The US road routes people look up most often, with drive times

Ranked by how much search traffic each route drew, so this is what people genuinely wanted to know — not a hand-picked list of big cities. Some are long hauls between major metros; a lot of them are short hops between neighbouring towns, which is what people actually look up most.

Every distance here is an estimated road distance and every time assumes free-flowing traffic, so treat both as a planning baseline — how the estimate works. Pick any route for the full page, with the towns along the way, the time-zone change if there is one, and how driving compares with flying. If the pair you want is not listed, the calculator will do any two US cities.

Route	Distance	Drive time	Fuel
Jacksonville, FL to Savannah, GA	145 mi	2 hr 25 min	$18
Irvine, CA to Cypress, CA	19 mi	31 min	$2
Indio, CA to Palm Desert, CA	13 mi	25 min	$2
Charlotte, NC to Myrtle Beach, SC	179 mi	2 hr 59 min	$22
Sarasota, FL to Fort Myers, FL	76 mi	1 hr 31 min	$9
Fayetteville, AR to Bentonville, AR	26 mi	42 min	$3
Federal Way, WA to Kent, WA	7 mi	15 min	$1
Fort Myers, FL to Port Charlotte, FL	35 mi	56 min	$4
Dubuque, IA to Ames, IA	179 mi	2 hr 59 min	$22
Boise, ID to Coeur d’Alene, ID	327 mi	5 hr 27 min	$41
Lynchburg, VA to Richmond, VA	108 mi	2 hr 9 min	$13
El Paso, TX to Las Cruces, NM	49 mi	58 min	$6
Wilmington, NC to Myrtle Beach, SC	76 mi	1 hr 31 min	$9
Stockton, CA to Tracy, CA	20 mi	32 min	$3
Pensacola, FL to New Orleans, LA	202 mi	3 hr 22 min	$25
Sterling, VA to Washington, DC	27 mi	43 min	$3
Scranton, PA to Philadelphia, PA	121 mi	2 hr 1 min	$15
Bonita Springs, FL to Sarasota, FL	96 mi	1 hr 56 min	$12
Saint George, UT to Cedar City, UT	57 mi	1 hr 8 min	$7
Scranton, PA to New York City, NY	115 mi	2 hr 18 min	$14
Fort Lauderdale, FL to Delray Beach, FL	29 mi	46 min	$4
Beverly Hills, CA to Culver City, CA	5 mi	10 min	$1
Biloxi, MS to New Orleans, LA	90 mi	1 hr 48 min	$11
Atlanta, GA to Birmingham, AL	162 mi	2 hr 42 min	$20
Houston, TX to Gulfport, MS	438 mi	6 hr 57 min	$54
Sarasota, FL to Bonita Springs, FL	96 mi	1 hr 56 min	$12
San Luis Obispo, CA to Santa Barbara, CA	94 mi	1 hr 52 min	$12
Denver, CO to Gillette, WY	366 mi	6 hr 6 min	$45
El Centro, CA to Yuma, AZ	63 mi	1 hr 16 min	$8
Las Vegas, NV to Kingman, AZ	106 mi	2 hr 7 min	$13
Winchester, VA to Hagerstown, MD	48 mi	58 min	$6
Monterey, CA to San Luis Obispo, CA	133 mi	2 hr 13 min	$16
Phoenix, AZ to Palm Desert, CA	288 mi	4 hr 48 min	$36
Phoenix, AZ to Lake Havasu City, AZ	171 mi	2 hr 51 min	$21
Knoxville, TN to Asheville, NC	93 mi	1 hr 52 min	$12
Federal Way, WA to Olympia, WA	41 mi	50 min	$5
Idaho Falls, ID to Salt Lake City, UT	217 mi	3 hr 37 min	$27
Salt Lake City, UT to Draper, UT	20 mi	32 min	$2
Santa Ana, CA to Huntington Beach, CA	13 mi	26 min	$2
