10 of the best road trips to take in the USA - Lonely Planet
10 of the best road trips to take in the USA - Lonely Planet Back Destinations Back Books Back Trips Back Inspiration Back Account server-island-start Cart Advertisement server-island-start Share 10 of the best road trips to take in the USA Nov 26, 2025 7 MIN READ Bailey Freeman Writer Nashville, Tennesse server-island-start Share Bailey Freeman Writer Nashville, Tennesse Close I'm a wanderer who hails from Kentucky as well as a writer, editor, photographer and content creator.
My deep love for travel has taken me across North, Central and South America, Europe, and Australia, and I'm happiest when winding my way through mountain ranges or meeting passionate folks sharing what they love.
When I'm not on the road, you can find me defying gravity as an aerial acrobat (really!) and teaching others to do the same.
Road-tripping across the USA is one of the most iconically American things you can do.
Hitting the road gets you up close to the country’s most striking landscapes – dense eastern forests, windswept plains, red-rock canyons, dramatic Pacific coastlines – and allows for pit stops at some of its most famous cities, all in one go.
A flight might be faster, sure – but it whisks you over the country, rather than through it.
Crisscrossed with an extensive network of well-maintained highways, the US is remarkably easy to traverse by car.
In such a continent-sized country, long distances are given, but gas, food and accommodations are largely easy to come by (except in some of the most rural locales).
