The drive is 281.6 miles, about 5h 18m. Along it sit 140 DC fast chargers within 5 miles of the route — and 103 of those have somewhere to eat within a 10-minute walk, so the charging stop and the meal are the same stop.
Plan this trip on the map →Split into roughly 3 legs, these are the strongest stops near each break — most power, most stalls, shortest walk to food. Where you actually need to charge depends on your car and how you drive; this is where the good stops are.
| At | Where | Charger | Food within a walk |
|---|---|---|---|
| mile 95 | Benton Harbor, MI Meijer 041 (Benton Harbor, MI) | 350 kW 6 stalls | 🐔 Chick-fil-A ≥6 min, 🍟 McDonald's ≥7 min, 🥪 Subway ≥7 min |
| mile 203 | Jackson, MI FasCharge 4662 BP Express Stop Jackson | 320 kW 4 stalls | 🪵 Cracker Barrel ≥1 min, 🍝 Olive Garden ≥2 min, 🍦 Culver's ≥3 min |
Typical power along this route is 180 kW, with 83 stops at 150 kW or more and 25 on the Tesla network. Chargers under 50 kW are left out — on a drive this length they cost more time than they save.
In order along the route — the strongest stop in each stretch of the drive, so the list covers the whole route rather than filling up with the city you left.