The drive is 406.0 miles, about 7h 17m. Along it sit about 83 DC fast chargers within 5 miles of the route — and 66 of those have somewhere to eat within a 10-minute walk, so the charging stop and the meal are the same stop.
Open this drive in the app →Leave Denver at 8:00 am, take a break in Cheyenne at 9:45 am, stop for lunch in Lusk at 12:55 pm and arrive in Rapid City around 4:15 pm.
| When | Where | Charger | Food within a walk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 am | Leave Denver, CO | ||
| 9:45 am Break · mile 96 | Cheyenne, WY Flying J | 350 kW 4 stalls | 🍳 Denny's 1 min, 🍟 McDonald's 2 min, 🥪 Subway 5 minacross hwy |
| 12:55 pm Lunch · mile 257 | Lusk, WY Lusk, WY - Tesla Supercharger | 120 kW 4 stalls | 🥪 Subway 3 min |
| 1:35 pm | No fast charger for 144 mi from mile 257 to mile 401 | None within 5 mi of the route | |
| ~4:15 pm | Arrive in Rapid City, SD |
Meals fall near their local hour (times are local at each stop), with about 20 minutes for a break and 40 for a meal. It is a driver’s plan, not a charging plan: where you need to charge depends on your car. Open this drive in the app to pick another leaving time.
Typical power along this route is 180 kW, with 43 stops at 150 kW or more and 13 on the Tesla network. Chargers under 50 kW are left out of the list — on a drive this length they cost more time than they save. Counting every DC fast charger, the longest stretch without one is 144 miles, between mile 257 and mile 401.
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.
Leaving Denver at 8:00 am, lunch falls in Lusk, WY around 12:55 pm, where Subway is a 3-minute walk from a 120 kW charger. The break in Cheyenne, WY at 9:45 am has Denny's 1 min from the charger. In all, 66 of the roughly 83 fast chargers along the way have a restaurant within a 10-minute walk.
About 83 DC fast chargers are within 5 miles of the 406-mile route, 77 of them 50 kW or more. 43 charge at 150 kW or more, 13 are on the Tesla network, and 66 have a restaurant within a 10-minute walk.
144 miles, between mile 257 (Lusk, WY) and mile 401 (Rapid City, SD), with no DC fast charger within 5 miles of the route.
Counting the fast chargers of 50 kW or more on the route, the chains most often within a 10-minute walk are Starbucks (near 40 chargers), McDonald's (28), Subway (23), Taco Bell (19), Wendy's (19) and Burger King (12).
It depends on the car. The app's estimate for a 10–80% charge is about 48 min for a Tesla Model Y at the 120 kW charger in Lusk, WY; about 45 min for a Ford Mustang Mach-E at the 350 kW charger in Cheyenne, WY; about 25 min for a Hyundai Ioniq 5 at the 350 kW charger in Cheyenne, WY. These are rough figures from each car's battery size and peak charging speed; a cold battery or a busy site takes longer.
About 7h 17m of driving for 406 miles. Leaving at 8:00 am with the plan's 1 break of about 20 minutes and 1 meal of about 40, you arrive around 4:15 pm.