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Road trips

Multi-park road trip loops

Routes that link nearby parks and towns, with no long drives between stops.

Gateway Road Trips · Fly in, loop, fly home

Road trips from major arrival airports

Multi-week loops that start and end at a major U.S. airport, with entry, licence and park-pass notes for international visitors. First up: the Grand Circle from Las Vegas.

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All 30 loops

Southern Utah · 5 stops

Utah Mighty 5 Road Trip Loop

All five of Utah's national parks in one drive: Zion's canyon walls, Bryce Canyon's hoodoos, Capitol Reef's orchards and slickrock, then Arches and Canyonlands near Moab.

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Northern Arizona · 4 stops

Grand Canyon & Northern Arizona Loop

The Grand Canyon's South Rim, then north to Horseshoe Bend and Antelope Canyon near Page, finishing among the sandstone buttes of Monument Valley.

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Sierra Nevada, California · 3 stops

California Sierra Parks Loop

Yosemite's granite valley, then south to the giant sequoias and deep canyons of Kings Canyon and Sequoia national parks.

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Northwest Wyoming · 3 stops

Yellowstone & Grand Teton Loop

Geysers and wildlife in Yellowstone, then the jagged Teton Range and the town of Jackson just to the south.

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Central Colorado · 4 stops

Colorado Rockies Loop

Rocky Mountain National Park's alpine roads, then mountain towns along the Continental Divide.

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Western South Dakota · 4 stops

Black Hills & Badlands Loop

Badlands formations, Mount Rushmore, Custer State Park's wildlife loop and Wind Cave.

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Western Washington · 3 stops

Pacific Northwest Parks Loop

Seattle to Mount Rainier and the rainforests and coast of the Olympic Peninsula.

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Northern Washington · 4 stops

North Cascades Loop

Mount Baker, North Cascades National Park, Lake Chelan and Bavarian-style Leavenworth.

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Central Oregon · 4 stops

Oregon Cascades Loop

Crater Lake's deep blue caldera, then Bend, Smith Rock and Mount Hood.

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Central California · 4 stops

California Central Coast Loop

Santa Cruz, Monterey and Big Sur's cliff-top highway, ending in San Luis Obispo.

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Southern California · 3 stops

Southern California Desert Loop

Palm Springs, Joshua Tree's boulder fields and the open desert of Death Valley.

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Eastern California · 3 stops

Eastern Sierra Loop

Lake Tahoe down Highway 395 to Mammoth Lakes and the Eastern Sierra.

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Southern Nevada & Utah · 4 stops

Las Vegas Desert Parks Loop

Red Rock Canyon and Valley of Fire near Las Vegas, then on to Zion.

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South-central Utah · 3 stops

Utah Highway 12 Loop

Bryce Canyon, Escalante and Capitol Reef along one of America's most scenic byways.

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Central Arizona · 3 stops

Arizona Red Rock Loop

Sedona's red rocks, Flagstaff's pines and the Grand Canyon's South Rim.

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Northern New Mexico · 4 stops

New Mexico Enchantment Loop

Albuquerque, Bandelier's cliff dwellings, Santa Fe and Taos.

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Southern New Mexico & West Texas · 3 stops

Southern New Mexico Loop

White Sands, Carlsbad Caverns and Guadalupe Mountains.

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West Texas · 4 stops

Big Bend Country Loop

Marfa, Big Bend National Park, Terlingua and Big Bend Ranch State Park.

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Central Texas · 4 stops

Texas Hill Country Loop

Austin, Lake Travis, Fredericksburg and the Hill Country.

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Tennessee & North Carolina · 4 stops

Smokies & Blue Ridge Loop

Great Smoky Mountains, Asheville, the Blue Ridge Parkway and Boone.

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Virginia & West Virginia · 3 stops

Shenandoah & Virginia Mountains Loop

Harpers Ferry, Shenandoah's Skyline Drive and the New River Gorge.

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New Hampshire & Vermont · 4 stops

New England Mountains Loop

White Mountains, Franconia Notch, Stowe and the Green Mountains.

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Coastal Maine · 4 stops

Maine Coast & Acadia Loop

Kennebunkport up the coast to Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park.

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Northern Michigan · 3 stops

Michigan Upper Peninsula Loop

Mackinac Island, Pictured Rocks and the Porcupine Mountains.

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South Florida · 4 stops

Everglades & Florida Keys Loop

Everglades National Park, Islamorada and the Keys down to Key West.

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Northwest Montana · 4 stops

Glacier & Flathead Loop

Glacier National Park, Whitefish, Flathead Lake and Missoula.

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Central Idaho · 4 stops

Idaho Sawtooth Loop

Sun Valley, the Sawtooth Mountains, McCall and Craters of the Moon.

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Southcentral Alaska · 4 stops

Alaska Kenai & Denali Loop

Anchorage, Seward and Kenai Fjords, then north to Talkeetna and Denali.

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Hawaii · 3 stops

Big Island Loop

Kona's coast and Hawaii Volcanoes National Park around the Big Island.

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Arkansas · 3 stops

Arkansas Ozarks Loop

Hot Springs, Buffalo National River and Eureka Springs.

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