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United States · 14 Day Solo Trip

United States · 14 Day Solo Trip travel plan

New York → Chicago → Seattle → San Francisco → Los Angeles · five cities & three national parks

Day 1 · Arrive

Where to stay

Welcome to United States! Pick a base near your first stops so mornings start fast.

  1. Morning · Central Park’s shaded paths. Bethesda Terrace and Central Park paths
    Day 2 · Parks & Greenwich Village
  2. Morning · fly to Chicago. Chicago’s downtown skyline
    Day 3 · Chicago poetry & skyline
  3. Morning · architecture from the river. An architecture cruise on the Chicago River
    Day 4 · Chicago river & art
  4. Seattle’s market and Puget Sound waterfront
    Day 5 · Seattle market & coffee
  5. Snowy Mount Rainier above conifer forests
    Day 6 · Mount Rainier waterfalls
  6. Morning · a slower Seattle start. Seattle’s market on a slower morning
    Day 7 · Seattle glass & Puget Sound
  7. San Francisco’s North Beach streets
    Day 8 · San Francisco literary life
  8. Morning · rent a car & head east. Yosemite Valley in the Sierra Nevada
    Day 9 · Into the Sierra Nevada
  9. A hiker on Yosemite’s Mist Trail
    Day 10 · Yosemite falls & sequoias
  10. Morning · return to San Francisco. San Francisco Bay and its Golden Gate Bridge
    Day 11 · Back to the Golden Gate
  11. Los Angeles spreading below the Griffith hills
    Day 12 · Los Angeles from above
  12. Morning · an early desert departure. Joshua Tree National Park’s desert landscape
    Day 13 · Joshua Tree desert landscapes
  13. Santa Monica Pier’s Ferris wheel over the Pacific
    Day 14 · Beaches & farewell