Time per miles

[Wilson123]

Hello. What do most people figure per 100 miles? I usually figure 2 hours.

[dodge_guy]

goducks10 wrote:

wildtoad wrote:

wa8yxm wrote:

Wilson123 wrote:
Hello. What do most people figure per 100 miles? I usually figure 2 hours.

Same here

And here.

And there.

Nope not for me! I figure 200 miles for 4 hours!

[goducks10]

wildtoad wrote:

wa8yxm wrote:

Wilson123 wrote:
Hello. What do most people figure per 100 miles? I usually figure 2 hours.

Same here

And here.

And there.

[bpounds]

If I am estimating the drive time for a 500 mile trip, figuring 50 miles per hour has proven time after time to be a very close estimate. Seems like the majority here use a similar number.

If I am telling my wife how long to the next bathroom break, 15 miles is 15 minutes. And we will be there quicker, and I will be a hero.

[dodge_guy]

Figure 50mph average.

[4x4ord]

I figure 97 minutes.

[larry_barnhart]

Cummins12V98 wrote:
I travel at 60 in 55-60 mph States and figure averaging 50 miles in one hour. It's very accurate.

Same for us.

chevman

[Cummins12V98]

I travel at 60 in 55-60 mph States and figure averaging 50 miles in one hour. It's very accurate.

[Padlin]

I figure 50 mph average in the east. On highways in the midwest and west, more like 60+. So 100 miles would be 2 hrs or 1:40ish, depending on where, and how far.

[valhalla360]

50mph is a pretty good planning number for freeways and even 2lane/2way rural roads.

If you get into city driving (off freeway) or back county roads, that's a different ballgame. Likewise major construction can throw things out of wack.

[johnhicks]

Since we travel in furlongs per fortnight, 100 miles takes us at least three and usually four hours.

[Trekkar]

We use the 50mph rule of thumb. (If my thumb is working!!)
We like to minimize the interstate exposure when we can.

[tatest]

That works for me, long distance driving, with the breaks I need and the two-lanes I frequently drive.

Shorter trips work differently, the 200 miles to my daughter's house is no more than 2:40, two potty/wake-up stops and picking up a sandwich at one of them, even with most of the distance on 65 mph two-lanes and four towns that slow to 20 mph in the CBD.

Traveling all rural superhighway, my average might get close to 60 mph, if I have someone younger to share the driving, getting past my sleepy times.

[pulsar]

Here is some data from our current trip, still in progress.

We have traveled 2283 miles. Travel time (from start of travel each let to turning off the engine in the camp site) is 45.33 hours. 2283 / 45.33 is approximately 50.36 miles per hour. The traveling has been a mix of Interstate and good two-lane roads. We have traveled from North Carolina to Michigan and on to the UP of Michigan. We travel with four dogs and stop to walk them. We usually stop for lunch. We stop for fuel, when needed.

Over 30 years of RVing, we have found that estimating 50 mph for a days drive provides a very good estimate as to how long the drive will be.

Tom

[Grit_dog]

I’d say if you have to ask, you haven’t driven very far, which seems weird unless you’re like 16 years old or a hermit.
There’s no one size fits all answer.