Road trip from Albuquerque to Columbia
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ITINERARY
28h 48m1,611 miles28 stops
1
Betty's Bath and Day Spa
Betty's features two outdoor hot tubs and saunas, massages, facials, restorative spa treatments, lounge and relaxation areas in a xeriscaped garden setting, and a specialty boutique with natural and scintillating bath & body products as well as sassy and stylish affordable accessories.
2
Hinkle Fun Center
Hinkle Family Fun Center is Albuquerque's Premier Family Entertainment Destination located in sunny New Mexico. Hinkle Family Fun Center features two scenic 18 hole Miniature Golf Courses, a 1/8 mile twisting Go Kart Track, Rock Climbing, two Game Rooms and Prize Centers with over 150 redemption and arcade games, Bumper Boats, Bungee Jump Trampoline, a 4500 square foot black light themed Lazer Tag arena, XD Dark Ride, Lazer Frenzy, Bumper Cars, Light Space, Birthday Parties, Group Events and Cody’s Cafe too! Celebrating 25 years of making memories that matter!
3
Old Town Museum
4
Parker Drilling Rig #114
5
JD's Hideaway Axe Throwing & Golf Simulator
Great food, 16 beers on tap, Axe throwing, HD Golf Simulator, Pool Tables, 22' Pro Shuffleboard Table, Darts, Air Hockey, and Big Buck Hunter HD Arcade game. Throw in the newest Touchtunes Jukebox with Photo Booth and you are set for a great night out in Altus!
6
Medicine Park Aquarium and Natural Sciences Center
Our mission is conservation through education – bringing people, nature and science together in a fun and interactive experience. This unique eco-tourism attraction has over 90 native and non-native fish, reptile, amphibian and mammal species on exhibit including a recently added interactive quail exhibit and river otter exhibit. We also have a six-acre botanical garden featuring many plants native to the area.
7
Myriad Botanical Gardens
Myriad Botanical Gardens is one of Oklahoma City’s most beloved public spaces, offering its visitors a 15 acre natural escape in the heart of downtown. A half-acre children’s garden, an off-leash dog park, splash fountains, and paths for walking and jogging provide guests young and old with a place to seek solitude with nature, or seek community and the company of others. The Gardens offers a variety of horticultural education programs for adults and children. The centerpiece attraction of the Gardens is the Inasmuch Foundation Crystal Bridge Conservatory. Its unique design has earned attention and praise in the architectural community. It is 224 feet long, 70 feet in diameter, and is covered by 3,028 sections of translucent, double-layered acrylic panels. After an 18-month, $11 million renovation, it reopened to the public on November 18, 2022.
8
Brickopolis
9
Vintage Sewing Center And Museum
10
Oklahoma Aquarium
The Oklahoma Aquarium is the state's must-see attraction featuring amazing aquatic life in immersive exhibits. Experience the world's largest exhibit of bull sharks swimming around as you walk through our shark tunnel. Meet Seamore the loggerhead sea turtle, feed different animals, participate in our animal encounters and behind-the-scene tours, and join in more interactive opportunities throughout the aquarium! Thousands of fish, reptiles, amphibians, and mammals introduce guests to life in our oceans, rivers, lakes, and streams. Come visit the ocean in Oklahoma today, where our mission is "to educate and inspire conservation of our aquatic world through interactive discovery."
11
Buckstaff Bathhouse
Experience timeless relaxation at the Buckstaff Bathhouse, the crown jewel of Hot Springs, Arkansas. Indulge in traditional mineral-rich thermal bath treatments in the longest continuously run bathhouse in the state.
12
Blues Hall Juke Joint
13
Children's Hands-On Museum of Tuscaloosa
Welcome to the Children's Hands-On Museum of Tuscaloosa! CHOM, where children Explore, Create and Discover every time they visit. Learning through play is what our exhibits are about, and you're encouraged to touch, feel and play your way through our award winning museum. In 26 exhibit areas we offer newborns through age 13 a fabulous place just for them! Exhibits, birthday party spaces, daily programs and activities, events, holiday celebrations and curriculum specific field trips all wait for you at CHOM! Visit soon - join over 78,000 guests each year who know we're the BEST for family fun! CHOM is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization and we've provided dynamic learning experiences for 33 years.