Concord, CA to Brentwood, CA	23 mi	36 min	$3
Houston, TX to Beaumont, TX	91 mi	1 hr 50 min	$11
Logan, UT to Salt Lake City, UT	78 mi	1 hr 34 min	$10
Athens, GA to Asheville, NC	142 mi	2 hr 22 min	$18
San Antonio, TX to Galveston, TX	258 mi	4 hr 18 min	$32
Frederick, MD to Washington, DC	47 mi	56 min	$6
Redwood City, CA to Menlo Park, CA	5 mi	10 min	$1
Richardson, TX to Frisco, TX	18 mi	29 min	$2
Baltimore, MD to Laurel, MD	22 mi	35 min	$3
Sacramento, CA to Monterey, CA	161 mi	2 hr 41 min	$20
League City, TX to Galveston, TX	28 mi	44 min	$3
Palm Harbor, FL to Clearwater, FL	11 mi	22 min	$1
Greenville, NC to Myrtle Beach, SC	184 mi	3 hr 4 min	$23
Stamford, CT to Scranton, PA	131 mi	2 hr 11 min	$16
Hollywood, FL to Pompano Beach, FL	19 mi	30 min	$2
Houston, TX to Odessa, TX	510 mi	8 hr 6 min	$63
Casper, WY to Gillette, WY	123 mi	2 hr 3 min	$15
Biloxi, MS to Mobile, AL	63 mi	1 hr 15 min	$8
San Diego, CA to Twentynine Palms, CA	136 mi	2 hr 16 min	$17
Sarasota, FL to Orlando, FL	126 mi	2 hr 6 min	$16
Hilton Head Island, SC to Myrtle Beach, SC	173 mi	2 hr 53 min	$21
Green Bay, WI to Fond du Lac, WI	64 mi	1 hr 17 min	$8
Houston, TX to College Station, TX	97 mi	1 hr 56 min	$12
Kent, WA to Everett, WA	48 mi	58 min	$6
Fort Myers, FL to West Palm Beach, FL	128 mi	2 hr 8 min	$16
Salt Lake City, UT to Las Vegas, NV	420 mi	6 hr 40 min	$52
Boynton Beach, FL to Boca Raton, FL	16 mi	25 min	$2
Tampa, FL to Melbourne, FL	131 mi	2 hr 11 min	$16
Helena, MT to Bozeman, MT	92 mi	1 hr 50 min	$11
Memphis, TN to Tupelo, MS	114 mi	2 hr 17 min	$14
Arlington, VA to Manassas, VA	27 mi	42 min	$3
Greenville, SC to Athens, GA	97 mi	1 hr 56 min	$12
New York City, NY to Trumbull, CT	65 mi	1 hr 17 min	$8
Atlanta, GA to Pensacola, FL	329 mi	5 hr 29 min	$41
Laramie, WY to Gillette, WY	239 mi	3 hr 59 min	$30
Alexandria, VA to Bethesda, MD	17 mi	27 min	$2
Providence, RI to Newton, MA	45 mi	54 min	$6
Walnut Creek, CA to Dublin, CA	19 mi	30 min	$2
Dublin, CA to Tracy, CA	34 mi	54 min	$4
Minneapolis, MN to Aberdeen, SD	297 mi	4 hr 57 min	$37
Tampa, FL to Dunedin, FL	24 mi	38 min	$3
Jackson, MS to Biloxi, MS	177 mi	2 hr 57 min	$22
Boise, ID to Pocatello, ID	227 mi	3 hr 47 min	$28
Houston, TX to Fort Worth, TX	273 mi	4 hr 33 min	$34
Jacksonville, FL to Jupiter, FL	294 mi	4 hr 54 min	$36
San Francisco, CA to Pleasanton, CA	40 mi	1 hr 2 min	$5
Pittsburg, CA to San Francisco, CA	42 mi	51 min	$5
Flagstaff, AZ to Las Vegas, NV	240 mi	4 hr	$30
Oro Valley, AZ to Phoenix, AZ	113 mi	2 hr 15 min	$14
Greenville, SC to Myrtle Beach, SC	250 mi	4 hr 10 min	$31
Ormond Beach, FL to Jacksonville, FL	94 mi	1 hr 52 min	$12
Clearwater, FL to Palm Harbor, FL	11 mi	22 min	$1
Joliet, IL to Aurora, IL	25 mi	39 min	$3
Puyallup, WA to Everett, WA	64 mi	1 hr 17 min	$8
Skokie, IL to Schaumburg, IL	22 mi	35 min	$3
Bothell, WA to Redmond, WA	10 mi	20 min	$1
