Looking for best route and things to see along the way...don't want to miss anything...must sees are Grand Canyon and Sedona.
driving from NJ to Arizona
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The Grand Canyon and Sedona are in Arizona, thus not what you would see on the way to Arizona. As to what to see on the way, it all depends on the amount of time you have and how much deviation you are willing to take from the straight line between your point of departure and your point of arrival.
> Looking for best route and things to see along the way
Best route depends on
1) what time of year are you planning to do this trip?
2) How much time have you allotted between the time you leave NJ and arrive at your FINAL destination in Arizona?
"Best" things to see depends entirely on YOUR preferences for what YOU want to experience along the way. We could tell you what WE would enjoy on such a trip, but that may have little or no bearing at all on what YOU would enjoy. So, unless you inform us of YOUR preferences, all we can tell you are what places WE would enjoy.
YOUR car or a rental car? Are you coming back to NJ after AZ?
Would it make sense to fly to Phoenix and see Sedona and the GC and then drive or take the train back toward NJ with a few stops?
Here's what I would do.
I just used Google maps to check distances and this would be a doable route/drive -
First stop - Amish countryside - use Bird-in-Hand, PA for mapping
Next stop - Fallingwater - outside Mill Run, PA
Gateway Arch, St. Louis, MO
Okalahoma City, OK - I'd like to see the memorial
Santa Fe, NM
Sedona, AZ
Leaving jersey in late July...want to make stops along the way to Arizona...we plan to be gone 2-3 weeks...not sure of route...any suggestions?
Any suggestions? ^^^^
Are you interested in cities? Scenery?
Lee Ann
Which city pairs would you prefer? Nashville-Little Rock, St. Louis-Oklahoma City or Kansas City-Wichita?
All of the routes converge on Albuquerque which should be one of your stops for sure.
You still didn't answer my questions in my first post.
driving our car out and back...interested in scenery but would do cities if there was something interesting
Okay.
Traveling in July. Interested in "scenery." Have given yourself two to three weeks, which I presume you mean grand total for the time between leaving New Jersey and returning to Jersey.
Hmmmmmm...
How well can you handle desert heat? If dry heat is no problem, go straight to Utah and visit any or all of the five national parks there. Then head head south into Arizona for the Grand Canyon. Utah alone would give you more than enough scenery for two weeks.
If you'd rather skip desert heat, then be certain to visit Rocky Mountain National Park, then go south to the scenic wonders of Colorado Springs. After that, Taos and the Sante Fe area would give you a few more days of enjoyment.
> would do cities if there was something interesting
Depending on your definition of "interesting" -- another word with no useful meaning -- you could visit cities like Chicago, Saint Louis, Kansas City, and Denver.
MY suggestion:
Go out via the PA and OH Turnpikes to Chicago, I-80 through Iowa and Nebraska, I-76 to Denver or Rocky Mountain NP, then I-70 into Utah and its scenic wonders. South to the Grand Canyon and Sedona.
Return via I-40 through northern New Mexico into Oklahoma, I-44 to Saint Louis, I-70 through Indiana and Ohio, and end up back on the PA Turnpike. You could see a LOT in three weeks, and have some flexibility on what to see if the red rocks of Utah start to all look alike.