14
Breakout Games - Birmingham
This isn’t your average outing or everyday experience—Breakout is for those who would rather solve mysteries than watch someone else have all the fun. With different rooms that follow unique story-lines, you and your friends will have 60 minutes to escape your adventure of choice by cracking codes, solving puzzles and following clues. Part problem solving, part adrenaline, end-to-end fun!
15
Sand Mountain Drive-In
16
Characters Entertainment
17
Richard Petty Driving Experience
18
Ponce City Market
19
Andalusia Farm
Historic farm in Milledgeville, GA where Southern fiction writer Flannery O'Connor lived and worked from 1951 until her death in 1964.
20
Milledgeville Visitor Information Center
Begin your Milledgeville exploration at the Visitor Information Center. Here you will fall in love with the First Lady of Georgia, find local maps, receive gracious hospitality, learn of upcoming events and absorb the tips of local delicacies. Visitor favorite, the Historic Trolley Tour, departs from the Center.
21
Anderson County Museum
Welcome to the Award Winning Anderson County Museum! Our 12,000 square foot gallery offers inspiration and innovation experiences through our collections, exhibits, programs and events. We engage visitors with our artifact-driven approach in galleries that are not static, but offer new and exciting exhibits, events, and programs monthly. For more than 35 years we have told the stories of Anderson County and South Carolina. These stories educate visitors on the local, regional, and national significance our rich history proclaims. As a museum with more than 25,000 artifacts, our permanent exhibits are always changing. New temporary exhibits are presented quarterly as we collect, preserve and interpret objects in the ACM collection.
22
Meadow Garden
Step back in time at Meadow Garden, home of George Walton, signer of the Declaration of Independence. Built in 1791, the historic house museum has been open to the public for more than 120 years. Guided tours are available Monday-Friday, 10:00AM to 4:00. Tours are available on Saturday by appointment.
23
Soda City Market
Soda City Market is a producer-only market — vendors must make or grow their own products (including out of season/exotic fruits and vegetables, antiques, and vintage items). Everything sold at our market is unique, hand crafted, and produced in the Southeast. The market fields an average of 150 vendors per week, and over 400 unique vendors throughout the year! Soda City Market is Columbia’s weekly Main Street event inspired by traditional European street markets. In partnership with Founders Federal Credit Union, we’re open every Saturday morning 9 a.m. –1 p.m., year-round, rain or shine! Find everything you need to nourish your brain, body, and belly—and help establish Columbia as the real southern hotspot for locals and visitors alike. Soda City Market is a microcosm of Columbia, a melting pot of cultures, and an inviting community experience worth making a part of your regular weekend routine.
24
Skeleton Key Escapes
25
Southern Bliss Yoga
Come find your bliss at Sumter's "New Haven of Relaxation" at 600 Bultman Drive in Sumter, SC. We offer a variety of classes suitable for absolute beginners as well as advanced students. Our class schedule, class descriptions, rates, FAQ's and upcoming special events can be viewed on our web site at southernblissyoga.com.
26
South Carolina Welcome Center
27
Lake Marion Golf Course
Located in the heart of Santee lies one of the more rewarding golf experiences in the area. Lake Marion Golf Course opened in 1978, is a perennial favorite with traveling golfers and features fantastic miniverde greens that are in perfect shape all year long. Designed by Eddie Riccoboni, Lake Marion will challenge you with pine tree-lined fairways, bordering lakes and 47 sand bunkers. But don't let these challenges fool you. Lake Marion is an extrememly fair test of golf and is sure to please players of all abilities. Lighted Driving Range Available. Fairways: 419 Bermuda; Greens: Miniverde Bermuda; Par: 72. The Lake Marion Golf Villas are the area's premium on-course accommodations and are available for your next golf vacation stay. Opened in the spring of 2006, these luxurious Golf Villas are located along the fairways of Lake Marion Golf Course and within walking distance of the new lighted driving range. For practically the same price as the area's hotels, you and your golfing friends can stay in these deluxe accommodations. Each Golf Villa features two bedrooms with four full beds, two bathrooms, a fully-equipped kitchen, three televisions with cable TV, washer and dryer, outdoor patio and grilling station. The Hospitality Clubhouse is also available, providing gathering spaces for groups of 16-48. Features include a kitchen area, flat screen TV and an expansive event scoreboard in each room.
