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Multi-stop journeys with every stop from a real source and every day checked against a clock.

The long straight road into the buttes of Monument ValleySouthwest Parks & Navajo Nation Grand CircleKing of Hearts · CC BY-SA 4.0The Alaska Highway running empty toward distant peaksThe Alaska HighwayDiego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0The stepped pyramid of El Castillo at Chichén ItzáYucatán Peninsula Heritage LoopDaniel Schwen · CC BY-SA 4.0Arenal volcano's cone rising over rainforestCosta Rica's Classic LoopRhododendrites · CC BY-SA 4.0Semuc Champey pools — Semuc Champey to TikalSemuc Champey to TikalChristopher Crouzet · CC BY-SA 3.0The Great Blue Hole from aboveCaye Caulker & the CayoThe TerraMar Project · CC BY 2.0

One journey from each of the six countries with the most here, longest first.

When these journeys are at their best

Most journeys in seasonSep48 of 86 journeysFewest journeys in seasonNov19 of 86 journeys

What travel in the quieter months is like

What travel here actually looks like

Every country these journeys visit, assigned by coordinate rather than by the route's country label.
Journeys
86
Countries and territories
9
Typical distance
315 km
Typical length
4 days

Every journey here

Monticello Jefferson — Virginia: D.C. to the Blue Ridge Foothillsⓘ

Apr–Jun

Virginia Piedmont: Washington, Charlottesville & Staunton

United States · 240 km · 4 days

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Bixby Creek Bridge spanning a Big Sur cove on Highway 1ⓘ

Apr–Jul

California: San Francisco to Los Angeles by Highway 1

United States · 700 km · 7–14 days

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Napa Valley vineyards autumn — Northern California: Wine Country to the Redwoodsⓘ

Sep–Nov

Northern California: Wine Country, Mendocino & Redwoods

United States · 430 km · 5–6 days

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The stepped pyramid of El Castillo at Chichén Itzáⓘ

Nov–Mar

Yucatán Peninsula Heritage Loop

Mexico · 724 km · 7 days

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Mount Rushmore — The Black Hills & Badlandsⓘ

Jun–Sep

Black Hills, Deadwood & Badlands Road Journey

United States · 335 km · 4–5 days

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Bruce Peninsula Grotto — Ontario: Georgian Bay & Manitoulinⓘ

May–Sep

Georgian Bay: Bruce Peninsula to Manitoulin

Canada · 485 km · 4 days

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Niagara Horseshoe Falls — Niagara: Falls & Wine Countryⓘ

Jun–Oct

Toronto to Niagara Falls via the Wine Country

Canada · 150 km · 4 days

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Taxco Santa Prisca — Puebla, Cuernavaca & Taxcoⓘ

Oct–Apr

Puebla & Taxco: Mexico City to the Silver Hills

Mexico · 370 km · 4–5 days

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Oaxaca's mountains at dusk from the mineral terraces of Hierve el Aguaⓘ

Nov–Mar

Oaxaca: Valleys to the Pacific

Mexico · 325 km · 6 days

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Yosemite Valley's granite walls from Tunnel Viewⓘ

Jun · Sep–Oct

Yosemite, the Eastern Sierra & Death Valley

United States · 500 km · 6 days

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Everglades airboat alligator — Florida's Gulf Coast: Tampa to the Evergladesⓘ

Dec–Apr

Florida's Gulf Coast: Tampa to the Everglades

United States · 545 km · 5 days

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Saguaro National Park sunset — Southern Arizona: Tucson to Bisbeeⓘ

Nov–Apr

Southern Arizona: Tucson, Tombstone & Bisbee

United States · 145 km · 3–4 days

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Texas bluebonnets highway — Texas Hill Countryⓘ

Mar–May

Texas Hill Country: Austin, Fredericksburg & San Antonio

United States · 235 km · 4–5 days

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Howe Sound from the Sea to Sky highwayⓘ

Jun–Sep

Sea to Sky, Canyons & the Okanagan

Canada · 635 km · 7 days

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Bourbon rickhouse barrels — Kentucky: Bourbon & Mammoth Caveⓘ

Apr–Oct

Kentucky Horse Country, Bourbon Heritage & Mammoth Cave

United States · 335 km · 4–5 days

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Joshua Tree boulders — Southern California: San Diego to Joshua Treeⓘ

