US Train Vacations at a glance
Tap through to the live Land-tour Atlas for every place’s card: how ships or tours use it, who goes and when.
Tour start cityOvernight stopDay highlightClassic route
Amtrak runs year-round · book 11 months out for peak dates
- Jansailing
- Febsailing
- Marsailing
- Aprsailing
- Maysailing
- Junsailing
- Julsailing
- Augsailing
- Sepsailing
- Octsailing
- Novsailing
- Decsailing
The long-distance trains run all year, but Amtrak says fares generally run higher around holidays and busy periods, and Bedrooms sell out first. The park railways are seasonal in places: the Grand Canyon Railway's open-window Pullman cars run March to October.
Every US Train Vacations place we map
10 land-tour stops, grouped as the itineraries use them. Places with a full Seabound guide link straight to it.
Day highlights 2
Overnight stops 1
Tour start cities 7
The classic routes
The routes the tour companies sell most often here, drawn on the map above.
Chicago → Omaha → Denver → Glenwood Springs → Salt Lake City → Reno → Emeryville · About 51 hours, two nights
Run by Amtrak, Great Rail Journeys
Seattle → Portland → Sacramento → Oakland → Santa Barbara → Los Angeles · About 35 hours, one night
Run by Amtrak
Chicago → St. Paul → West Glacier → Seattle · About 46 hours
Run by Amtrak, Amtrak Vacations
Chicago → St. Louis → Little Rock → Dallas → San Antonio · About 32 hours
Run by Amtrak
Sanford → Lorton, Virginia · About 17 hours, one night
Run by Amtrak
Tour companies that go here
The number is how many places on this map each one uses.
US Train Vacations map questions
How many land-tour stops are on the US Train Vacations map?
10: 2 day highlights, 1 overnight stops, 7 tour start cities. Each one opens a card on our interactive map.
When is the US Train Vacations season?
Amtrak runs year-round · book 11 months out for peak dates. The long-distance trains run all year, but Amtrak says fares generally run higher around holidays and busy periods, and Bedrooms sell out first. The park railways are seasonal in places: the Grand Canyon Railway's open-window Pullman cars run March to October.
Who runs tours in US Train Vacations?
Amtrak, Great Rail Journeys use places on this map.
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