# Road trips from Chicago

> 6 road trips that start in or near Chicago, from 2 to 21 days, each with a stop-by-stop itinerary, distances and campsites along the way.

Source: https://camping-spirit.com/road-trips-from/chicago-il/

6 road trips that start in or near Chicago, from 2 to 21 days, each with a stop-by-stop itinerary, distances and campsites along the way.

- [Indiana Dunes and northern Indiana’s Amish country](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b10-indiana-dunes/): 2 days, 136 mi – Lake Michigan dunes an hour from Chicago, then Notre Dame and the buggies of Shipshewana.
- [Starved Rock canyons and Lincoln’s Springfield](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b19-starved-rock-lincoln/): 3 days, 243 mi – From Chicago to the sandstone canyons of the Illinois River, then south to Lincoln’s New Salem and his home and tomb in Springfield.
- [Lake Michigan's dune coast](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/michigan-shore/): 3 days, 399 mi – Big dunes and the Mighty Mac bridge.
- [Lake Michigan’s sunset coast: Saugatuck to Ludington](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b19-west-michigan-shore/): 4 days, 236 mi – Art-town Saugatuck, Dutch Holland, pier lighthouses and the dunes of Silver Lake and Ludington along Michigan’s western shore.
- [Route 66, part one: Chicago to Oklahoma City](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/route66-east/): 4 days, 873 mi – From the Begin sign on Adams Street, through cornfields and Ozark caves, to the neon of Oklahoma.
- [Neon, diners and endless horizons – Route 66 by camper from Chicago to Santa Monica](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-004-route-66/): 21 days, 2,326 mi – 3,900 kilometres of Americana: neon signs, grain elevators and desert tracks – three weeks across the continent to the Pacific.

## FAQs

**What are the best road trips from Chicago?**
Popular routes starting in or near Chicago: Indiana Dunes and northern Indiana’s Amish country, Starved Rock canyons and Lincoln’s Springfield, Lake Michigan's dune coast, Lake Michigan’s sunset coast: Saugatuck to Ludington and Route 66, part one: Chicago to Oklahoma City.

**Is there a short road trip from Chicago?**
The shortest is Indiana Dunes and northern Indiana’s Amish country: 2 days, about 136 mi.

**What is the longest road trip from Chicago?**
The longest is Neon, diners and endless horizons – Route 66 by camper from Chicago to Santa Monica: 21 days, about 2,326 mi with 18 stops.