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
- Grand Canyon South Rim → Zion NP258 mi · 5 hr 8 min24 stopsSweet spot
- Las Vegas → Los Angeles271 mi · 4 hr 45 min13 stopsSweet spot
- Las Vegas → San Diego332 mi · 5 hr 45 min17 stopsSweet spot
- Las Vegas → Yosemite NP404 mi · 7 hr 48 min10 stops
- Los Angeles → Fresno220 mi · 3 hr 49 min11 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 min16 stopsSweet spot
- Los Angeles → Sacramento385 mi · 6 hr 25 min8 stopsSweet spot
- Los Angeles → San Diego120 mi · 2 hr 25 min24 stops
- Los Angeles → San Francisco383 mi · 6 hr 38 min11 stopsSweet spot
- Los Angeles → Sedona478 mi · 7 hr 47 min22 stops
- Los Angeles → Yosemite NP311 mi · 6 hr 6 min11 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 min21 stopsSweet spot
- Phoenix → Sedona117 mi · 2 hr 4 min16 stops
- Phoenix → Zion NP393 mi · 6 hr 53 min18 stops
- Portland → Seattle174 mi · 3 hr 11 min14 stops
- San Diego → Grand Canyon South Rim567 mi · 8 hr 42 min20 stops
- San Diego → Yosemite NP431 mi · 8 hr 23 min24 stops
- San Diego → Zion NP490 mi · 8 hr 11 min24 stops
- San Francisco → Yosemite NP189 mi · 4 hr 21 min8 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 min23 stopsSweet spot
- Chicago → Detroit283 mi · 4 hr 30 min19 stopsSweet spot
- Chicago → Grand Rapids180 mi · 2 hr 59 min16 stops
- 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
- Cincinnati → Detroit263 mi · 4 hr 5 min13 stopsSweet spot
- Cincinnati → Great Smoky Mtns296 mi · 5 hr 7 min24 stopsSweet spot
- Cleveland → Baltimore376 mi · 6 hr 9 min24 stopsSweet spot
- Cleveland → Philadelphia432 mi · 7 hr 6 min24 stops
- Cleveland → Washington369 mi · 6 hr 21 min24 stopsSweet spot
- Columbus → Washington398 mi · 7 hr 2 min24 stops
- Des Moines → Chicago334 mi · 5 hr 19 min23 stopsSweet spot
- Detroit → Louisville362 mi · 5 hr 42 min16 stopsSweet spot
- Detroit → Niagara Falls238 mi · 4 hr 4 min17 stops
- Detroit → Pittsburgh286 mi · 4 hr 25 min16 stopsSweet spot
- Indianapolis → Detroit286 mi · 4 hr 28 min11 stopsSweet spot
- Milwaukee → Detroit382 mi · 6 hr 10 min24 stopsSweet spot
- Minneapolis → Chicago409 mi · 6 hr 36 min24 stops
- Minneapolis → Milwaukee337 mi · 5 hr 12 min24 stopsSweet spot
- St. Louis → Chicago297 mi · 4 hr 52 min11 stopsSweet spot
- St. Louis → Cincinnati350 mi · 5 hr 30 min11 stopsSweet spot
- St. Louis → Indianapolis243 mi · 3 hr 49 min10 stops
- St. Louis → Nashville310 mi · 5 hr 9 min7 stopsSweet spot
South
- Atlanta → 30A (South Walton)310 mi · 5 hr 28 min11 stopsSweet spot
- Atlanta → Charlotte245 mi · 4 hr 10 min13 stops
- Atlanta → Gatlinburg196 mi · 4 hr 18 min24 stops
- Atlanta → Great Smoky Mtns191 mi · 4 hr 3 min24 stops
- Atlanta → Jacksonville346 mi · 5 hr 9 min7 stopsSweet spot
- Atlanta → Raleigh406 mi · 6 hr 37 min20 stops
- Austin → Houston166 mi · 2 hr 49 min10 stops
- Baltimore → Boston404 mi · 7 hr 42 min24 stops
- Baltimore → New York192 mi · 3 hr 32 min24 stops
- Birmingham → 30A (South Walton)264 mi · 4 hr 36 min7 stopsSweet spot
- Charlotte → Baltimore439 mi · 7 hr 29 min24 stops
- Charlotte → Washington398 mi · 6 hr 30 min13 stops
- Dallas → Houston239 mi · 3 hr 42 min11 stops
- Dallas → Oklahoma City206 mi · 3 hr 18 min17 stops
- Dallas → San Antonio292 mi · 4 hr 29 min16 stopsSweet spot
- Dallas → Tulsa257 mi · 4 hr 20 min8 stopsSweet spot
- Houston → San Antonio197 mi · 3 hr 7 min14 stops
- Jacksonville → Miami346 mi · 5 hr 30 min24 stopsSweet spot
- Louisville → 30A (South Walton)627 mi · 10 hr 6 min11 stops
- Louisville → Atlanta420 mi · 7 hr24 stops
- Memphis → Atlanta384 mi · 6 hr14 stopsSweet spot
- Miami → Key West167 mi · 3 hr 44 min20 stops
- Nashville → 30A (South Walton)452 mi · 7 hr 26 min10 stops
- Nashville → Atlanta248 mi · 4 hr 22 min24 stops
- Orlando → Miami241 mi · 3 hr 58 min11 stops
- Raleigh → Philadelphia419 mi · 7 hr 29 min24 stops
- Raleigh → Washington281 mi · 4 hr 44 min8 stopsSweet spot
- Richmond → New York338 mi · 6 hr 26 min24 stopsSweet spot
- Richmond → Philadelphia247 mi · 4 hr 59 min24 stops
- Tampa → Miami281 mi · 4 hr 24 min19 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 min23 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 → Buffalo403 mi · 6 hr 35 min19 stops
- Philadelphia → Niagara Falls416 mi · 6 hr 47 min17 stops
- Philadelphia → Outer Banks351 mi · 6 hr 51 min24 stopsSweet spot
- Philadelphia → Pittsburgh305 mi · 5 hr 9 min13 stopsSweet spot
- Pittsburgh → New York389 mi · 6 hr 27 min17 stopsSweet spot
Other
- Washington → Albany366 mi · 6 hr 31 min24 stopsSweet spot
- Washington → Buffalo456 mi · 7 hr 33 min24 stops
- Washington → New York226 mi · 4 hr 31 min24 stops
- Washington → Niagara Falls432 mi · 7 hr 51 min19 stops
- Washington → Outer Banks280 mi · 5 hr 21 min24 stopsSweet spot
- Washington → Philadelphia136 mi · 3 hr 4 min24 stops
- Washington → Pittsburgh242 mi · 4 hr 23 min20 stops
- Washington → Virginia Beach209 mi · 4 hr 1 min24 stops