Three Good Stops

Colorado Springs to Little Rock: where to stop

947 miles, about 13 hr 35 min of driving. Here are the real towns worth stopping in between Colorado Springs, CO and Little Rock, AR, and why each one earned it.

Your first stop

Burlington, COStretch your legs in Burlington, CO · mile 123

The other 6 stops on this drive

Named for your own departure time and driving style when you plan the trip — your first full plan is free.

W•••••, KSstretch, fuel, meal · mile 268
S•••••, KSstretch · mile 413
B•••••, OKstretch, fuel · mile 556
S•••••, OKovernight, meal · mile 596
M•••••, OKstretch · mile 736
R•••••, ARstretch, fuel, meal · mile 876

Name every stop — first trip free

No card for the first trip. After that it's 99¢ for three trips, or $2.99 a month.

How the days break up

DayMilesDrivingNight in
15968 hr 34 minStillwater, OK
23515 hr 2 min—

How we picked these

Every stop is a real town on your actual route — not a chain billboard. We score towns on what a driver needs at that point in the drive: fuel and food for a stretch break, parks and grass when a pet is along, hotels and restaurants when it's an overnight. Detour distance counts against a town, so nothing here costs you a long side trip.

This page is planned for a 9-hour driving day leaving at 8:00 AM. Change any of that — your hours, your MPG, pets, small children, an EV's charging range — and the stops change with it. Plan Colorado Springs to Little Rock your way →

Questions

How far is Colorado Springs, CO to Little Rock, AR?
About 947 miles, roughly 13 hr 35 min of driving before stops.

Can you drive Colorado Springs to Little Rock in one day?
Not comfortably. At a 9-hour driving day it splits into 2 days, with a night in Stillwater, OK.

Where is a good place to stop between Colorado Springs and Little Rock?
Burlington, CO is the first one on this route.