If your not quite sure what to do over spring break or you just don’t want to spend a lot of money; here is a map of where you can get to with one tank of gas. Based on the assumption of 24 mpg, on the average tank size of 14 gallons, you could travel around 330 miles from Ames. Gas will vary depending on where you are at in the US, however in Ames it’s around $1.60 per gallon, meaning you can fill a whole tank for just under twenty-three dollars. Some of the major cities that you can reach on a tank of gas are: Iowa City, Kansas City, Minneapolis, St. Louis and Chicago.