We plan on 3 nights and 4 days driving. Soon, I'd like to drive from San Diego to Florida. How about the Ohio River to the Mighty Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico? I-40 does get pretty high (<7000 ft.), but it's pretty straight, and easy to drive. Trouble is, increasingly over the past 20 years, I've had trouble driving in or through mountains. I took the northern roads south to AL and then over on 20 to GA, and then down to Florida. Thanks in advance. During this stretch, RVers can take a short side trip to Cumberland Falls or the Great Smoky Mountains before crossing into Georgia and heading towards Atlanta. We are traveling from Winthrop Maine to St. Augustine Florida. The google recommend route takes me through WV, VA, and through NC. According to Trulia, the short highway tends to have quite a lot of action, making it short, but definitely not sweet. more, Reply to: Easiest driving route to Florida. We're coming from Michigan and heading to the Tampa area. There are mountains between the Tri-Cities and Asheville, but the road seems more sweeping, not like crossing WVA and it's not very far. GL, mD 01-17-2015, 09:16 PM scorpio516 : Location: Central Mass. You can figure out the elevation of a route in meters or feet for just about any place in the world. Augustine on the 3rd day. There are no high passes because you're just south of the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada. Happy trails ... carracar. Florida: Callahan, Jacksonville, Daytona Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Key Largo, Key West; Map your own route. Charts are available as well. View the steepness of the roads along the way. Do I need to book hotels ahead or can I book hotels as I travel? Its all good until your ferry falls apart and your oxen drown, spare parts for the wagon get lost, and the deer meat you just hunted gets swept away. What's an extra hour when you're already driving 16 hours. You're heading from Ohio to Sea Level you're not going to avoid the mountains. Once I got down to the Tri-Cities (Bristol, Kingsport, Johnson City), I've switched to interstate. I don't remember the math, but taking US-23 through western Kentucky doesn't add nearly as much time as you would think. U.S Route 192 runs a brief 75 miles through Florida and actually passes Walt Disney World, Kissimmee, St. Is there a way around those areas and then reconnect with the I95. Your savings can add up at the pumps too. Of course, I didn't do the whole route on surface highways. Cloud, and Melbourne, and no, not the one in Australia. MAJOR truck traffic throughout the night. When deciding whether to drive I-77 or I-75 to Florida, the I-75 route has less chance of major snowfall while the I-79/77 route passes through mountain areas with an increased risk for snow during winter. I travel to Destin at least once a year and take 71 south to Louisville and down 65 from there. I've driven that route and it is highly mountainous. Could u send more information on your route. We will be pulling a trailer full of stuff so I would like to find the flattest route possible - if there is a flatter route (than I-75) that doesn't cost me more than 24 hours I'd really like to take that. Hello bcarr, not sure if this link will work: https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Winthrop,+ME/St.+Augustine,+FL/@36.7628031,-84.8251571,5z/am=t/data=!3m1!4b1!4m24!4m23!1m15!1m1!1s0x4cb21b057e227879:0xa1342a3db18c0386!2m2!1d-69.9769721!2d44.3050332!3m4!1m2!1d-75.6007061!2d41.4143311!3s0x89c4dbf25c31ec05:0x7866ed124fd1a26!3m4!1m2!1d-80.6832414!2d37.0801673!3s0x884dfaddc2a22eeb:0x8d83b22c1f56add0!1m5!1m1!1s0x88e6825775df7f4f:0xc2a183178b276027!2m2!1d-81.3124341!2d29.9012437!3e0?hl=en, I-295 south to I-95 to Massachusetts. 71 to 75 is darn straight and easy to drive. Route 66 (I-40 from Barstow to OKC) is probably the flattest path across the country. Elevation of Your Trip From Point A to Point B. The good (or bad) thing about taking the old roads is that it's not a long ways between each little town. This is the version of our website addressed to speakers of English in the United States. Moving from Los Angeles to Chicago, leaving 12/2 or 12/3, Recommendations for Spring Road Trip through WA. Where are you going in FL? Is it Lucky for me it's just a 10' uhaul. I've driven that route and it is highly mountainous. In Massachusetts, this is now 'cashless toll', so if you do not have an EZ Pass transponder, your license plate will be scanned and eventually you will receive a bill mailed to you. No mountains on this route. Especially if a road is winding or sides of a road drop away steeply.) Nasty winter weather can/will make any interstate not much fun, and none of us can predict the weather in 10 days. Though I've done some online searching, I haven't been able to identify the flattest route across the US, west-to-east. there are only two maybe three spots that get a little hairy if you have a heavy load to haul. Route 66 - how long do I need and where should I stop? 20 WAS very a very bumpy road and it took me an hour or so longer but I didn't have to DO, Chattanooga, and a grade 6.5! Suggestions for a South West USA road trip, Suggestions for an East Coast USA Road Trip, Suggestions for a West Coast USA Road Trip.