Smog Tech San Jose - How long does it take to Drive Route 66

Route 66 is undeniably one of the most celebrated highways in America. From some of the most picturesque views in the United States to its distinct diagonal angle that runs between Chicago and Los Angeles, Route 66 has all the elements that continues to captivate USA Road Trip lovers. Take the journey through Route 66 and discover why the road trip spells out legendary proportions!
It takes 4 days to drive it end-to-end but this really isn't experiencing Route 66. Actually, you'll miss it all. However it's the basis to calculate the time you need to travel Route 66 (see further).
If you plan to drive a section of Route 66, do use an on-line site such as Yahoo Maps to find out how many days it would take you.

This number of days is your base further on and can be used to plan your drive back to your starting point.

Driving a Route 66 alignment

Driving a typically modern alignment, that goes through towns, but avoids unpaved sections, and just driving it: DOUBLE the amount above.

This will give you the very minimum to drive Route 66 and get started with touching on the experience.

Enjoy yourself

Stopping, taking pictures, talking to people: It depends a lot on how much you like to do it, but count at least an additional time the original amount, and lots more if you like long talks.

Side trips can take up loads of time. Popular side trips are:

• Grand Canyon (1 day minimum, if you'd like to hike down to the canyon, count a few days at very least)
• Las Vegas (1 day to get back and forth, and the rest depends on how long you can stand it, or much much you can stand to loose). Tip: try to aim to miss the weekends, hotels gets a lot more expensive in the weekends.
• The Albuquerque balloon festival is in early october and motels get pricy, sold out, but it's something you migh want to integrate in your trip.
• ...

Total

If you have less than 10 days: try to focus on a shorter section, you'll have more fun.

If you do get stressed for time: plan ahead: there are sections where the remaining alignment is the frontage road, check if there's nothing that you want to stop for till the next exit and you can increase your progress on the Interstate. It does ruin the 2 lane experience, but running out of time isn't fun either.

Anything starting at 14 days is quite possible to enjoy. The more time you have the more you can do things such as getting to know the people living there. Exploring the different city alignments, finding old abandoned alignments, driving on unpaved sections, ...

3 weeks to a month give you the ability to have a trip of a lifetime.

Some true roadies could spend the rest of their life on Route 66, slowly travelling back and forth, so there is no upper limit for the true fan.

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