28
Christy Mac's Boutique
Small - 3X Women's clothing boutique. The CUTEST clothes!
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OVERVIEW
Albuquerque to Columbia
1
Start:Betty's Bath and Day Spa
Albuquerque, New Mexico·
4.5
(98) review
Betty's features two outdoor hot tubs and saunas, massages, facials, restorative spa treatments, lounge and relaxation areas in a xeriscaped garden setting, and a specialty boutique with natural and scintillating bath & body products as well as sassy and stylish affordable accessories.
2
Start:Hinkle Fun Center
Albuquerque, New Mexico·
4.0
(95) review
Hinkle Family Fun Center is Albuquerque's Premier Family Entertainment Destination located in sunny New Mexico. Hinkle Family Fun Center features two scenic 18 hole Miniature Golf Courses, a 1/8 mile twisting Go Kart Track, Rock Climbing, two Game Rooms and Prize Centers with over 150 redemption and arcade games, Bumper Boats, Bungee Jump Trampoline, a 4500 square foot black light themed Lazer Tag arena, XD Dark Ride, Lazer Frenzy, Bumper Cars, Light Space, Birthday Parties, Group Events and Cody’s Cafe too! Celebrating 25 years of making memories that matter!
3
Start:Old Town Museum
Elk City, Oklahoma·
4.5
(70) review
2717 W 3rd St, Elk City, OK 73644-4319
4
Start:Parker Drilling Rig #114
Elk City, Oklahoma·
4.0
(5) review
107 E 3rd St Route 66, Elk City, OK 73644-4713
5
Start:JD's Hideaway Axe Throwing & Golf Simulator
Altus, Oklahoma·
4.0
(5) review
Great food, 16 beers on tap, Axe throwing, HD Golf Simulator, Pool Tables, 22' Pro Shuffleboard Table, Darts, Air Hockey, and Big Buck Hunter HD Arcade game. Throw in the newest Touchtunes Jukebox with Photo Booth and you are set for a great night out in Altus!
6
Start:Medicine Park Aquarium and Natural Sciences Center
Lawton, Oklahoma·
4.0
(46) review
Our mission is conservation through education – bringing people, nature and science together in a fun and interactive experience. This unique eco-tourism attraction has over 90 native and non-native fish, reptile, amphibian and mammal species on exhibit including a recently added interactive quail exhibit and river otter exhibit. We also have a six-acre botanical garden featuring many plants native to the area.
7
Start:Myriad Botanical Gardens
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma·
4.5
(979) review
Myriad Botanical Gardens is one of Oklahoma City’s most beloved public spaces, offering its visitors a 15 acre natural escape in the heart of downtown. A half-acre children’s garden, an off-leash dog park, splash fountains, and paths for walking and jogging provide guests young and old with a place to seek solitude with nature, or seek community and the company of others. The Gardens offers a variety of horticultural education programs for adults and children. The centerpiece attraction of the Gardens is the Inasmuch Foundation Crystal Bridge Conservatory. Its unique design has earned attention and praise in the architectural community. It is 224 feet long, 70 feet in diameter, and is covered by 3,028 sections of translucent, double-layered acrylic panels. After an 18-month, $11 million renovation, it reopened to the public on November 18, 2022.
8
Start:Brickopolis
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma·
4.0
(96) review
101 S Mickey Mantle Dr, Oklahoma City, OK 73104-2480
9
Start:Vintage Sewing Center And Museum
Tulsa, Oklahoma·
5.0
(97) review
5528 S Peoria Ave, Tulsa, OK 74105-6822
10
Start:Oklahoma Aquarium
Jenks, Oklahoma·
4.5
(945) review
The Oklahoma Aquarium is the state's must-see attraction featuring amazing aquatic life in immersive exhibits. Experience the world's largest exhibit of bull sharks swimming around as you walk through our shark tunnel. Meet Seamore the loggerhead sea turtle, feed different animals, participate in our animal encounters and behind-the-scene tours, and join in more interactive opportunities throughout the aquarium! Thousands of fish, reptiles, amphibians, and mammals introduce guests to life in our oceans, rivers, lakes, and streams. Come visit the ocean in Oklahoma today, where our mission is "to educate and inspire conservation of our aquatic world through interactive discovery."
11
Start:Buckstaff Bathhouse
Hot Springs, Arkansas·
4.5
(996) review
Experience timeless relaxation at the Buckstaff Bathhouse, the crown jewel of Hot Springs, Arkansas. Indulge in traditional mineral-rich thermal bath treatments in the longest continuously run bathhouse in the state.
12
Start:Blues Hall Juke Joint
Memphis, Tennessee·
4.5
(97) review
174 Beale St, Memphis, TN 38103-3714
13
Start:Children's Hands-On Museum of Tuscaloosa
Tuscaloosa, Alabama·
4.5
(99) review
Welcome to the Children's Hands-On Museum of Tuscaloosa! CHOM, where children Explore, Create and Discover every time they visit. Learning through play is what our exhibits are about, and you're encouraged to touch, feel and play your way through our award winning museum. In 26 exhibit areas we offer newborns through age 13 a fabulous place just for them! Exhibits, birthday party spaces, daily programs and activities, events, holiday celebrations and curriculum specific field trips all wait for you at CHOM! Visit soon - join over 78,000 guests each year who know we're the BEST for family fun! CHOM is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization and we've provided dynamic learning experiences for 33 years.
14
Start:Breakout Games - Birmingham
Homewood, Alabama·
5.0
(986) review
This isn’t your average outing or everyday experience—Breakout is for those who would rather solve mysteries than watch someone else have all the fun. With different rooms that follow unique story-lines, you and your friends will have 60 minutes to escape your adventure of choice by cracking codes, solving puzzles and following clues. Part problem solving, part adrenaline, end-to-end fun!
15
Start:Sand Mountain Drive-In
Boaz, Alabama·
4.5
(5) review
10480 Us-431, Boaz, AL 35956-3120
16
Start:Characters Entertainment
Gadsden, Alabama·
5.0
(7) review
101 Rainbow Industrial Blvd, Gadsden, AL 35906-8901
17
Start:Richard Petty Driving Experience
Talladega, Alabama·
4.5
(7) review
3366 Speedway Blvd., Talladega, AL 35161
18
Start:Ponce City Market
Atlanta, Georgia·
4.5
(996) review
675 Ponce de Leon Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30308-1884
19
Start:Andalusia Farm
Milledgeville, Georgia·
4.5
(71) review
Historic farm in Milledgeville, GA where Southern fiction writer Flannery O'Connor lived and worked from 1951 until her death in 1964.
20
Start:Milledgeville Visitor Information Center
Milledgeville, Georgia·
4.5
(75) review
Begin your Milledgeville exploration at the Visitor Information Center. Here you will fall in love with the First Lady of Georgia, find local maps, receive gracious hospitality, learn of upcoming events and absorb the tips of local delicacies. Visitor favorite, the Historic Trolley Tour, departs from the Center.
21
Start:Anderson County Museum
Anderson, South Carolina·
4.5
(95) review
Welcome to the Award Winning Anderson County Museum! Our 12,000 square foot gallery offers inspiration and innovation experiences through our collections, exhibits, programs and events. We engage visitors with our artifact-driven approach in galleries that are not static, but offer new and exciting exhibits, events, and programs monthly. For more than 35 years we have told the stories of Anderson County and South Carolina. These stories educate visitors on the local, regional, and national significance our rich history proclaims. As a museum with more than 25,000 artifacts, our permanent exhibits are always changing. New temporary exhibits are presented quarterly as we collect, preserve and interpret objects in the ACM collection.
