cross-country travel
Coast-to-coast transit
Cross-country travel means journeying across a large land area, typically spanning a nation from one side to the other: Their cross-country travel took them from New York to Los Angeles.
The phrase emphasizes distance and geographic breadth rather than a specific mode of transportation—one can travel cross-country by car, train, bus, or even bicycle.
- road tripExtended pleasure drive
- RV campingVacationing in mobile homes
- highwaysMajor intercity roads
- interstate highwayMajor road between states
- vacationLeisure time away
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cross-country travelday trip
Excursion returning same evening
walking distance · around the block · short hop · urban transit