Three Good Stops

Minneapolis to Baltimore: where to stop

1109 miles, about 16 hr 33 min of driving. Here are the real towns worth stopping in between Minneapolis, MN and Baltimore, MD, and why each one earned it.

Your first stop

Black River Falls, WIStretch your legs in Black River Falls, WI · mile 135

The other 7 stops on this drive

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

J•••••, WIstretch, fuel, meal · mile 274
G•••••, INstretch · mile 410
J•••••, INstretch · mile 544
F•••••, INovernight, fuel, meal · mile 594
N•••••, OHstretch · mile 729
M•••••, PAstretch, fuel, meal · mile 865

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
15948 hr 46 minFremont, IN
25157 hr 48 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 Minneapolis to Baltimore your way →

Questions

How far is Minneapolis, MN to Baltimore, MD?
About 1109 miles, roughly 16 hr 33 min of driving before stops.

Can you drive Minneapolis to Baltimore in one day?
Not comfortably. At a 9-hour driving day it splits into 2 days, with a night in Fremont, IN.

Where is a good place to stop between Minneapolis and Baltimore?
Black River Falls, WI is the first one on this route.