Three Good Stops

Colorado Springs to Seattle: where to stop

1374 miles, about 20 hr 19 min of driving. Here are the real towns worth stopping in between Colorado Springs, CO and Seattle, WA, and why each one earned it.

Your first stop

Wellington, COStretch your legs in Wellington, CO · mile 134

The other 10 stops on this drive

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

R•••••, WYstretch, meal · mile 264
R•••••, WYfuel · mile 320
G•••••, WYstretch · mile 458
R•••••, UTstretch, overnight, fuel, meal · mile 596
H•••••, IDstretch · mile 738
M•••••, IDstretch, 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 49 minRoy, UT
25988 hr 46 minGrandview, WA
31802 hr 45 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 Seattle your way →

Questions

How far is Colorado Springs, CO to Seattle, WA?
About 1374 miles, roughly 20 hr 19 min of driving before stops.

Can you drive Colorado Springs to Seattle in one day?
Not comfortably. At a 9-hour driving day it splits into 3 days, with a night in Roy, UT.

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