2023-10-22 07:00:00
Planning vacations in the USA? This card has you covered for a great American road trip this year.
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A few years back, a savvy researcher from the University of Michigan figured out the fastest route to drive across the US, hitting all of the country’s major landmarks before coming full circle.
| © Randy Olson
Using a carefully calculated algorithm, it would take about nine days of driving — or 224 total hours — to complete the 13,699-mile (22,046-kilometer) journey across the United States, according to Randy Olsons calculations.
If you have the time to complete the full circuit, you’ll encounter some of the United States’ most famous sights, including Arizona’s Grand Canyon, Washington DC’s White House, New York’s Statue of Liberty and Wyoming’s Yellowstone National Park. And if you were curious, Randy calculated the whole thing in less than a minute. Genius.
Here’s a complete list (in order) of everything you’ll encounter on your US vacation for an epic road trip:
Grand Canyon National Park | © Erik Harrison/Shutterstock
Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah
Craters of the Moon National Monument, Idaho
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico
The Platt Historic District, Oklahoma
Elvis Presley’s Graceland, Tennessee
The Statue of Liberty | © Spyarm / Shutterstock
Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi
French Quarter, New Orleans, Louisiana
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
Okefenokee Swamp Park, Georgia
Fort Sumter National Monument, South Carolina
Glacier National Park | © Larry McMillan/Shutterstock
Lost World Caverns, West Virginia
Wright Brothers National Memorial Visitor Center, North Carolina
White House, Washington DC
Colonial Annapolis Historic District, Maryland
New Castle Historic District, Delaware
Cape May Historic District, New Jersey
Liberty Bell, Pennsylvania
Statue of Liberty, New York
The Mark Twain House and Museum, Connecticut
The Breakers, Rhode Island
The Liberty Bell | © photo-select / Shutterstock
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Acadia National Park, Maine
Mount Washington Hotel, New Hampshire
Spring Grove Cemetery, Ohio
Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky
The White House | © Rena Schild / Shutterstock
West Baden Springs Hotel, Indiana
Abraham Lincoln’s Home, Illinois
CW Parker Carousel Museum, Kansas
Terrace Hill Governor’s Mansion, Iowa
Ashfall Fossil Bed, Nebraska
Mount Rushmore, South Dakota
Mount Rushmore | © critterbiz / Shutterstock
Fort Union Trading Post, North Dakota
Glacier National Park, Montana
Columbia River Highway, Oregon
San Francisco Cable Cars, California
Golden Gate Bridge | © Francesco Carucci / Shutterstock
San Andreas Fault, California
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