Kate Armstrong & Andrew Bain 
Lonely Planet USA’s Best Trips 

Whether exploring your own backyard or somewhere new, discover the freedom of open roads with Lonely Planet USA’s Best Trips, your passport to coast-to-coast advice on uniquely encountering the USA by car. Featuring 51 amazing road trips, from 2-day escapes to 2-week adventures, you can wind your way down the California Coast, gaze up at the Rocky Mountains, or immerse yourself in New England’s history, all with your trusted travel companion. Jump in the car, turn up the tunes, and hit the road! Inside Lonely Planet USA’s Best Trips:Up-to-date information – all businesses were rechecked before publication to ensure they are still open after 2020’s COVID-19 outbreak Lavish color and gorgeous photography throughout Itineraries and planning advice to pick the right tailored trips for your needs and interests Get around easily – easy-to-read, full-color route maps, detailed directions Insider tips to get around like a local, avoid trouble spots and be safe on the road – local driving rules, parking, toll roads Essential info at your fingertips – hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, prices Honest reviews for all budgets – eating, sleeping, sightseeing, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss Useful features – including Stretch Your Legs, Detours, Link Your Trip Covers New York, the Mid-Atlantic, New England, Florida, the South, the Great Plains, Rocky Mountains, California, the Pacific Northwest and more.The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet USA’s Best Trips is perfect for exploring the USA via the road and discovering sights that are more accessible by car.e Book Features (Best viewed on tablet devices)Zoom-in maps and images bring it all up close and in greater detail Downloadable PDF and offline maps let you stay offline to avoid roaming and data charges Seamlessly flip between pages Easily navigate and jump effortlessly between maps and reviews Speedy search capabilities get you to what you need and want to see Use bookmarks to help you shoot back to key pages in a flash Visit the websites of our recommendations by touching embedded links Adding notes with the tap of a finger offers a way to personalize your guidebook experience Built-in dictionary to translate unfamiliar languages and decode site-specific local terms Authors: Written and researched by Lonely Planet, and Simon Richmond, Kate Armstrong, Carolyn Bain, Amy C Balfour, Ray Bartlett, Loren Bell, Andrew Bender, Sara Benson, Celeste Brash, Gregor Clark, Michael Grosberg, Anthony Ham, Ashley Harrell, Mark Johanson, Adam Karlin, Brian Kluepfel, Stephen Lioy, Vesna Maric, Carolyn Mc Carthy, Hugh Mc Naughtan, Becky Ohlsen, Christopher Pitts, Kevin Raub, Brendan Sainsbury, Andrea Schulte-Peevers, Regis St Louis, Ryan Ver Berkmoes, Mara Vorhees, Benedict Walker, Karla Zimmerman. About Lonely Planet Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveler since 1973. Over the past four decades, we’ve printed over 145 million guidebooks and phrasebooks for 120 languages, and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travelers. You’ll also find our content online, and in mobile apps, videos, 14 languages, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more, enabling you to explore every day. ‘Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.’ – New York Times ‘Lonely Planet. It’s on everyone’s bookshelves; it’s in every traveler’s hands. It’s on mobile phones. It’s on the Internet. It’s everywhere, and it’s telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.’ – Fairfax Media (Australia)