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National park road trips
National park road trips you can actually drive.
A national park road trip should have overnight towns, a sane daily pace, and a map you can fold. Start with one park for a week, or pick two that share a real drive — not a 12-hour interstate.
Each itinerary starts from a gateway city. Open one for the days and the map, or generate a trip from your own home.
One park, a full week
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7-day loop
7-day Grand Canyon family road trip
Grand Canyon · from Phoenix, AZ
A Southwest loop through red rocks, slot canyons, and the South Rim.
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7-day loop
7-day Zion National Park road trip
Zion · from Las Vegas, NV
Canyon walls, the Virgin River, and a side trip to Bryce if you have the days.
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7-day loop
7-day Yellowstone family road trip
Yellowstone · from Bozeman, MT
Old Faithful and Grand Prismatic from West Yellowstone, then Canyon Village for Artist Point and Hayden Valley.
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7-day loop
7-day Glacier National Park family road trip
Glacier · from Kalispell, MT
Lake McDonald, Trail of the Cedars, then Going-to-the-Sun over Logan Pass to nights at Many Glacier.
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7-day loop
7-day Yosemite road trip from San Francisco
Yosemite · from San Francisco, CA
Valley waterfalls, granite walls, and a slower pace in Mariposa or the valley.
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7-day loop
7-day Great Smoky Mountains road trip
Great Smoky Mountains · from Knoxville, TN
Laurel Falls and a dawn Cades Cove loop, then over Newfound Gap to Cherokee for the North Carolina side.
Two parks, one drive
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8-day loop
8-day Zion and Grand Canyon road trip
Zion & Grand Canyon · from Las Vegas, NV
Zion plus Grand Canyon on one drive.
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7-day loop
7-day Yellowstone and Grand Teton road trip
Yellowstone & Grand Teton · from Bozeman, MT
Yellowstone plus Grand Teton on one drive.
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7-day loop
7-day Yosemite and Sequoia road trip
Yosemite & Sequoia · from San Francisco, CA
Yosemite plus Sequoia on one drive.
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7-day loop
7-day Olympic and Mount Rainier road trip
Olympic & Mount Rainier · from Seattle, WA
Olympic plus Mount Rainier on one drive.
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6-day loop
6-day Arches and Capitol Reef road trip
Arches & Capitol Reef · from Grand Junction, CO
Arches plus Capitol Reef on one drive.
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6-day loop
6-day Joshua Tree and Death Valley road trip
Joshua Tree & Death Valley · from Las Vegas, NV
Joshua Tree plus Death Valley on one drive.
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6-day loop
6-day Bryce Canyon and Zion road trip
Bryce Canyon & Zion · from Las Vegas, NV
Bryce Canyon plus Zion on one drive.
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