Bozeman, MT to Gillette, WY	333 mi	5 hr 33 min	$41
Huntington Beach, CA to Rancho Palos Verdes, CA	28 mi	44 min	$3
Pompano Beach, FL to Hollywood, FL	19 mi	30 min	$2
Tampa, FL to Winter Haven, FL	52 mi	1 hr 2 min	$6
Asheville, NC to Athens, GA	142 mi	2 hr 22 min	$18
Reston, VA to Silver Spring, MD	21 mi	33 min	$3
Atlanta, GA to Asheville, NC	191 mi	3 hr 11 min	$24
Modesto, CA to Walnut Creek, CA	71 mi	1 hr 25 min	$9
Gainesville, FL to Melbourne, FL	174 mi	2 hr 54 min	$22
Houston, TX to Seguin, TX	182 mi	3 hr 2 min	$23
Santa Cruz, CA to Napa, CA	109 mi	2 hr 10 min	$13
Oklahoma City, OK to Sherman, TX	159 mi	2 hr 39 min	$20
Columbia, SC to North Charleston, SC	116 mi	2 hr 19 min	$14
Everett, WA to Bremerton, WA	85 mi	1 hr 42 min	$11
Memphis, TN to Hot Springs, AR	204 mi	3 hr 24 min	$25
Ashburn, VA to Alexandria, VA	35 mi	56 min	$4
Austin, TX to College Station, TX	102 mi	2 hr 2 min	$13
Fayetteville, NC to Myrtle Beach, SC	109 mi	2 hr 11 min	$14
San Diego, CA to Temecula, CA	62 mi	1 hr 15 min	$8
Stamford, CT to Westport, CT	15 mi	24 min	$2
Lafayette, LA to Little Rock, AR	363 mi	6 hr 3 min	$45
Longview, TX to Dallas, TX	141 mi	2 hr 21 min	$18
Keller, TX to Denton, TX	25 mi	40 min	$3
Rapid City, SD to Aberdeen, SD	292 mi	4 hr 52 min	$36
Jupiter, FL to Port Saint Lucie, FL	36 mi	57 min	$4
Bowie, MD to Washington, DC	20 mi	32 min	$3
Reston, VA to Richmond, VA	114 mi	2 hr 16 min	$14
Los Angeles, CA to Pico Rivera, CA	13 mi	26 min	$2
Lawton, OK to Tulsa, OK	200 mi	3 hr 20 min	$25
Lake Stevens, WA to Seattle, WA	38 mi	59 min	$5
Palm Springs, CA to Phoenix, AZ	300 mi	5 hr	$37
Nashville, TN to Bowling Green, KY	70 mi	1 hr 24 min	$9
Meridian, MS to Mobile, AL	141 mi	2 hr 21 min	$18
Shreveport, LA to Tyler, TX	106 mi	2 hr 7 min	$13
Delray Beach, FL to Jupiter, FL	40 mi	1 hr 3 min	$5
Saint Paul, MN to Mason City, IA	144 mi	2 hr 24 min	$18
Manassas, VA to Arlington, VA	27 mi	42 min	$3
Houston, TX to Lake Charles, LA	154 mi	2 hr 34 min	$19
Lancaster, PA to Harrisburg, PA	42 mi	51 min	$5
Vacaville, CA to Concord, CA	32 mi	51 min	$4
Lexington, KY to Cincinnati, OH	91 mi	1 hr 50 min	$11
College Station, TX to Huntsville, TX	55 mi	1 hr 5 min	$7
Bozeman, MT to Missoula, MT	190 mi	3 hr 10 min	$24
Raleigh, NC to Myrtle Beach, SC	168 mi	2 hr 48 min	$21
Statesboro, GA to Savannah, GA	55 mi	1 hr 6 min	$7
West Palm Beach, FL to Jupiter, FL	19 mi	30 min	$2
Chapel Hill, NC to Myrtle Beach, SC	179 mi	2 hr 59 min	$22
Keller, TX to Plano, TX	40 mi	1 hr 3 min	$5
Washington, DC to Sterling, VA	27 mi	43 min	$3
York, PA to Lancaster, PA	28 mi	44 min	$3
San Clemente, CA to Newport Beach, CA	28 mi	43 min	$3
Denton, TX to Lewisville, TX	19 mi	30 min	$2
Daytona Beach, FL to Ocala, FL	78 mi	1 hr 34 min	$10
Columbia, SC to Myrtle Beach, SC	145 mi	2 hr 25 min	$18
Conroe, TX to Spring, TX	20 mi	31 min	$2

