ozarks
lots to do in near/asheville lol

>>2862309
4 Corners is cool and the grand canyon... Flagstaff also.

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>>2862309
Here's what is going to happen:
>East of LA will be empty desert with nothing of value
>Arizona will be a slog of a drive, maybe stop at the Grand Canyon along the way though. Be prepared for it to be extremely packed along any part of the road unless you hike in
> Drive right through another slog (New Mexico) while looking at all the hot balloons
>Yet another slog in the pan handle, stop by The Big Texan Steak Ranch and lose at the 72ozer
> Oklahoma is yet another boring slog, but if you time it right you can stop by some cool museums like the Air & Space
>make it to Arkansas where you finally have ozarks and lots of land to do shit on if you're into hiking, hot springs too, etc
>TN same shit, lots to do for outdoors shit

Highly recommend taking CA -> Vegas -> Utah -> CO -> Kansas -> OK -> Arkansas (Yes, divert south, fuck Missouri unless you want to stop for BBQ at Kansas city) -> TN instead

>>2862309
>Arkansas
Little Rock, Hot Springs, Ozarks, Thorncrown Chapel.
>Oklahoma
Lamer Texas. I hear Tulsa is cool and a major stop on Route 66
>New Mexico
Probably the best state in the union to travel. Santa Fe, White Sands, Carlsbad Caverns, nuclear test sites
>Arizona
Grand Canyon and Indian reservations
>Missouri
St. Louis and KC are both pretty interesting. More Ozarks
>Kansas
Comfy small towns, quaint and soulful roadside attractions
>Colorado
Hippies and stoners everywhere. Cool nature
>Utah
Mormons and more cool nature.

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>>2862309
Highly recommend monument valley in Arizona (near where Forrest Gump finished his run). A little out of your way but worth it.

Grand Canyon too of course but like this anon said >>2862429 it will be crowded at any outlook with parking. You’ll want to park at a trailhead, walk 0.5-1 miles, then it’ll be like you have the whole canyon to yourself.

>>2862438
>>New Mexico
>Probably the best state in the union to travel
Not even top 25.

Don't stay overnight in New Mexico. Significantly higher odds of your car being broken into overnight. Especially around the capital.

>>2862468
I heard this too

>>2862468
>>2862479
I did a similar trip buying a car on the other side of the country and I ended up in New Mexico overnight because of the cheap rooms lmao. Don't remember where but it wasn't the capital.

>>2863560
Albuquerque is the worst worst, but it's still higher odds throughout he entire state.

>>2862309
just goon while you drive for 32 hours straight

Northern route is the most scenic
Middle route has very little highlights
Southern maybe slightly better than middle

>>2862309
>North route
death valley, vegas, Zion, mormons, rockies, denver, plains, more plains, most dangerous city on the Mississippi (St. Louis), rural farmland and occasional swamps
>South route
Desert, pheonix, more desert, El Paso, Mexicans, farmland and oil feilds, gay shithole (austin), overpriced shithole (dallas), Poor farmland, 2nd most dangerous city on the Mississippi (memphis), more rural farmland and swamps
>Central route
death valley, flagstaff, Navajo, ABQ, arid farmland, even more farmland and reservations, Little rock, Memphis, Rural farms and swamps

>>2862309
Las Vegas, Hoover Dam, Bryce Canyon, Kanab, Glen Canyon Dam, Monument Valley, Four Corners, Durango, Grand Junction, Glenwood Springs, Aspen, Cheyenne Mtn, Old Town Santa Fe, White Sands, El Paso, Carlsbad, A lot of nothing except oil wells, Fort Worth Stockyards, Hot Springs, Branson, Ozarks, Nashville, Dollywood, Tail of the Dragon, Bristol

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>>2862309
I thought Saguaro National Park in southern Arizona was really cool, there's nothing like the giant Saguaro cactuses.
Utah also has great national parks.
Carlsbad Caverns in NM was also pretty neat, especially if you go in the summer to see the bats:
https://www.nps.gov/cave/planyourvisit/bat_flight_program.htm

When you get to the southeast, try to find some kind of swamp you can tour especially if you've never been to the southeast before, southeast swamps are like another world compared to southern Cali. I've done a boat tour in Okefenokee in southern Georgia which was great, tons of alligators. It might be a bit far from your trip but there should be other swamps, maybe other anons are more knowledgeable about where to find alligators and stuff near your route.
Also you're close to Atlanta if you want to stop by there, the big attraction there is the world-famous aquarium.

>>2862446
My goal is to walk the north to south rim. Some people walk it there and back in one day but i'd die.

>>2865802
IIRC there are campsites at the bottom of the canyon. Idk how hard it is to reserve one

>>2865861
It's extremely hard to reserve one and usually must be done far in advance. It would be far easier to train to do it in one day.