Best route from Wichita Ks, to San Diego Ca
We will be traveling in June and will be towing a fifth wheel. My husband wants to avoid mountains as much as possible. We Have decided that we would like to see the Grand Canyon briefly on the way ou...
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Easiest route is to bypass central AZ, because chewing your way through Phoenix can be no fun at all if you hit town at the wrong time. Another problem is that because of the terrain, you can't continue directly east from Phoenix on the interstates--you have to swing 100 miles south to Tucson, or almost 200 miles north to Flagstaff, to proceed east. (There's a pretty formidable mountain barrier to the east of Phoenix, and only US 60, a goat path in that area, crosses it.)
Therefore, I-40 is the ticket. San Diego to Barstow to Needles. Don't worry about the grades on I-40 heading through Flagstaff and Albuquerque. There are two pretty good climbs, but very gradual. Then, of course, continue on I-40 and swing northeast into Kansas wherever you want to.
Therefore, I-40 is the ticket. San Diego to Barstow to Needles. Don't worry about the grades on I-40 heading through Flagstaff and Albuquerque. There are two pretty good climbs, but very gradual. Then, of course, continue on I-40 and swing northeast into Kansas wherever you want to.
