ChargeQuest route library
Tesla Supercharger road-trip routes
I built these three routes to answer different versions of the same question: what would make the miles worth driving? Route 66 follows road history into the desert. The western parks route follows the season. Great American Icons starts with the whole country, then asks what actually belongs in your trip.
Written by Anthony Pappano ·
- Published route guides: 3 with original anchor maps
- Fixed example distance: 6,077–7,890 planning miles
- Inside CORE: 40 fixed templates · 2 conditional variants
Compare the three published Tesla route templates
The mileage below comes from the same disclosed 60-day CORE setup used on each detailed guide. It is useful for comparing the size and shape of the templates. It is not a quote for your trip, a turn-by-turn route, or a reason to spend 60 days sightseeing if your schedule says otherwise.
| Route | Fixed CORE example | What gives it a story | Constraint to solve first |
|---|---|---|---|
| Route 66 and Desert Icons | 6,077 miles · 60 planned charging days | Historic-road cities, Grand Canyon, Las Vegas, and Southern California. | Heat, long desert gaps, and deciding how closely to follow Route 66. |
| National Parks and Western Icons | 6,587 miles · 60 planned charging days | The Rockies, canyon country, Yosemite, the Pacific Northwest, and Yellowstone. | Seasonal roads and leaving enough time to be out of the car. |
| Great American Icons | 7,890 miles · 60 planned charging days | Music cities, parks, both coasts, road history, and a broad national loop. | Removing famous stops that belong to someone else’s trip. |
Route 66 and Desert Icons
This route follows the pull of Route 66 without forcing a museum-perfect trace. St. Louis, Oklahoma City, Amarillo, Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Flagstaff, Grand Canyon, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles give the journey its spine, with room to connect from farther east or continue through the Southwest.
It is a road-history trip, a desert trip, and a strong badge opportunity. It is also a route where heat, long gaps, and seasonal park demand deserve respect.
National Parks and Western Icons
The western parks route links the central Rockies, Moab, Zion, Grand Canyon, Yosemite, the Pacific Northwest, Yellowstone, and the Badlands. It is intentionally ambitious. The point of the template is to reveal the full shape, then let you cut, reorder, or slow it until the trip becomes yours.
Season decides a great deal here. A beautiful line can cross mountain roads that are not open when you need them. Recalculate near departure and keep the park experience separate from the charging sequence.
Great American Icons
This is the broad national story: music cities, the Rockies, desert history, Grand Canyon, Hollywood, San Francisco, the Pacific Northwest, Yellowstone, the Black Hills, Chicago, Washington, and more. It is the kind of route that made me build ChargeQuest.
Nobody needs to drive every anchor. Use the template to discover what you would hate to miss, then remove the stops that belong to someone else’s trip. Your route should feel like yours before CORE ever optimizes it.