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Weekend getaways, ranked by real travel time

The thing that ruins a weekend away isn't the destination — it's the getting there. Most guides rank escapes by straight-line distance; we rank them by real door-to-door time from your city, because Friday-night traffic and a ferry crossing are the difference between a long weekend and a lost one.

Pick your city below to see the getaways we'd send you to, each with its true travel time and a complete plan. Or open the planner and we'll build it from your exact starting point.

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Good questions

How do you rank weekend getaways?

By real door-to-door travel time from your city — computed the same way our planner does it, including ferries and traffic-aware driving — not straight-line distance. A closer destination with an easy drive beats a nominally nearer one behind two hours of traffic.

Which US city has the best weekend getaways?

New York, San Francisco and Seattle are exceptionally well-placed — mountains, coast and wine country all within a short trip. But every major city has strong options; pick yours to see the ones we'd actually send you to, ranked by real travel time.

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