Nov–Apr

Southern California: San Diego, Palm Springs & Joshua Tree

United States · 285 km · 4–5 days

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Volcanoes ringing Lake Atitlán's blue calderaⓘ

Dec–Apr

Antigua, Atitlán & Chichicastenango loop

Guatemala · 300 km · 4 days

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Carlsbad Caverns big room — New Mexico South: White Sands & Carlsbadⓘ

Oct–Apr

Southern New Mexico: White Sands & Carlsbad Caverns

United States · 320 km · 4–5 days

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Blazing red and orange fall foliage over a New England valleyⓘ

Sep–Oct

New England Fall Road Loop

United States · 640 km · 5 days

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Gettysburg monument sunset — Pennsylvania: Philadelphia to Gettysburgⓘ

May–Oct

Pennsylvania: Philadelphia, Lancaster, Hershey & Gettysburg

United States · 240 km · 4–5 days

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Diablo Lake — The Cascade Loopⓘ

Jun–Sep

North Cascade Loop

United States · 710 km · 4–12 days

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Moss-draped maples in the Hoh Rainforestⓘ

Jun–Sep

Olympic Peninsula: Seattle Road Loop

United States · 650 km · 5 days

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Edmund Pettus bridge Selma — The Civil Rights Trailⓘ

Mar–May

Atlanta, Montgomery, Selma & Birmingham Civil Rights Journey

United States · 470 km · 4–5 days

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The parkway curving through spring greenⓘ

Mar–May · Oct–Nov

Natchez Trace: Nashville to Natchez

United States · 715 km · 5 days

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Amicalola Falls Georgia — North Georgia & Chattanoogaⓘ

Sep–Nov

North Georgia Mountains & Chattanooga

United States · 330 km · 3–5 days

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Las Pozas Xilitla — La Huasteca Potosinaⓘ

Nov–Apr

La Huasteca Potosina

Mexico · 382 km · 5 days

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An open stretch of Route 66 running toward desert buttesⓘ

Mar–May · Sep–Oct

Arizona Route 66: Kingman to Flagstaff

United States · 250 km · 4–5 days

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Arenal volcano's cone rising over rainforestⓘ

Dec–Apr

Costa Rica's Classic Loop

Costa Rica · 520 km · 6 days

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Saint-Benoit-du-Lac abbey — Québec's Eastern Townshipsⓘ

Sep–Oct

Montréal to Sherbrooke via Magog & North Hatley

Canada · 160 km · 3 days

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Historic Santa Ana — Ruta de las Flores to the Pacific coastⓘ

Dec–Apr

Ruta de las Flores to the Pacific coast

El Salvador · 185 km · 4 days

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The adobe walls of Taos Puebloⓘ

Sep–Oct

New Mexico: Albuquerque, Santa Fe & Taos

United States · 250 km · 4–6 days

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Salt marsh and tidal flats at Assateague Island, Marylandⓘ

May–Sep

Annapolis, St. Michaels & Assateague Road Journey

United States · 200 km · 3–5 days

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New Orleans French Quarter — Cajun Country: New Orleans to Lafayetteⓘ

Feb–May

Louisiana Culture Road Journey: New Orleans to Lafayette

United States · 220 km · 3–5 days

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Turquoise Peyto Lake below glaciated peaks on the Icefields Parkwayⓘ

May–Sep

Icefields Parkway

Canada · 290 km · 4 days

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Mount Hood Trillium Lake — Oregon: the Gorge, Hood & Bendⓘ

Jun–Sep

Oregon: Columbia Gorge, Mount Hood & Bend

United States · 350 km · 5 days

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The Breakers Newport — Southern New England: Mystic to Provincetownⓘ

Jun–Sep

Mystic, Newport & Cape Cod Road Journey

United States · 245 km · 3–5 days

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Percé Rock and its pierced archⓘ

Jun–Sep

Québec City to Percé via the Gaspé Peninsula

Canada · 795 km · 8 days

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Baie-Saint-Paul Charlevoix — Québec: Charlevoix & the Whalesⓘ

Jun–Oct

Québec City to Tadoussac through Charlevoix

Canada · 225 km · 5 days

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Charleston Rainbow Row — The Lowcountry: Charleston to the Golden Islesⓘ

