# Using map website for trip planning

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-map-website-for-trip-planning/755191>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 19, 2016, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-map-website-for-trip-planning/755191 "2016-05-19T22:28:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-map-website-for-trip-planning/755191/1 "2016-05-19T22:28:45Z")

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I can use google maps to see that driving from SE Minnesota to the Two Medicine campground in Glacier NP is ~19.5 hours.

Is there a way to semi-automatically break this trip up? I can eyeball a half way point and see where a good stopover place is, but that is trial and error.

I’d like to input “12 - 13 hours, place with a motel”

Is it still hard to find vacancies in ND? Or has the drop in oil prices made that easier?  
Thinking of the SD (I90) route anyway – but if I take 212 from ~Sturgis, there isn’t a lot of civilzation.

Brian

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**Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-map-website-for-trip-planning/755191/2 "2016-05-20T04:54:27Z")

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I think [roadtrippers.com](http://roadtrippers.com) lets you do that:  
[Road Trip Route Planner, Map and Trip Guides | Roadtrippers](https://roadtrippers.com/map?lat=47.03644&lng=-105.24353&z=7&a2=p!18,t!14362249)

Or once you’re on the road, the mobile Google Maps app lets you search along your route (within a radius). That doesn’t make it easy to pre-book, of course 😕

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**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-map-website-for-trip-planning/755191/3 "2016-05-20T10:47:58Z")

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That shows points of interest along the way, but even if I pick a motel, it does not display the driving time to that, and no way to break up a trip as far as I can tell.

Still useful, but not quite what I want.

Brian

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**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-map-website-for-trip-planning/755191/4 "2016-06-21T03:10:00Z")

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Don’t think this is a zombie yet. I still had to eyeball a possible break point, but when I did and hit “add to trip” it did split it up and give me both times.

So thanks for the suggestion

Brian