USAs Best Trips

Offers ninety-nine itineraries for trips throughout the United States, including forty-eight hour itineraries for New Orleans, Manhattan, Boston, and Miami.

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99 of the Country 's Best Trips!
Whether you re a local looking for a long weekend escape, or a visitor looking to explore, Lonely Planet 's Trips series offers the best itineraries and makes it easy to plan the perfect trip time and again.
Includes the Mid-Atlantic, New England, the South, Florida, the Great Lakes, the Great Plains, Texas, the Rocky Mountains, the Southwest, California and the Pacific Northwest
Easy-to-use maps for every trip, plus driving times and directions
Explore the country with trips ranging from two days to two weeks
Theme icons make finding the perfect trip simple no matter what your interest
Local experts share their favorite trip ideas, including a food-lovers tour of Northern California from Alice Waters and a musician 's tour of the Midwest music scene
Tune in on the road with our regional music playlists
Family-friendly and pet-friendly listings throughout
Green index lists the most environmentally friendly options across the country

USA's Best Trips		4	(30)
Trip Builder		34	(2)
The Authors		36	(5)
Best Cross-Country Road Trips		41	(74)
1 Route 66: Motoring the Mother Road		43	(12)
2 Massachusetts to Miami: Fablantic Firsts		55	(10)
3 The Lincoln Highway		65	(10)
4 Skyline Drive to the Blue Ridge Parkway		75	(10)
5 Rollin' on the Great River Road		85	(10)
6 The Great Divide Treasure Hunt		95	(10)
7 Wet & Wild West Coast		105	(10)
New York, Washington Dc & The Mid-Atlantic Trips		115	(50)
8 48 Hours in Manhattan		117	(6)
9 East Coast lvory Towers		123	(6)
10 New Jersey Diners: Open 24 Hours		129	(6)
11 New York's Adirondack State Park		135	(6)
12 A Civil War Tour		141	(8)
13 Maryland Crab Quest		149	(6)
14 The Crooked Road: Heritage Music Trail		155	(6)
15 Dollhouse Delaware		161	(4)
New England Trips		165	(50)
16 48 Hours in Boston		167	(6)
17 Ivy League Secrets & Superstitions		173	(6)
18 Literary New England		179	(8)
19 The Great Rhode Island Bicycle Tour		187	(4)
20 Leaf Peeps & Harvest Eats		191	(8)
21 Weird Vermont		199	(6)
22 Maine Lobster Tour		205	(4)
23 60 Lighthouses in 60 Hours		209	(6)
The South Trips		215	(62)
24 48 Hours in New Orleans		217	(6)
25 Music City to Dixieland: A Musical Roots Run		223	(8)
26 Cajun Country Road Trip		231	(6)
27 Antebellum South		237	(8)
28 Driving the Natchez Trace Parkway		245	(6)
29 Historic Battles of the Civil War		251	(6)
30 Eclectic Americana in the Triangle		257	(8)
31 The Great Smokies		265	(8)
32 Kentucky Bluegrass & Horse Country		273	(4)
Florida Trips		277	(46)
33 48 Hours in Miami		279	(6)
34 Cruisin' Florida's East Coast		285	(6)
35 Doing Disney & More		291	(6)
36 Overseas Highway to Key West		297	(6)
37 Go Wild in the Everglades		303	(4)
38 High Life Down on the Gulf Coast		307	(6)
39 Freaky Florida		313	(4)
40 North Florida Backwaters & Byways		317	(6)
Great Lakes Trips		323	(46)
41 48 Hours in Chicago		325	(6)
42 A Moveable Feast		331	(6)
43 Michigan's Gold Coast		337	(6)
44 An Amish Country Ramble		343	(4)
45 Lake Lovers' Trail		347	(6)
46 Rockin' the Midwest		353	(6)
47 Dylan, Moose & More on Highway 61		359	(6)
48 Rich in Kitsch		365	(4)
Great Plains Trips		369	(54)
49 48 Hours in St Louis		371	(6)
50 Twain Tour		377	(6)
51 Here's the Beef		383	(6)
52 Oklahoma's Tribal Trails		389	(6)
53 Plains, Cranes & Automobiles		395	(4)
54 Wild West Legends		399	(6)
55 On the Pioneer Trail		405	(6)
56 Where the Buffalo Roam		411	(6)
57 Offbeat Dakotas		417	(6)
Texas Trips		423	(42)
58 48 Hours in Austin		425	(6)
59 San Antonio Mariachis & Machacado		431	(6)
60 Best of Hill Country BBQ		437	(6)
61 Cattle Country Drive		443	(6)
62 Gulf Coast Jaunt		449	(6)
63 Oddball Art & Aliens		455	(4)
64 Big Fun in Big Bend		459	(6)
Rocky Mountains Trips		465	(56)
65 48 Hours in Greater Denver		467	(6)
66 Summit Colorado: The 14er Club		473	(6)
67 Colorado Ski Country		479	(6)
68 Wild West Wyoming		485	(6)
69 Tripping Through Grand Teton & Yellowstone		491	(6)
70 Going Boho in Bozeman's Big Sky Country		497	(6)
71 Once-in-a-Lifetime Glacier		503	(6)
72 Champagne & Powder in Sun Valley		509	(6)
73 Hot Potatoes & Hot Lava: Offbeat Idaho		515	(6)
Southwest Trips		521	(58)
74 48 Hours in Las Vegas		523	(6)
75 Week in the Grand Canyon		529	(6)
76 Southwest by Train		535	(4)
77 Santa Fe Arts Amble		539	(4)
78 Four Corners Cruise		543	(10)
79 Written in Stone: Utah's National Parks		553	(8)
80 A Green Chile Adventure		561	(6)
81 Gunfighters & Gold Miners		567	(6)
82 Rafting the Colorado		573	(6)
California Trips		579	(52)
83 48 Hours in Los Angeles		581	(8)
84 Retro-Modern Palm Springs		589	(4)
85 A Wild Ride in the Parks		593	(4)
86 Life in Death Valley		597	(6)
87 48 Hours in San Francisco		603	(8)
88 Alice Waters' Culinary Tour		611	(6)
89 Tree Time in Sequoia & Kings Canyon		617	(4)
90 California's Other Wine Countries		621	(6)
91 All Aboard Amtrak		627	(4)
Pacific Northwest Trips		631	(52)
92 48 Hours in Seattle		633	(6)
93 Pacific Northwest Grand Tour		639	(8)
94 International Selkirk Loop		647	(6)
95 Dippin' Down the Cascades		653	(6)
96 Journey Through Time Scenic Byway		659	(6)
97 Whistle-Stop Brewery Tour		665	(6)
98 The Simpsons to The Shining		671	(6)
99 Up the Inside Passage		677	(6)
Behind the Scenes		683	(3)
Index		686	(24)
Greendex		710