Every city with a distance hub

A hub page collects everything that leads to and from one city: the towns nearest to it, the major US cities and how far each one is, and the routes out of it that have a page of their own. There are 1658 of them, covering 51 states. They are the cities the old site drew measurable interest for, which is why the list is this shape rather than the fifty largest — several of these are small towns that people looked up far more than their size suggests.

Alabama

Alaska

Arkansas

California

Delaware

District of Columbia

Washington

Florida

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Mississippi

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Mexico

North Dakota

Oklahoma

Oregon

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Texas

Vermont

Burlington

West Virginia

Wyoming

Questions about these routes

How is this list ordered?

By how much search traffic each route actually drew, taken from the historic ranking data for this domain rather than chosen by hand. That is why it looks nothing like a list of famous American road trips: what people genuinely look up is dominated by short hops between neighbouring towns, with the long metro-to-metro hauls scattered among them.

Why are so many of these routes short?

Because that is what the demand looks like. The question 'how far is it from here to the next town' gets asked far more often than 'how far is it across the country'. Several of the highest-traffic routes on this site are under thirty miles, which says more about how people use a distance calculator than any assumption would.

Are these distances driving distances?

Yes, estimated ones. Each is a road-distance estimate rather than a routed figure, derived from the straight-line distance with an allowance added for how much longer roads run. It is approximate, and least reliable on short trips.

Do the drive times account for traffic?

No. Every time here assumes free-flowing conditions, an average speed appropriate to the trip length, and no stops. Add your own margin for the hour you are traveling and for anything more than a couple of hours behind the wheel.

What is on a route page that is not in this table?

The route map, the towns you would pass and how far into the trip each one falls, the time-zone change if the route crosses one, a comparison of driving against flying door to door, and the fuel estimate broken down. The table is the index; the page is the answer.

Can you look up a route that is not listed?

Yes. The calculator on the home page works out any two US cities from a list of a little over sixteen thousand places, and it renders the result on the page without loading a new one. This table only lists the routes that earned their own page.

Why do only some routes have their own page?

Because a page should exist for a reason. Pages were built for the routes that historically drew traffic or carry backlinks; the rest are answered by the calculator instead. Building a page for every possible pair would mean tens of millions of near-identical pages, which serves nobody.

How often are these figures updated?

The distances and times are computed at build time from the city dataset, so they change only if the underlying coordinates do. The fuel price and economy assumptions are fixed constants reviewed periodically rather than a live feed, which is stated openly on the about page.

The US road routes people look up most often, with drive times

Every city with a distance hub

Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

District of Columbia

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri