Los Angeles and Chicago are approximately 3,248 km / 2,019 miles / 1,754 nautical miles apart.

Travel Time by Pace

• 🚗 Driving: 35 hours 24 minutes, or roughly a day and a half of continuous driving — commonly split across 3-4 days on the road
• 🚶 Walking: 649 hours, or about 27 days of continuous walking
• 🚴 Cycling: 203 hours, or about 8.5 days of continuous cycling

About This Route

This route roughly parallels stretches of the old Route 66, one of the most storied roads in American highway history, connecting the West Coast to the Midwest through Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, and Missouri. It’s one of the most iconic long-distance American road trips for exactly that reason. Travelers crossing this route also cross two time zones, gaining two hours moving from Pacific to Central time, which is worth factoring in for anyone timing arrivals or connecting flights along the way.

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