I've got the restless feet syndrome again...

[featherynscale]

What I would most like to have on hand today is a program that I could input my current location and how many hours I wanted to drive, and have it output a list of possible destinations that meet those parameters. I'm sure that such a thing exists, but I can't find one.

Any of you guys know of something that works that way? I mean, I can just make a compass circle on a map and get a rough idea, but I'm too lazy for that.

The thing is, I'm looking for short trips to make. I'm realizing again how much vacation I have. St. Joe was far enough away to keep me entertained for a few weeks, but now I want to go somewhere else. I'm thinking of 8-12 hour drives, so Denver is good, Dallas is good, Atlanta is probably close enough, and so on. If I can't get a resource, are there destinations that you could suggest?

Comments

[rfunk.livejournal.com]

If there is such a thing, it might be listed among the 1000+ mapping-tagged mashups at ProgrammableWeb.com. Though I skimmed through about half of them and none of them jumped out at me as being what you want.

The hard part would seem to be defining "possible destinations" in your range without getting a near-infinite list.

[triadruid.livejournal.com]

Seems like you could probably limit the list to places over a certain population size, or with a cross-link to a "Notable Places/Tourist Traps" listing...hmmm.

Myself, I'd probably pull out the compass and map. ;)

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

Myself, I'd probably pull out the compass and map. ;)

Might do that when we get home. I'm thinking there's a big US map in the garage. We could color out in 4-hour blocks from KC...

[triadruid.livejournal.com]

There is, in fact, a giant map in the garage, that would be almost ideally suited to this porpoise.

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

Project, ho!

[akaashben.livejournal.com]

While the compass will give you cities that fall within a certain mileage of your starting point, remember that that will be "as the crow flies" and that actual driving time may vary depending on how direct a route you can actually plot.