North Carolina road trips
North Carolina Road Trip Fuel Cost Guide
A curated guide to driving in North Carolina — every popular route below includes distance, driving time and estimated fuel cost at North Carolina's current $3.15/gal average. Start with the editor's picks, then explore 120 more drives.
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Editor's picks
Highlighted North Carolina road trips
Curated picks before the full list — handpicked for distance, fuel cost and EV practicality.
Raleigh → Wilmington
Quick 135-mile drive — great for a day trip or weekend escape.
Asheville → Denver
1483 miles · 23.9 h — the headline North Carolina road trip.
Myrtle Beach → Wilmington
~$9 in gas at North Carolina's estimated $3.15/gal.
Atlanta → Asheville
195-mile drive with solid DC fast-charging coverage.
Editor's picks
Popular Drives in North Carolina
Curated short-distance North Carolina routes most likely to plan in a single weekend.
Charlotte, NC → Raleigh, NC
165 mi · 2.5 h · ~$19 gas
Atlanta, GA → Asheville, NC
195 mi · 3.1 h · ~$22 gas
Asheville, NC → Charlotte, NC
118 mi · 1.9 h · ~$13 gas
Atlanta, GA → Charlotte, NC
245 mi · 3.7 h · ~$28 gas
Washington, DC → Raleigh, NC
275 mi · 4.4 h · ~$31 gas
Charlotte, NC → Columbia, SC
101 mi · 1.6 h · ~$11 gas
Wilmington, NC → Raleigh, NC
135 mi · 2.2 h · ~$15 gas
Myrtle Beach, SC → Raleigh, NC
171 mi · 2.8 h · ~$19 gas
All North Carolina road trips (120)
Jump to all 120 routesMyrtle Beach, SC → Wilmington, NC
78 mi · 1.3 h
Columbia, SC → Charlotte, NC
101 mi · 1.6 h
Charlotte, NC → Asheville, NC
118 mi · 1.9 h
Augusta, GA → Charlotte, NC
162 mi · 2.6 h
Columbia, SC → Asheville, NC
165 mi · 2.7 h
Charlotte, NC → Raleigh, NC
165 mi · 2.5 h
Myrtle Beach, SC → Raleigh, NC
171 mi · 2.8 h
Augusta, GA → Asheville, NC
178 mi · 2.9 h
Charleston, SC → Wilmington, NC
180 mi · 2.9 h
Myrtle Beach, SC → Charlotte, NC
182 mi · 2.9 h
Atlanta, GA → Asheville, NC
195 mi · 3.1 h
Charleston, SC → Charlotte, NC
209 mi · 3.4 h
Columbia, SC → Wilmington, NC
209 mi · 3.4 h
Charlotte, NC → Wilmington, NC
211 mi · 3.4 h
Charlotte, NC → Knoxville, TN
213 mi · 3.4 h
Columbia, SC → Raleigh, NC
216 mi · 3.5 h
Atlanta, GA → Charlotte, NC
245 mi · 3.7 h
Savannah, GA → Charlotte, NC
257 mi · 4.1 h
Charleston, SC → Raleigh, NC
260 mi · 4.2 h
Washington, DC → Raleigh, NC
275 mi · 4.4 h
Savannah, GA → Wilmington, NC
277 mi · 4.5 h
Augusta, GA → Wilmington, NC
280 mi · 4.5 h
Charleston, SC → Asheville, NC
290 mi · 4.7 h
Myrtle Beach, SC → Asheville, NC
291 mi · 4.7 h
Augusta, GA → Raleigh, NC
292 mi · 4.7 h
Charlotte, NC → Chattanooga, TN
298 mi · 4.8 h
Savannah, GA → Asheville, NC
304 mi · 4.9 h
Baltimore, MD → Raleigh, NC
315 mi · 5.1 h
Savannah, GA → Raleigh, NC
344 mi · 5.5 h
Wilmington, DE → Raleigh, NC
379 mi · 6.1 h
More routes (90)
Harrisburg, PA → Raleigh, NC
383 mi · 6.2 h
Washington, DC → Wilmington, NC
386 mi · 6.2 h
Washington, DC → Charlotte, NC
389 mi · 6.3 h
Pittsburgh, PA → Raleigh, NC
390 mi · 6.3 h
Atlantic City, NJ → Raleigh, NC
399 mi · 6.4 h
Charlotte, NC → Nashville, TN
401 mi · 6.5 h
Jacksonville, FL → Charlotte, NC
403 mi · 6.5 h
Philadelphia, PA → Raleigh, NC
407 mi · 6.6 h
Jacksonville, FL → Wilmington, NC
408 mi · 6.6 h
Atlanta, GA → Raleigh, NC
419 mi · 6.8 h
Baltimore, MD → Wilmington, NC
422 mi · 6.8 h
Charlotte, NC → Birmingham, AL
425 mi · 6.9 h
Pittsburgh, PA → Asheville, NC
427 mi · 6.9 h
Pittsburgh, PA → Charlotte, NC
428 mi · 6.9 h
Baltimore, MD → Charlotte, NC
430 mi · 6.9 h
Jacksonville, FL → Asheville, NC
434 mi · 7.0 h
Tallahassee, FL → Asheville, NC
437 mi · 7.0 h
Charlotte, NC → Montgomery, AL
437 mi · 7.0 h
Atlanta, GA → Wilmington, NC
438 mi · 7.1 h
Washington, DC → Asheville, NC
448 mi · 7.2 h
Tallahassee, FL → Charlotte, NC
456 mi · 7.4 h
Wilmington, DE → Wilmington, NC
475 mi · 7.7 h
Atlantic City, NJ → Wilmington, NC
477 mi · 7.7 h
Harrisburg, PA → Charlotte, NC
484 mi · 7.8 h
