A→B corridors
Drives worth the detour
Pre-ranked city-to-city corridors with honest +N min stops. Sweet-spot runs (about 4–6½ hours) wear a badge; thin shelves stay honest until the catalog catches up.
West
- Las Vegas → Los Angeles271 mi · 4 hr 45 min13 stopsSweet spot
- Los Angeles → Fresno220 mi · 3 hr 49 min7 stops
- Los Angeles → Grand Canyon South Rim484 mi · 8 hr 13 min10 stops
- Los Angeles → Lake Tahoe451 mi · 8 hr 12 min24 stops
- Los Angeles → Monterey319 mi · 5 hr 38 min11 stopsSweet spot
- Los Angeles → San Diego120 mi · 2 hr 25 min24 stops
- Los Angeles → Sedona478 mi · 7 hr 47 min22 stops
- Los Angeles → Yosemite NP311 mi · 6 hr 6 min7 stopsSweet spot
- Los Angeles → Zion NP428 mi · 7 hr 15 min24 stops
- Phoenix → Grand Canyon South Rim223 mi · 3 hr 37 min17 stops
- Phoenix → Las Vegas302 mi · 5 hr 9 min19 stopsSweet spot
- Phoenix → Los Angeles373 mi · 6 hr 5 min19 stopsSweet spot
- Phoenix → San Diego356 mi · 5 hr 29 min20 stopsSweet spot
- Phoenix → Zion NP393 mi · 6 hr 53 min18 stops
Midwest
- Chicago → Cincinnati299 mi · 4 hr 53 min8 stopsSweet spot
- Chicago → Cleveland346 mi · 5 hr 27 min20 stopsSweet spot
- Chicago → Columbus357 mi · 5 hr 46 min17 stopsSweet spot
- Chicago → Detroit283 mi · 4 hr 30 min16 stopsSweet spot
- Chicago → Indianapolis183 mi · 3 hr 2 min8 stops
- Chicago → Louisville301 mi · 4 hr 50 min11 stopsSweet spot
- Cincinnati → Atlanta461 mi · 7 hr 18 min24 stops
- Cleveland → Washington369 mi · 6 hr 21 min24 stopsSweet spot
- Columbus → Washington398 mi · 7 hr 2 min24 stops
- Minneapolis → Chicago409 mi · 6 hr 36 min19 stops
- St. Louis → Chicago297 mi · 4 hr 52 min11 stopsSweet spot
South
- Atlanta → Charlotte245 mi · 4 hr 10 min13 stops
- Atlanta → Great Smoky Mtns191 mi · 4 hr 3 min24 stops
- Baltimore → Boston404 mi · 7 hr 42 min24 stops
- Baltimore → New York192 mi · 3 hr 32 min24 stops
- Dallas → San Antonio292 mi · 4 hr 29 min11 stopsSweet spot
- Houston → San Antonio197 mi · 3 hr 7 min10 stops
- Nashville → Atlanta248 mi · 4 hr 22 min24 stops
- Orlando → Miami241 mi · 3 hr 58 min11 stops
- Richmond → New York338 mi · 6 hr 26 min24 stopsSweet spot
- Tampa → Miami281 mi · 4 hr 24 min17 stopsSweet spot
- Virginia Beach → New York363 mi · 6 hr 57 min24 stopsSweet spot
- Virginia Beach → Philadelphia276 mi · 5 hr 28 min24 stopsSweet spot
Northeast
- New York → Acadia NP491 mi · 9 hr 13 min24 stops
- New York → Albany152 mi · 2 hr 53 min24 stops
- New York → Boston216 mi · 4 hr 41 min24 stops
- New York → Buffalo396 mi · 6 hr 42 min24 stops
- New York → Niagara Falls409 mi · 6 hr 54 min20 stops
- New York → Outer Banks438 mi · 8 hr 23 min24 stops
- New York → Portland314 mi · 6 hr 8 min24 stopsSweet spot
- Philadelphia → Boston307 mi · 6 hr 13 min24 stopsSweet spot
- Philadelphia → Pittsburgh305 mi · 5 hr 9 min13 stopsSweet spot
- Pittsburgh → New York389 mi · 6 hr 27 min17 stopsSweet spot