Build Your Road Trip
Create a personalized road trip itinerary with scenic routes, hidden gems, and worthwhile stops along the way.
Built for scenic road trips
Plan road trips around scenic highways, back roads, viewpoints, coastal drives, national parks, and memorable stops — not simply the fastest route between two places.
Personalized to your travel style
Build an itinerary around the way you like to travel, whether you prefer scenic road trips, hiking, hidden gems, photography, food, adventure, or a more relaxed pace.
Discover hidden gems along the way
Find worthwhile places to stop beyond the usual tourist attractions, with route-aware recommendations designed to make your road trip more memorable.
Plan a Road Trip That Fits the Way You Travel
The Miles & Mapped Road Trip Planner helps you create a personalized road trip itinerary based on your starting point, destination, trip length, travel style, route preferences, and the places you want to discover along the way. Instead of simply finding the quickest route, the planner is designed to help make the journey part of the adventure.
Choose a scenic, balanced, or more efficient route and discover viewpoints, small towns, outdoor attractions, hiking opportunities, hidden gems, and other worthwhile stops along your route.
How the Miles & Mapped Road Trip Planner Works
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1. Enter Your Route
Tell the planner where you’re starting and where you’re going. The system supports everything from shorter weekend drives to longer multi-day road trips.
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2. Choose Your Trip Length
Select the number of days available so the planner can distribute the route and recommended stops appropriately.
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3. Choose Your Travel Style
Select preferences such as scenic drives, hiking, hidden gems, photography, food, adventure, or a relaxed road-trip experience.
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4. Choose Your Route Preference
Choose Fastest, Scenic, or Balanced, depending on whether you’d rather prioritize efficient driving or a more beautiful route.
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5. Get Your Personalized Itinerary
Miles & Mapped combines real route data with curated places to visit to create a day-by-day itinerary around your journey.
What Can the Road Trip Planner Help You Find?
Scenic Drives
Coastal highways, mountain passes, and back roads worth the extra time.
Hidden Gems
Worthwhile stops beyond the usual tourist attractions.
Hiking & Outdoor Stops
Short hikes, viewpoints, and outdoor detours along your route.
Small Towns & Local Attractions
Local food, historic sites, and the towns worth an extra stop.
National Parks & Natural Landscapes
Parks and natural landmarks positioned along or near your route.
Plan Popular Road Trips
Start with one of these routes, or explore by state to find your own.
Road Trip Planning Tips
Looking for more inspiration before you plan? Browse our road trip guides for route breakdowns, timing advice, and the stops actually worth the detour — or head straight to Routes to explore flagship trips by state and trip type.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Miles & Mapped Road Trip Planner?
It’s a tool that builds a personalized, day-by-day road trip itinerary based on your starting point, destination, trip length, travel style, and route preference — combining real route data with curated stops along the way.
Can I create a scenic road trip itinerary?
Yes. Choose “Scenic” as your route preference and the planner will favor scenic roads and viewpoint stops over the fastest path.
Can I choose how many days my road trip will take?
Yes — enter any trip length and the planner distributes stops across your available days accordingly.
Can I plan a road trip with hidden gems?
Yes. Select “Hidden Gems” as your trip style to prioritize worthwhile stops beyond the usual tourist attractions.
Can the planner include hiking stops?
Yes. Choose “Hiking” as your trip style to prioritize outdoor and hiking-friendly stops along your route.
Can I save my road trip itinerary?
Yes — after your itinerary is generated, you can save it to your inbox with your email address so you can access it later or share it.