Vanlife Stats

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Here are the overall stats for the places we’ve been, miles we’ve driven, and things we’ve seen so far on vanlife. We’ll keep this updated as we visit new places and see new things (even before we’ve posted about them!). If you have a suggestion for other stats we should track, please let us know!

States Visited/Passed through:

  1. Iowa
  2. South Dakota
  3. Montana
  4. Idaho
  5. Wyoming
  6. Colorado
  7. Kansas
  8. Missouri
  9. Oklahoma
  10. Texas
  11. New Mexico
  12. Utah
  13. Arizona
  14. Nevada
  15. California
  16. Oregon
  17. Washington
  18. North Dakota
  19. Minnesota
  20. Illinois
  21. Wisconsin
  22. Indiana
  23. Michigan
  24. Ohio
  25. Kentucky
  26. Tennessee
  27. Alabama
  28. Georgia
  29. South Carolina
  30. North Carolina
  31. Virginia
  32. Maryland
  33. Delaware
  34. Pennsylvania
  35. West Virginia
  36. Nebraska
  37. Arkansas
  38. Louisiana
  39. Mississippi

National <place>s Visited/Passed Through: 89

  • National Parks:
    1. Yellowstone
    2. Grand Teton
    3. Grand Canyon
    4. Bryce Canyon
    5. Mesa Verde
    6. Great Basin
    7. Lassen Volcanic
    8. Crater Lake
    9. Redwood
    10. Yosemite
    11. Sequoia
    12. Kings Canyon
    13. Pinnacles
    14. Olympic
    15. Glacier
    16. Theodore Roosevelt
    17. Badlands
    18. Indiana Dunes
    19. Cuyahoga Valley
    20. Mammoth Cave
    21. Shenandoah
    22. New River Gorge
    23. Hot Springs
    24. Gateway Arch
  • National Monuments:
    1. Cedar Breaks
    2. Craters of the Moon
    3. Jewel Cave
    4. Aztec Ruins
    5. Navajo
    6. Hovenweep
    7. Canyon of the Ancients
    8. Bears Ears
    9. Vermillion Cliffs
    10. Pipe Spring
    11. Lava Beds
    12. Newberry Volcanic
    13. California Coast
    14. Giant Sequoia
    15. Upper Missouri River Breaks
    16. Russell Cave
    17. George Washington Carver
    18. Poverty Point
  • National Forests:
    1. Custer-Gallatin
    2. Beaverhead-Deerlodge
    3. Boise
    4. Caribou-Targhee
    5. Bridger-Teton
    6. Bighorn
    7. San Juan
    8. Kaibab
    9. Dixie
    10. Toiyabe
    11. Tahoe
    12. Plumas
    13. Lassen
    14. Deschutes
    15. Umpqua
    16. Fremont-Winema
    17. Mount Hood
    18. Siuslaw
    19. Stanislaw
    20. Sierra
    21. Sequoia
    22. Los Padres
    23. Shasta-Trinity
    24. Olympic
    25. Mt. Baker – Snoqualmie
    26. Okanogan – Wenatchee
    27. Idaho Panhandle
    28. Lolo
    29. Flathead
    30. Chippewa
    31. Francis Marion
    32. George Washington
    33. Wayne
    34. Ozark – St. Francis
    35. Ouachita
  • National Grasslands:
    1. Little Missouri
    2. Grand River
    3. Buffalo Gap
  • National Other:
    1. National Elk Refuge
    2. National Museum of the Air Force
    3. Wright Brothers National Memorial
    4. Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
    5. Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge
    6. Cape Hatteras National Seashore
    7. Eastern Shore of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge
    8. Gettysburg National Military Park
    9. Catoctin Mountain Park

Other Notable Places:

  1. Monument Valley, AZ/UT
  2. Page, AZ
  3. Brian Head Peak, UT
  4. Mexican Hat, UT
  5. Lake Tahoe, CA/NV
  6. Glen Canyon, AZ
  7. Kanab, UT
  8. Panguitch Lake, UT
  9. Wheeler Peak, NV
  10. Lehman Caves, NV
  11. Reno, NV
  12. Lake Almanor, CA
  13. Bend, OR
  14. Columbia Gorge
  15. Astoria, OR
  16. Cannon Beach, OR
  17. Tillamook, OR
  18. Santa Rosa, CA
  19. San Francisco, CA
  20. Fresno, CA
  21. Monterey, CA
  22. Pismo Beach, CA
  23. Solvang, CA
  24. Santa Barbara, CA
  25. Los Angeles, CA
  26. Santa Monica, CA
  27. San Diego, CA
  28. Lynden, WA
  29. Redmond, WA
  30. Cedar Rapids, IA
  31. Spokane, WA
  32. Couer d’Alene, ID
  33. Kalispell, MT
  34. Fort Benton, MT
  35. Bismarck, ND
  36. Fargo, ND
  37. Sturgis, SD
  38. Wall, SD
  39. Sioux Falls, SD
  40. Dubuque, IA
  41. South Bend, IN
  42. Kalamazoo, MI
  43. Dayton, OH
  44. Lexington, KY
  45. Nashville, TN
  46. Greenville, SC
  47. Charleston, SC
  48. Myrtle Beach, SC
  49. Ocracoke Island, NC
  50. Outer Banks, NC
  51. Dover, DE
  52. Philadelphia, PA
  53. Gettysburg, PA
  54. Indianapolis, IN
  55. Kansas City, KS
  56. Hot Springs, AR
  57. St. Louis, MO

Miles Driven:

  • 1,300 pre-van
  • 22,500 in the van

Nights in the van: I lost track

Cheapest Gas: $2.34/gal., Louisiana somewhere

Most Expensive Gas: $5.29/gal., Yosemite National Park, CA

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