, VT)
Hyde Park (Lamoille County, VT)
Manchester (Bennington County, VT)
Middlebury (Addison County, VT)
Montpelier (Washington County, VT)

Newfane (Windham County, VT)
Newport (Orleans County, VT)
Rutland (Rutland County, VT)
St. Albans (Franklin County, VT)
St. Johnsbury (Caledonia County, VT)

Woodstock (Windsor County, VT)
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68
128
189
 
122
155
110
96
102
 
104
140
64
204
112
 
76
189
208
110
115
 
100
155
221
184
77
 
81
85
98
194
72
 
152
174
213
98
144
 
129
172
70
61
65
 
77
61
174
192
168
 
130
172
77
134
149
 
61
196
106
188
162
 
104
103
103
57
57
80
 
66
66
84
88
88
 
66
52
25
43
122
 
74
43
100
148
177
 
233
152
204
240
231
 
186
274
125
186
203
 
150
161
86
41
42
 
32
90
47
44
36
 
112
44
75
39
44
 
0
62
108
68
79
 
54
92
154
37
78
 
127
150
154
148
105
 
246
175
116
153
210
 
233
114
105
162
224
 
159
162
139
113
120
 
143
170
101
240
140
 
115
213
217
142
154
 
136
190
252
187
116
 
102
114
131
227
100
 
183
206
238
132
183
 
167
211
48
46
59
 
60
37
158
192
170
 
123
166
89
138
143
 
66
185
110
187
150
 
100
210
210
164
164
173
 
179
179
187
198
198
 
191
176
151
155
222
 
166
165
77
88
115
 
167
109
150
158
178
 
101
228
97
143
123
 
75
117
188
131
148
 
135
202
106
106
107
 
218
126
129
139
158
 
127
90
49
64
85
 
80
45
35
97
51
 
0
244
245
246
133
 
241
140
119
250
240
 
159
204
159
175
233
 
192
78
142
97
98
 
220
166
155
253
140
 
180
174
123
246
216
 
227
206
228
82
192
 
220
131
152
219
125
 
174
198
193
230
239
 
238
250
171
172
186
 
184
160
37
80
66
 
22
45
83
57
30
 
83
59
58
72
23
 
41
54
54
97
97
76
 
90
90
70
70
70
 
111
116
136
110
34
 
83
115
250
296
326
 
384
303
356
387
384
 
330
428
277
339
349
 
294
313
204
190
181
 
180
192
142
198
189
 
213
124
116
118
173
 
154
213
249
208
230
 
170
229
280
187
198
 
245
6
0
14
122
 
186
188
145
14
122
 
260
42
91
129
156
 
102
231
141
165
169
 
35
152
94
160
145
 
71
210
272
30
58
 
19
132
213
264
55
 
78
131
121
179
128
 
160
169
229
23
73
 
44
109
157
145
132
 
153
156
282
275
252
 
230
266
165
220
245
 
163
295
196
275
266
 
205
45
45
92
92
74
 
83
83
64
62
62
 
101
108
129
105
26
 
81
108
246
293
323
 
380
299
352
384
379
 
327
422
272
334
347
 
292
309
194
183
173
 
173
181
141
192
184
 
202
122
117
114
164
 
148
209
247
206
226
 
169
227
280
183
197
 
246
8
14
0
127
 
199
196
151
5
135
 
268
42
96
139
169
 
113
236
149
170
174
 
45
162
99
174
152
 
76
220
279
16
70
 
23
144
225
268
60
 
66
137
129
191
133
 
171
181
240
16
86
 
57
123
148
136
122
 
143
147
282
279
256
 
231
269
167
223
247
 
163
297
198
279
267
 
206
50
50
96
96
79
 
87
87
69
66
66
 
105
112
133
109
31
 
86
113
250
297
327
 
384
304
356
389
384
 
332
427
277
339
351
 
296
313
198
187
178
 
177
185
146
197
188
 
205
127
122
119
169
 
153
214
252
210
230
 
174
232
284
187
202
 
250
9
14
5
131
 
200
200
155
0
136
 
272
46
100
142
170
 
115
240
152
174
178
 
47
165
103
175
156
 
80
222
282
18
71
 
26
146
227
273
64
 
69
141
132
193
137
 
173
183
242
21
87
 
58
123
152
140
126
 
147
151
287
283
260
 
236
274
172
228
252
 
168
301
203
283
272
 
211
198
198
197
197
175
 
206
206
191
204
204
 
238
231
229
205
190
 
175
221
274
304
332
 
386
322
368
374
396
 
319
446
302
359
342
 
293
331
310
265
269
 
258
309
182
253
246
 
333
183
152
194
269
 
227
256
255
231
265
 
194
237
249
236
201
 
219
184
179
191
122
 
23
80
116
193
66
 
118
169
129
66
30
 
82
152
90
130
126
 
147
58
132
45
89
 
134
61
155
204
121
 
171
47
34
176
147
 
229
113
96
0
127
 
46
22
65
186
111
 
137
85
264
255
253
 
269
255
248
189
176
 
196
206
155
164
198
 
176
235
164
195
228
 
187


Sources: STI: PopStats and STI: Colossus

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