Lonely Planet USA's Best Trips

by Simon Richmond, Kate Armstrong, Carolyn Bain, Amy C Balfour, Ray Bartlett

Overview

Discover the freedom of open roads with Lonely Planet's USA's Best Trips, your passport to coast-to-coast advice on uniquely encountering the USA by car. Featuring 51 amazing road trips, from 2-day escapes to 2-week adventures, you can wind your way down the California Coast, gaze up at the Rocky Mountains, or immerse yourself in New England's history, all with your trusted travel companion. Jump in the car, turn up the tunes, and hit the road!

Inside Lonely Planet's USA's Best Trips:

Up-to-date information - all businesses were rechecked before publication to ensure they are still open after 2020's COVID-19 outbreak

Itineraries and planning advice to pick the right tailored trips for your needs and interests

Useful features - including:

• Stretch Your Legs: the best things to do outside the car
• Detours: delightful diversions to see the USA's highlights along the way
• Link Your Trip: cruise from one driving route to the next

Insider tips to get around like a local, avoid trouble spots and be safe on the road - local driving rules, parking, toll roads

Get around easily - easy-to-read, full-color route maps, detailed directions

Lavish color and gorgeous photography throughout

Essential infoat your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, prices

Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sleeping, sightseeing, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss

Regional chapters cover New York, the Mid-Atlantic, New England, Florida, the South, the Great Plains, Rocky Mountains, California, the Pacific Northwest and more.

15 classic trips plus other lesser-known drives, including:

• Route 66 (14 days)
• Four Corners Cruise (10 days)
• Grand Teton to Yellowstone (7 days)
• Highway 1 (6 days)
• Monument Valley and Trail of the Ancients (5 days)
• Cascade Drive (4-5 Days)
• Bay Area Culinary Tour (2-3 days)
• Going-to-the-Sun Road (2-3 days)
• and more!

The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet's USA's Best Trips is perfect for exploring the USA via the road and discovering sights that are more accessible by car.

About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveler since 1973. Over the past four decades, we've printed over 145 million guidebooks and phrasebooks for 120 languages, and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travelers. You'll also find our content online, and in mobile apps, videos, 14 languages, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more, enabling you to explore every day.

'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' – New York Times

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781787017894
Publisher:	Lonely Planet
Publication date:	06/15/2021
Series:	Road Trips Guide Series
Edition description:	4th ed.
Pages:	672
Sales rank:	298,043
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 7.60(h) x 1.60(d)

About the Author

About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company and the world's number one travel guidebook brand, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveler since 1973. Over the past four decades, we've printed over 145 million guidebooks and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travelers. You'll also find our content online, and in mobile apps, video, 14 languages, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more.


'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' - New York Times


'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves; it's in every traveler's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' - Fairfax Media (Australia)


*Source: Nielsen BookScan: Australia, UK, USA, 5/2016-4/2017

Table of Contents

Plan Your Trip

Welcome to the USA 7

USA Highlights 8

If You Like… 20

Need to Know 22

City Guide 24

The USA by Region 30

The USA Classic Trips 32

On the Road

1 Route 66 14 Days 35

2 Four Corners Cruise 10 Days 49

New York & The Mid-Atlantic 63

3 Finger Lakes Loop 3 Days 67

4 The Jersey Shore 3-7 Days 77

5 Pennsylvania Dutch Country 3-4 Days 87

6 Maryland's National Historic Road 2 Days 99

7 Skyline Drive 3 Days 109

New England 127

8 Coastal New England 6-8 Days 131

9 Fall Foliage Tour 5-7 Days 141

10 Rhode Island: East Bay 3-4 Days 151

11 Lake Champlain Byway 1-2 Days 159

12 Vermont's Spine: Route 100 3-4 Days 167

13 Ivy League Tour 5 Days 177

14 H Acadia National Park 3 Days 187

Florida & The South 199

15 Highway 16 Days 203

16 Cajun Country 4 Days 217

17 The Blues Highway 3 Days 225

18 Natchez Trace Parkway 3 Days 235

19 Blue Ridge Parkway 5 Days 247

20 The Great Smokies 4-5 Days 259

Great Lakes 275

21 Michigan's Gold Coast 4 Days 279

22 Along the Great River Road 6-7 Days 289

23 Highway 61 2-3 Days 299

Great Plains 311

24 Oklahoma's Tribal Trails 4-5 Days 315

25 On the Pioneer Trails 5-7 Days 325

26 Black Hills Loop 2-3 Days 335

27 The Mighty Mo 7 Days 347

Rocky Mountains 359

28 Grand Teton to Yellowstone 7 Days 363

29 Going-to-the-Sun Road 2-3 Days 375

30 Top of the Rockies 4-5 Days 383

31 San Juan Skyway & Million Dollar Highway 6-8 Days 393

The Southwest 405

32 Fantastic Canyon Voyage 4-5 Days 409

33 Zion & Bryce National Parks 6 Days 421

34 Monument Valley & Trail of the Ancients 5 Days 431

35 High & Low Roads to Taos 1-4 Days 439

36 Big Bend Scenic Loop 5-7 Days 449

37 Hill Country 2-5 Days 457

California 471

38 California's Greatest Hits & Las Vegas 12-15 Days 475

39 Pacific Coast Highways 7-10 Days 489

40 Yosemite, Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks 5-7 Days 503

41 Disneyland & Orange County Beaches 2-4 Days 515

42 Palm Springs & Joshua Tree Oases 2-3 Days 525

43 Eastern Sierra Scenic Byway 3-5 Days 533

44 Bay Area Culinary Tour 2-3 Days 543

45 Napa Valley 2-3 Days 551

Pacific Northwest 569

46 Cascade Drive 4-5 Days 573

47 Olympic Peninsula Loop 4 Days 583

48 On the Trail of Lewis & Clark 3-4 Days 591

49 Highway 101 Oregon Coast 7 Days 601

50 Oregon Cascades Scenic Byways 4 Days 615

51 Crater Lake Circuit 2-3 Days 625

Road Trip Essentials

USA Driving Guide 637

USA Travel Guide 642

Index 651