10 Fun Road Trips From Chicago You Can Do in a Weekend
Ten Midwest weekenders, ranked by drive time, kid-tested, and honest about which one's a stretch from Friday to Sunday.
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Ten Midwest weekenders, ranked by drive time, kid-tested, and honest about which one's a stretch from Friday to Sunday.
Five weekend escapes within 3 hours of Chicago, priced down to the gas tank, with the math to prove they're actually cheap.
Groceries are up, rent's up, and a "normal" family vacation now runs close to eight grand. Cheap road trips from Chicago are the workaround, especially since Illinois happens to be one of seven states where state park admission is free. Here's where to point the car.
A record 60.6 million Americans hit the road for July 4th 2024, and a huge chunk of them were families staring down two-to-six hours in the car. This is a rundown of the best family road trips from Chicago, with real drive times, two or three concrete kid hits per stop, and an honest take on the part most posts skip: what to do between mile zero and the parking lot.