Trip Planning Tools

Free tools for planning a U.S. trip: a map and a checklist to track where you’ve been, and calculators that sit inside guides explaining the numbers and naming the official source behind them. Prices are as of November 2026.

• States I’ve visited map

  Color in the states you’ve been to and the ones on your bucket list, see your count out of 50 and download an image or a link to share.

• National parks checklist

  All 64 national parks, including the newest, Chiricahua: tick the ones you’ve visited, sort by state, print the list or share an image of your progress.

• National park pass calculator

  Pay at each park gate or buy the America the Beautiful pass ($80 for U.S. residents, $250 for visitors from abroad)? See the total, the break-even number of parks and the $100 nonresident fee at 11 popular parks (NPS prices).

• Road trip gas cost calculator

  Gallons, total gas cost, cost per person and per mile for your route and car, starting from the latest U.S. average gas price from the EIA.