Mar–May

The Lowcountry: Charleston to the Golden Isles

United States · 335 km · 5 days

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Beale Street in Memphis, its theatre marquees and clubsⓘ

Apr–Jun

The Blues Highway: Memphis, Clarksdale & Vicksburg

United States · 330 km · 3–5 days

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Pictured Rocks kayak — Michigan's Upper Peninsulaⓘ

Jun–Sep

Michigan Upper Peninsula: St. Ignace to Marquette

United States · 220 km · 4–5 days

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The long straight road into the buttes of Monument Valleyⓘ

Apr–May · Sep–Oct

Southwest Parks & Navajo Nation Grand Circle

United States · 1,450 km · 7 days

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The Overseas Highway crossing teal waterⓘ

Dec–Apr

Florida Keys: Miami to Key West

United States · 265 km · 5 days

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The rainbow rings of Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstoneⓘ

Jun–Sep

Yellowstone & Grand Teton

United States · 480 km · 5–7 days

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Cave Point Door County — Door Countyⓘ

Jun–Sep

Green Bay & Door County Peninsula Road Journey

United States · 165 km · 2–4 days

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A ship rising through the Miraflores locksⓘ

Dec–Apr

Canal to Cloud Forest & Bocas

Panama · 690 km · 6 days

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Divisadero canyon view — El Fuerte, Copper Canyon & Creel by Chepeⓘ

Oct–Apr

El Fuerte, Copper Canyon & Creel by Chepe

Mexico · 300 km · 4–6 days

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Watkins Glen gorge — The Finger Lakes & Niagaraⓘ

Jun–Oct

Finger Lakes Waterfalls, Glass & Niagara Road Journey

United States · 300 km · 4–5 days

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San Miguel Allende parroquia — Mexico's Colonial Highlandsⓘ

Oct–Apr

Colonial Highlands: Querétaro to Guanajuato

Mexico · 155 km · 3–5 days

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Pena de Bernal monolith — The Sierra Gorda Missionsⓘ

Oct–Mar

Sierra Gorda: Bernal & the Five Franciscan Missions

Mexico · 375 km · 6 days

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Kootenay Lake ferry — The Kootenays: Nelson to Goldenⓘ

Jun–Sep

The Kootenays: Nelson to Golden

Canada · 415 km · 4 days

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Emerald Bay Lake Tahoe — Tahoe & the Gold Countryⓘ

Jun–Sep

California: Sacramento, Gold Country & Lake Tahoe

United States · 225 km · 4–5 days

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Montezuma waterfall — The Nicoya Peninsulaⓘ

Dec–Apr

Nicoya Peninsula Coast

Costa Rica · 290 km · 4 days

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The Blue Ridge Parkway winding through autumn mountainsⓘ

May–Oct

Blue Ridge Parkway & Appalachian Towns

United States · 755 km · 7 days

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The Great Blue Hole from aboveⓘ

Dec–Apr

Caye Caulker & the Cayo

Belize · 350 km · 5 days

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Tortuguero canal boat — Costa Rica's Caribbean Coastⓘ

Feb–Apr

Costa Rica's Caribbean Coast

Costa Rica · 320 km · 5 days

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The Cabot Trail hugging Cape Breton's highland coastⓘ

Jun–Oct

Cabot Trail

Canada · 388 km · 3–5 days

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Saint Mary Lake below the peaks of Glacier National Parkⓘ

Jul–Sep

Glacier Country: Going-to-the-Sun

United States · 170 km · 2–4 days

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Sawtooth mountains Stanley — Idaho: Boise to the Sawtoothsⓘ

Jul–Sep

Idaho: Boise, Stanley & the Sawtooths

United States · 310 km · 4 days

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Surf rolling into Long Beach, Tofinoⓘ

Jun–Sep

Vancouver Island: Victoria to Tofino

Canada · 320 km · 4–6 days

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Algonquin Peak — The Adirondacksⓘ

Jun–Sep

Adirondack Lakes, Olympic Heritage & Saranac Lake

United States · 165 km · 3–5 days

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Cathedral Rock Sedona — Arizona: Phoenix to Sedonaⓘ

Mar–May

Arizona: Phoenix, Verde Valley & Sedona

United States · 240 km · 4–5 days

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Whitaker Point Hawksbill Crag — The Ozarks: Bentonville to the Buffaloⓘ

