Where a car takes you from Kansas City
These are the day trips from Kansas City on our own pages where a car earns its keep. Trains reach some of them; a car reaches all of them, on your own clock.
- Lawrence (Kansas) Lawrence, Kansas is the University of Kansas town 45 minutes west of Kansas City, with a serious independent restaurant scene built around Massachuset
- Weston (Missouri) Weston, Missouri sits 40 minutes north of Kansas City on a bluff above the Missouri River, with a 19th-century downtown holding Pirtle Winery
- Independence (Missouri) Independence, Missouri is 20 minutes east of Kansas City
- St. Joseph (Missouri) St
- Parkville (Missouri) Parkville, Missouri is 20 minutes north of Kansas City, set on the Missouri River with English Landing Park, a Saturday farmers market and Jonathan Ju
- Louisburg (Kansas) Louisburg, Kansas sits 40 minutes south of Kansas City
Booking a car in Kansas City
We compare through one partner rather than listing every broker. Desks sit at the airport and in town, and the headline rate below is theirs, not ours.
- From
- USD 36.92 a day
- Desks on site
- Alamo, Dollar, Hertz, National, Sixt, Thrifty
- Pick up at
- Kansas City Airport
Rates are the partner's headline price at our last check (2026-10-25) and move with dates, car class and insurance. We earn a commission if you book, at no cost to you.