Gateway Road Trips · Fly in, loop, fly home
Road trips from major arrival airports
24 loops that start and end at a major U.S. airport, with trip lengths and entry, licence and park-pass notes for overseas visitors.
See all gateway road tripsMulti-park loops
All 30 loops
Self-drive routes linking nearby parks and towns, with suggested days per stop.
Utah Mighty 5 Road Trip Loop
All five of Utah's national parks in one drive: Zion's canyon walls, Bryce Canyon's hoodoos, Capitol Reef's orchards and slickrock, then Arches and Canyonlands near Moab.
Grand Canyon & Northern Arizona Loop
The Grand Canyon's South Rim, then north to Horseshoe Bend and Antelope Canyon near Page, finishing among the sandstone buttes of Monument Valley.
California Sierra Parks Loop
Yosemite's granite valley, then south to the giant sequoias and deep canyons of Kings Canyon and Sequoia national parks.
Yellowstone & Grand Teton Loop
Geysers and wildlife in Yellowstone, then the jagged Teton Range and the town of Jackson just to the south.
Colorado Rockies Loop
Rocky Mountain National Park's alpine roads, then mountain towns along the Continental Divide.
Black Hills & Badlands Loop
Badlands formations, Mount Rushmore, Custer State Park's wildlife loop and Wind Cave.
Pacific Northwest Parks Loop
Seattle to Mount Rainier and the rainforests and coast of the Olympic Peninsula.
North Cascades Loop
Mount Baker, North Cascades National Park, Lake Chelan and Bavarian-style Leavenworth.
Oregon Cascades Loop
Crater Lake's deep blue caldera, then Bend, Smith Rock and Mount Hood.
California Central Coast Loop
Santa Cruz, Monterey and Big Sur's cliff-top highway, ending in San Luis Obispo.
Southern California Desert Loop
Palm Springs, Joshua Tree's boulder fields and the open desert of Death Valley.
Eastern Sierra Loop
Lake Tahoe down Highway 395 to Mammoth Lakes and the Eastern Sierra.
Las Vegas Desert Parks Loop
Red Rock Canyon and Valley of Fire near Las Vegas, then on to Zion.
Utah Highway 12 Loop
Bryce Canyon, Escalante and Capitol Reef along one of America's most scenic byways.
Arizona Red Rock Loop
Sedona's red rocks, Flagstaff's pines and the Grand Canyon's South Rim.
New Mexico Enchantment Loop
Albuquerque, Bandelier's cliff dwellings, Santa Fe and Taos.
Southern New Mexico Loop
White Sands, Carlsbad Caverns and Guadalupe Mountains.
Big Bend Country Loop
Marfa, Big Bend National Park, Terlingua and Big Bend Ranch State Park.
Texas Hill Country Loop
Austin, Lake Travis, Fredericksburg and the Hill Country.
Smokies & Blue Ridge Loop
Great Smoky Mountains, Asheville, the Blue Ridge Parkway and Boone.
Shenandoah & Virginia Mountains Loop
Harpers Ferry, Shenandoah's Skyline Drive and the New River Gorge.
New England Mountains Loop
White Mountains, Franconia Notch, Stowe and the Green Mountains.
Maine Coast & Acadia Loop
Kennebunkport up the coast to Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park.
Michigan Upper Peninsula Loop
Mackinac Island, Pictured Rocks and the Porcupine Mountains.
Everglades & Florida Keys Loop
Everglades National Park, Islamorada and the Keys down to Key West.
Glacier & Flathead Loop
Glacier National Park, Whitefish, Flathead Lake and Missoula.
Idaho Sawtooth Loop
Sun Valley, the Sawtooth Mountains, McCall and Craters of the Moon.
Alaska Kenai & Denali Loop
Anchorage, Seward and Kenai Fjords, then north to Talkeetna and Denali.
Big Island Loop
Kona's coast and Hawaii Volcanoes National Park around the Big Island.
Arkansas Ozarks Loop
Hot Springs, Buffalo National River and Eureka Springs.