Baltimore, MD → Asheville, NC
488 mi · 7.9 h
Jacksonville, FL → Raleigh, NC
490 mi · 7.9 h
Newark, NJ → Raleigh, NC
495 mi · 8.0 h
Harrisburg, PA → Wilmington, NC
497 mi · 8.0 h
Scranton, PA → Raleigh, NC
497 mi · 8.0 h
New York, NY → Raleigh, NC
499 mi · 8.0 h
Philadelphia, PA → Wilmington, NC
500 mi · 8.1 h
Wilmington, DE → Charlotte, NC
502 mi · 8.1 h
Orlando, FL → Wilmington, NC
522 mi · 8.4 h
Pittsburgh, PA → Wilmington, NC
523 mi · 8.4 h
Harrisburg, PA → Asheville, NC
527 mi · 8.5 h
Pensacola, FL → Asheville, NC
529 mi · 8.5 h
Philadelphia, PA → Charlotte, NC
531 mi · 8.6 h
Atlantic City, NJ → Charlotte, NC
535 mi · 8.6 h
Tallahassee, FL → Wilmington, NC
535 mi · 8.6 h
Orlando, FL → Charlotte, NC
547 mi · 8.8 h
Wilmington, DE → Asheville, NC
564 mi · 9.1 h
Buffalo, NY → Raleigh, NC
580 mi · 9.4 h
Orlando, FL → Asheville, NC
581 mi · 9.4 h
Tallahassee, FL → Raleigh, NC
581 mi · 9.4 h
Newark, NJ → Wilmington, NC
584 mi · 9.4 h
New York, NY → Wilmington, NC
586 mi · 9.5 h
Pensacola, FL → Charlotte, NC
587 mi · 9.5 h
Philadelphia, PA → Asheville, NC
593 mi · 9.6 h
Tampa, FL → Wilmington, NC
601 mi · 9.7 h
Scranton, PA → Charlotte, NC
603 mi · 9.7 h
Scranton, PA → Wilmington, NC
603 mi · 9.7 h
Tampa, FL → Charlotte, NC
604 mi · 9.7 h
Rochester, NY → Raleigh, NC
605 mi · 9.8 h
Atlantic City, NJ → Asheville, NC
608 mi · 9.8 h
Syracuse, NY → Raleigh, NC
613 mi · 9.9 h
Charlotte, NC → Memphis, TN
613 mi · 9.9 h
Hartford, CT → Raleigh, NC
617 mi · 10.0 h
Orlando, FL → Raleigh, NC
620 mi · 10.0 h
Newark, NJ → Charlotte, NC
621 mi · 10.0 h
Tampa, FL → Asheville, NC
624 mi · 10.1 h
New York, NY → Charlotte, NC
626 mi · 10.1 h
Buffalo, NY → Charlotte, NC
637 mi · 10.3 h
Buffalo, NY → Asheville, NC
638 mi · 10.3 h
Albany, NY → Raleigh, NC
639 mi · 10.3 h
Scranton, PA → Asheville, NC
646 mi · 10.4 h
Providence, RI → Raleigh, NC
673 mi · 10.9 h
Rochester, NY → Charlotte, NC
678 mi · 10.9 h
Fort Lauderdale, FL → Wilmington, NC
679 mi · 11.0 h
Newark, NJ → Asheville, NC
681 mi · 11.0 h
New York, NY → Asheville, NC
687 mi · 11.1 h
Rochester, NY → Asheville, NC
690 mi · 11.1 h
Tampa, FL → Raleigh, NC
691 mi · 11.1 h
Hartford, CT → Wilmington, NC
701 mi · 11.3 h
Syracuse, NY → Charlotte, NC
703 mi · 11.3 h
Buffalo, NY → Wilmington, NC
709 mi · 11.4 h
Miami, FL → Wilmington, NC
709 mi · 11.4 h
Pensacola, FL → Wilmington, NC
710 mi · 11.5 h
Boston, MA → Raleigh, NC
719 mi · 11.6 h
Rochester, NY → Wilmington, NC
728 mi · 11.7 h
Syracuse, NY → Wilmington, NC
728 mi · 11.7 h
Syracuse, NY → Asheville, NC
729 mi · 11.8 h
Pensacola, FL → Raleigh, NC
730 mi · 11.8 h
Albany, NY → Wilmington, NC
736 mi · 11.9 h
Manchester, NH → Raleigh, NC
741 mi · 12.0 h
Hartford, CT → Charlotte, NC
744 mi · 12.0 h
Fort Lauderdale, FL → Charlotte, NC
744 mi · 12.0 h
Providence, RI → Wilmington, NC
747 mi · 12.0 h
Miami, FL → Charlotte, NC
773 mi · 12.5 h
Miami, FL → Asheville, NC
819 mi · 13.2 h
Miami, FL → Raleigh, NC
824 mi · 13.3 h
Best driving cost routes in North Carolina
Top North Carolina road trips with gas, distance and driving time at the state's estimated $3.15/gal.
Cheapest North Carolina road trips
Short, low-fuel-cost drives — great for a weekend trip from North Carolina.
Long-distance road trips from North Carolina
500+ mile drives for cross-country and multi-day road trip planning.
Drives in neighboring states
Cross-state routes near North Carolina — South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia.
Gas prices in North Carolina
Estimated regular at $3.15/gal · premium $3.80 · diesel $3.60.
Best vehicles for North Carolina drivers
- Best hybridToyota Prius57 MPG
- Best EVLucid Air134 MPGe
- Best SUVNissan Rogue33 MPG
- Best truckFord Maverick26 MPG
Commute cost in North Carolina
Daily driving cost estimates for major North Carolina-area cities.
EV vs gas in North Carolina
Compare driving cost of an EV vs a gas car for North Carolina trips and commutes.