Apr–Jun

Arkansas Ozarks: Bentonville to Buffalo National River

United States · 160 km · 3–5 days

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New River Gorge bridge — West Virginia: the New River Gorgeⓘ

May–Oct

West Virginia: New River Gorge

United States · 135 km · 4 days

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Denali mountain reflection — Alaska: Anchorage to Denali & Fairbanksⓘ

Jun–Aug

Alaska: Anchorage to Denali & Fairbanks

United States · 580 km · 5 days

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Million Dollar Highway Ouray — The San Juan Skywayⓘ

Jun–Sep

Southwest Colorado: Mesa Verde to Telluride

United States · 260 km · 5 days

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Cape Hatteras lighthouse — The Outer Banksⓘ

May–Jun · Sep–Oct

Outer Banks: Kitty Hawk to Ocracoke

United States · 205 km · 3 days

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Semuc Champey pools — Semuc Champey to Tikalⓘ

Nov–Apr

Semuc Champey to Tikal

Guatemala · 306 km · 5 days

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Green Gables house PEI — Prince Edward Islandⓘ

Jun–Sep

Prince Edward Island: Charlottetown to Summerside

Canada · 120 km · 4 days

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The fjord walls of Western Brook Pond in Gros Morneⓘ

Jun–Sep

Newfoundland's Viking Trail circuit

Canada · 940 km · 6 days

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Kenai Fjords glacier whale — Alaska: the Kenai Peninsulaⓘ

Jun–Aug

Alaska: the Kenai Peninsula

United States · 370 km · 4–6 days

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Haystack Rock off Cannon Beachⓘ

Jun–Sep

Oregon Coast: Astoria to Brookings

United States · 540 km · 6 days

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Ometepe volcanoes lake — Granada to San Juan del Surⓘ

Nov–Apr

Granada, Ometepe & the Pacific

Nicaragua · 170 km · 5 days

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Peggys Cove lighthouse — Nova Scotia's South Shoreⓘ

Jun–Oct

Halifax to Kejimkujik via Nova Scotia's South Shore

Canada · 250 km · 4 days

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Walkway over Hudson — The Hudson Valleyⓘ

Sep–Nov

Hudson Valley Art, Estates & Heritage Road Journey

United States · 160 km · 3–4 days

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Split Rock lighthouse — Minnesota's North Shoreⓘ

Jun–Sep

Minnesota North Shore: Duluth to Grand Portage

United States · 230 km · 3–5 days

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Lake Michigan from the Sleeping Bear Dunes bluffⓘ

May–Oct

Northern Michigan & Mackinac Island circuit

United States · 475 km · 4 days

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Dawson City historic street — Yukon: the Klondike Highwayⓘ

Jun–Aug

Yukon: the Klondike Highway

Canada · 530 km · 4–6 days

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Portland Head Light Maine — The Maine Coast: Portland to Acadiaⓘ

Jun–Sep

Maine Coast: Portland, Midcoast & Acadia

United States · 220 km · 3–6 days

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Hopewell Rocks flowerpot — New Brunswick: the Bay of Fundyⓘ

Jun–Sep

New Brunswick: Saint John to the Bay of Fundy

Canada · 180 km · 4 days

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Sayulita beach surf — Riviera Nayarit: Vallarta to San Blasⓘ

Nov–Apr

Riviera Nayarit: Vallarta to San Blas

Mexico · 162 km · 5 days

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The Alaska Highway running empty toward distant peaksⓘ

May–Sep

The Alaska Highway

Canada · 2,232 km · 11 days

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The walls of the Sumidero Canyonⓘ

Nov–Apr

Chiapas: Sumidero Canyon & San Cristóbal

Mexico · 211 km · 5 days

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Crater Lake and Wizard Island — Southern Oregon: Ashland, Crater Lake & Umpquaⓘ

Jul–Sep

Southern Oregon: Ashland, Crater Lake & Umpqua

United States · 265 km · 3–5 days

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Santa Elena canyon Big Bend — West Texas: Marfa to Big Bendⓘ

Oct–Apr

Marfa, Terlingua & Big Bend National Park

United States · 710 km · 5–6 days

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El Arco's stone arch where the Pacific meets the Sea of Cortezⓘ

Dec–Apr

Baja California Sur

Mexico · 550 km · 7–8 days

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