Free tool
Free multi-stop route planner
Paste up to 25 addresses and the planner puts them in the shortest driving order for one vehicle, shows the miles and time that saves against the order you typed, and hands the route to Google Maps. It's free, it needs no account, and it runs on the same optimizer Porch Routes uses to plan whole fleets.
Last updated By Porch Routes
Example: 8 stops around St. George, Utah
Straight-line distances, stretched for roads · leaving 8:30 AM
- Driving
- ~68 mi
- ~1 h 56 min behind the wheel
- Whole route
- ~2 h 36 min
- 8 stops · done by 11:06 AM
- Saved against the typed order
- ~61 mi
- ~1 h 45 min · 47% fewer miles
- 8:30 AM
175 E 200 N, St George, UT 84770
Start
- 8:39 AM
111 E 100 S, Washington, UT 84780
~5.4 mi · ~9 min from the last stop
- 9:10 AM
147 N 870 W, Hurricane, UT 84737
~15 mi · ~26 min from the last stop
- 9:21 AM
25 N 100 E, La Verkin, UT 84745
~3.5 mi · ~6 min from the last stop
- 10:18 AM
55 N Main St, Ivins, UT 84738
~30 mi · ~51 min from the last stop
- 10:30 AM
2603 Santa Clara Dr, Santa Clara, UT 84765
~4.3 mi · ~7 min from the last stop
- 10:46 AM
1835 S Convention Center Dr, St George, UT 84790
~6.4 mi · ~11 min from the last stop · you typed “1835 S Convention Center Dr, St. George, UT 84790”
- 10:55 AM
88 W 100 S, St George, UT 84770
~2.6 mi · ~4 min from the last stop · you typed “88 W 100 S, St. George, UT 84770”
- 11:01 AM
18 S Main St, St George, UT 84770
~0.2 mi · ~0 min from the last stop · you typed “18 S Main St, St. George, UT 84770”
- 11:06 AM
Back to the start
175 E 200 N, St George, UT 84770
Drive it
Google Maps takes 9 stops per link, so longer routes open in parts; open the next part when you reach the last stop of the one before. On a phone without the Google Maps app, the browser shows only the first 3 stops of each link.
Delivering these every week?
Porch Routes plans every van at once, keeps frozen and refrigerated orders on vehicles that can carry them, sends each driver the route as a link with no app, and tells customers when you’re on the way. Free up to 150 orders a month with one vehicle.
How the free route planner works
Add a start and your stops
Type the address the day starts from, then paste your stops one per line. Numbers or bullets at the start of a line are ignored, so a list copied from a spreadsheet or an order email works as it is.
Say where the day ends
Choose Back at the start for a round trip, or At the last stop when the driver heads home from the final delivery. Add the minutes you spend at each stop and a departure time to get arrival times.
Plan the route
Each address is looked up and placed on the map. The optimizer works out the shortest order for one vehicle, then compares it with the order you typed and keeps whichever is quicker.
Drive it or hand it over
Open the route in Google Maps in parts of up to 9 stops, copy the list for a driver, download it as a CSV, or print it.
Why Google Maps runs out at 9 stops
Google Maps directions take up to 9 stops, counting the final destination, and a shared Maps link carries at most 9 waypoints between the start and the end — 3 in a phone's web browser. Maps drives the stops in the order they are listed. You can drag them into a better order, but working out that order is up to you.
That is fine for a few errands. A delivery day with 15 or 25 stops needs two things Maps doesn't do: the order worked out for you, and the route split into parts a driver can follow one after another. The planner does both.
What the numbers mean
- Driving is the miles and time behind the wheel, including the drive back when the day ends at the start.
- Whole route adds the minutes spent at each stop, and the finish time when you give a departure.
- Saved compares the planned order with the order you typed. A list you've already sorted by hand may save little; a list sorted by order number or customer name usually saves a lot.
- Distances marked with ~ are straight-line distances stretched by 1.3 for roads, driven at about 35 mph. That is good for choosing the order; Google Maps shows the exact drive once you open the route.
Free planner or Porch Routes?
| What you get | Free route planner | Porch Routes |
|---|---|---|
| Stops | Up to 25 per plan | Up to 1,000 per build |
| Vehicles | One | Every vehicle, planned together |
| Frozen, refrigerated and dry | Not considered | A hard rule on every vehicle |
| Windows and zones | No | Delivery windows, zones with delivery days, daily caps and cutoffs |
| Drivers | Google Maps links, a list and a CSV | A route link with no app to install, photos, signatures and an undo |
| Customers | Nothing is sent | Texts and email under your name, a tracking page and ratings |
| Every week | Paste the list again | Recurring deliveries and saved customers |
| Price | Free, no account | Free up to 150 orders a month; paid plans from $39 a month |
Questions
Is the route planner really free?
Yes. There's no account, no email address and no trial. Each plan takes up to 25 stops, and a fair-use limit of 20 plans an hour per connection keeps the address lookups quick for everyone.
How many stops can I plan at once?
Up to 25 in one plan, for one vehicle. Porch Routes plans up to 1,000 orders across all your vehicles in a single build.
Does the planner save my addresses?
No plan is saved and nothing is tied to you. To place each address on the map it is sent to an address lookup service, starting with the US Census Bureau's geocoder, and matches are cached so the same address is found faster next time.
Why was one of my addresses left out?
The planner only routes addresses it can place on a street. When it finds only the town or ZIP code, or nothing at all, the line is listed with the reason. Adding the town and state or a ZIP code usually fixes it.
Can it plan several drivers, or keep frozen orders on the right truck?
Not the free planner, which plans one vehicle. Porch Routes splits a day across every vehicle by what each can carry — frozen, refrigerated or dry — and fits delivery windows, capacity and each driver's shift.
Does it work outside the United States?
It's built for US addresses. The US Census geocoder covers only the United States, so addresses in other countries often won't be found.
Sources
- Google Maps Help: Get directions and show routes (stop limit and reordering) · seen September 2026
- Google Maps URLs developer guide (waypoint limits and order) · seen September 2026
- US Census Bureau Geocoder · seen September 2026
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