22
Start:Meadow Garden
Augusta, Georgia·
5.0
(98) review
Step back in time at Meadow Garden, home of George Walton, signer of the Declaration of Independence. Built in 1791, the historic house museum has been open to the public for more than 120 years. Guided tours are available Monday-Friday, 10:00AM to 4:00. Tours are available on Saturday by appointment.
23
Start:Soda City Market
Columbia, South Carolina·
4.5
(97) review
Soda City Market is a producer-only market — vendors must make or grow their own products (including out of season/exotic fruits and vegetables, antiques, and vintage items). Everything sold at our market is unique, hand crafted, and produced in the Southeast. The market fields an average of 150 vendors per week, and over 400 unique vendors throughout the year! Soda City Market is Columbia’s weekly Main Street event inspired by traditional European street markets. In partnership with Founders Federal Credit Union, we’re open every Saturday morning 9 a.m. –1 p.m., year-round, rain or shine! Find everything you need to nourish your brain, body, and belly—and help establish Columbia as the real southern hotspot for locals and visitors alike. Soda City Market is a microcosm of Columbia, a melting pot of cultures, and an inviting community experience worth making a part of your regular weekend routine.
24
Start:Skeleton Key Escapes
Sumter, South Carolina·
5.0
(4) review
1224 Alice Dr Suite D, Sumter, SC 29150-1901
25
Start:Southern Bliss Yoga
Sumter, South Carolina·
5.0
(4) review
Come find your bliss at Sumter's "New Haven of Relaxation" at 600 Bultman Drive in Sumter, SC. We offer a variety of classes suitable for absolute beginners as well as advanced students. Our class schedule, class descriptions, rates, FAQ's and upcoming special events can be viewed on our web site at southernblissyoga.com.
26
Start:South Carolina Welcome Center
Santee, South Carolina·
4.5
(6) review
160 South East Lane South Exit I95, Santee, SC 29142
27
Start:Lake Marion Golf Course
Santee, South Carolina·
4.0
(70) review
Located in the heart of Santee lies one of the more rewarding golf experiences in the area. Lake Marion Golf Course opened in 1978, is a perennial favorite with traveling golfers and features fantastic miniverde greens that are in perfect shape all year long. Designed by Eddie Riccoboni, Lake Marion will challenge you with pine tree-lined fairways, bordering lakes and 47 sand bunkers. But don't let these challenges fool you. Lake Marion is an extrememly fair test of golf and is sure to please players of all abilities. Lighted Driving Range Available. Fairways: 419 Bermuda; Greens: Miniverde Bermuda; Par: 72. The Lake Marion Golf Villas are the area's premium on-course accommodations and are available for your next golf vacation stay. Opened in the spring of 2006, these luxurious Golf Villas are located along the fairways of Lake Marion Golf Course and within walking distance of the new lighted driving range. For practically the same price as the area's hotels, you and your golfing friends can stay in these deluxe accommodations. Each Golf Villa features two bedrooms with four full beds, two bathrooms, a fully-equipped kitchen, three televisions with cable TV, washer and dryer, outdoor patio and grilling station. The Hospitality Clubhouse is also available, providing gathering spaces for groups of 16-48. Features include a kitchen area, flat screen TV and an expansive event scoreboard in each room.
28
Start:Christy Mac's Boutique
West Bend, Wisconsin·
(0) review
Small - 3X Women's clothing boutique. The CUTEST clothes!
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What's the driving distance between Albuquerque and Columbia?
The distance is 1,611 miles
What's the travel time between Albuquerque and Columbia?
The driving time can vary depending on traffic conditions, but it is typically 28h 48m mins in normal traffic
What are some of the best cities to visit between Albuquerque and Columbia?
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Are there any cool sights or attractions I shouldn't miss on my drive to Columbia?
There are plenty! Here are some stops you shouldn’t miss on your way to Columbia
What’s the weather like in Columbia?
The weather in Columbia is generally mild year-round, with warm, dry summers and cool, wet winters. See the links below for more information
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