trip planner

Delorme Street Atlas will show stops at either driving time or miles, whichever you choose. It isn't being updated so all that are out there is software that is a couple years old. I then input that route in Basecamp which has updated maps.

We like to be off the road by 4pm
I look for three places. 3pm, 4pm, 5pm, just in case.
If there's a city on the way I like to get passed it the night before so I don't have to drive into it with rush hour traffic.

I googled drawing a radius on a map. Got a tool that lets me draw a circle around where I am leaving from, and shows me what is inside a certain mile radius.
Then I look for what roads I may want to try, or sights I might want to see, or just campgrounds near that distance on my proposed trip route.
We are not retired but, yes, someday it would be nice to try the " which way should we go today " method.
We use that method now for exploring around a new area from our campsite.

We usually don't go by miles...time on the road is our consideration.

Like being at our next over-night by 4pm (cocktails at 5pm ya know) and typically leave by 9 or 10am.

Sometimes we are on the road for a couple of hours and sometimes longer...there is no rush for us anymore.

Safe travels....

The extent of our "trip planning" mostly involves what direction we are going and would like to end up at. Then,every day we get up and sometimes we decide to go right instead of left. Some days we will set out to go 200 miles and after going 10 we see something we want to stop and visit and that is our day and sometimes our week.If I hear about a great trout stream I can get to that we can dry camp next to the stream for a few days,that is what we do.
I know planning is necessary if your time is limited. However,I just love to go and make a new decision every day with the info we have and get while traveling.Sometimes our three week adventure turns into a eight or more adventure.

Find an old copy of Microsoft Streets and Trips. Believe the last one was 2012. I have been getting updates for it at times. Roads do not change that much. Some information does for campgrounds and other destinations.

If I recall correctly, the RV Trip Wizard does that. But I'm not willing to spend the $35/year to verify. :D

Otherwise, no- I haven't found one that does it. For me, it comes down to what donn0128 suggest- figure out how many miles you'll go in an hour and how many hours you want to drive and just guess/check locations about that far away.

Trip Planning Apps & Websites

Never found it difficult in the West or Midwest.

As a newb I have used the Good Sam planner and it is working well so far. I lay out the route first and select CG that give me a decent day and allow me to roll in in daylight. Then just call them and reserve...easy peasy

Why do you need that? Figure out your route, and start looking about 6 hours worth of driving to find places to park. Do you average 40 or 60MPH? Base it on miles if you want. There are lots of apps that will help you locate decent camp grounds, just need a local.