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Short answer: Pick how many days you have: this site has seven two-day plans and four three-day plans, each with stops, road times and an arrival clock. There is no one-day plan and no four-day plan yet, and this page adds no new itineraries.
How we checked: the plan pages already on this site. The numbers below are the planning estimates printed on each plan page (road times from OpenStreetMap routing with no live traffic, time on site from our own estimate); each plan page says when its stops’ hours and prices were read. All read on November 3, 2026. Hours, prices, rules, closures and road status change, so check the named agency or business before you rely on them. Anything we could not check is marked Not Confirmed where it appears. General guidance on this page is labelled as general guidance. This is not safety, medical or legal advice; where a safety or legal rule appears, the quoted words are the official source’s own.
1 Day
No one-day plan is published. For a single day, start from the drive times and trip picker, which lists the five closest places to any of 12 starting cities, or from Plan by Occasion.
2 Days
| Plan | Stops | Driving (estimate) | Visiting (estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City in Two Days | 4 | 18 min | 9 h 30 min |
| Branson and Table Rock Lake in Two Days | 4 | 19 min | 9 h 30 min |
| Lake of The Ozarks and Ha Ha Tonka in Two Days | 4 | 1 h 38 min | 6 h 30 min |
| Trout Parks and Springs Weekend | 4 | 2 h 39 min | 9 h 00 min |
| Hannibal and Mark Twain Country | 4 | 11 min | 5 h 45 min |
| Ste. Genevieve and Southeast Missouri | 4 | 3 h 21 min | 4 h 15 min |
| Route 66 Across Missouri in Two Days | 8 | 4 h 28 min | 5 h 55 min |
3 Days
| Plan | Stops | Driving (estimate) | Visiting (estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Katy Trail and Wine Country Weekend | 6 | 59 min | 9 h 45 min |
| Missouri River Towns in Three Days | 4 | 1 h 25 min | 6 h 45 min |
| Three Days in The Southern Ozarks | 6 | 2 h 30 min | 8 h 15 min |
| A Long Weekend in St. Louis and The Meramec Valley | 5 | 1 h 10 min | 8 h 30 min |
4 Days and More
No four-day plan is published. Two plans that start in the same region can be done back to back; check the road time between them on the drive times page, and treat any combined schedule as your own.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many Missouri itineraries are there?
Eleven: seven two-day plans and four three-day plans, listed in the tables above.
Is there a one-day Missouri plan?
Not yet. Use the drive times and trip picker for single-day ideas.
Where do the road times come from?
OpenStreetMap routing, with no live traffic, closures or ferry waits, as each plan page says.
Sources
- It’s Missouri itineraries, read November 3, 2026 (each plan page names its own sources and read dates)
- It’s Missouri drive times, read November 3, 2026
Read on November 3, 2026. How we check: editorial standards; spot a mistake? Tell us.
Cite this page: It's Missouri, “Plan Your Missouri Trip by Days: 2 and 3 Day Plans”, itsmissouri.com/visit/plan-by-days/ (updated ). By the It's Missouri editorial team. Free to quote with attribution and a link to this page; data and tables are licensed CC BY 4.0.