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Great Plains to Northern Rockies Loop

9days
27stops
4991km

The route

Tap a day or a town

You sleep in Sioux Falls · Rapid City · Spearfish · Missoula · Bozeman · Yellowstone National Park · Rock Springs · Denver — start in Nortonville, end in Kansas City.

DAY01

Nortonville → Sioux Falls

1384 km · 13h 8m driving · long drive · Overnight in Sioux Falls
  1. 09:00
    Nortonville· start
  2. 929 km · 8h 59m
  3. 12:00
    Des Moines
  4. 455 km · 4h 9m
  5. 15:00
    ⭐ Sioux Falls· overnight
DAY02

Badlands National Park → Rapid City

481 km · 4h 17m driving · long drive · Overnight in Rapid City
  1. 09:00
    ⭐ Badlands National Park· start
  2. 442 km · 3h 53m
  3. 12:00
    Wall Drug Store
  4. 39 km · 24m
  5. 15:00
    Rapid City· overnight
DAY03

Mount Rushmore → Spearfish

60 km · 51m driving · Overnight in Spearfish Canyon
  1. 09:00
    ⭐ Mount Rushmore· start
  2. 37 km · 30m
  3. 12:00
    Bear Country USA
  4. 23 km · 21m
  5. 15:00
    Spearfish Canyon· overnight
DAY04

Devils Tower → Missoula

428 km · 4h 19m driving · long drive · Overnight in Missoula
  1. 09:00
    ⭐ Devils Tower National Monument· start
  2. 98 km · 1h
  3. 12:00
    Little Bighorn Battlefield
  4. 330 km · 3h 19m
  5. 15:00
    Missoula· overnight
DAY05

Apgar Village → Bozeman

344 km · 4h 3m driving · long drive · Overnight in Bozeman
  1. 09:00
    ⭐ Apgar Village· start
  2. 225 km · 2h 34m
  3. 12:00
    Flathead Lake
  4. 119 km · 1h 29m
  5. 15:00
    Bozeman· overnight
DAY06

Buffalo Bill Center of the We… → Old Faithful

484 km · 5h 32m driving · long drive · Overnight in Old Faithful
  1. 09:00
    Buffalo Bill Center of the West· start
  2. 329 km · 3h 14m
  3. 12:00
    ⭐ Yellowstone National Park
  4. 155 km · 2h 18m
  5. 15:00
    Old Faithful· overnight
DAY07

Grand Teton National Park → Rock Springs

160 km · 2h 35m driving · long drive · Overnight in Rock Springs
  1. 09:00
    ⭐ Grand Teton National Park· start
  2. 139 km · 2h 16m
  3. 12:00
    Jackson Town Square
  4. 21 km · 19m
  5. 15:00
    Rock Springs· overnight
DAY08

Garden of the Gods → Denver

675 km · 6h 26m driving · long drive · Overnight in Denver
  1. 09:00
    ⭐ Garden of the Gods· start
  2. 659 km · 6h 8m
  3. 12:00
    Pikes Peak
  4. 16 km · 18m
  5. 15:00
    Denver· overnight
DAY09

Colby → Kansas City

975 km · 8h 42m driving · long drive
  1. 09:00
    Colby· start
  2. 377 km · 3h 26m
  3. 12:00
    Kansas City Power & Light District
  4. 598 km · 5h 16m
  5. 15:00
    ⭐ Kansas City
Heads Up
  • Day 1: 12h driving — plan rest stops
  • Day 2: 5h 9m driving — plan rest stops
  • Day 4: 10h 9m driving — plan rest stops
  • Day 5: 8h 14m driving — plan rest stops
  • Day 6: 6h 16m driving — plan rest stops
  • Day 7: 5h 32m driving — plan rest stops
  • Day 8: 7h 54m driving — plan rest stops
  • Day 9: 8h 46m driving — plan rest stops