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How to plan a long-weekend loop under three hours from home
A simple way to find a great three-day trip without spending half of it driving.
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The best long weekends have more camping than driving. Here's how we plan them.
Draw a three-hour circle
Open a map and mark everywhere within three hours of home. That's your search area. Anything further and Friday night becomes a slog.
Pick one anchor
Choose one place you really want to see: a beach, a gorge or a lookout. Book or plan your campsite near it.
Make it a loop
Drive there one way and home another. You'll see twice as much for the same distance, and you'll find a bakery you didn't know about.
Leave Friday flexible
If traffic is bad, have a backup site an hour closer to home.
Pack the night before
Load everything but the fridge on Thursday night. On Friday you just add food and go.
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