Wiki Superchargers Visited

**** NOTE: We have transitioned to a new platform ****
More Info: Supercharging.Life database​

This is a friendly contest for Tesla owners to track the number of unique public Superchargers where they have charged

- "Supercharger count" is the number of unique public Superchargers where you have charged (just being there does not count), whether or not you were the person plugging in the vehicle (such as a Valet Parking garage or a Passenger) and whether or not it was your own personal vehicle (such as a rental, a loaner, or a friend's Tesla) as long as you were the one who drove >50% of the distance to reach the charger(s).
- The list of chargers in the supercharging.life database are the ones included in the game. If you think one should be added or removed from the list, let us know.
- Only chargers available to the public without special permission are included in the game.
- Chargers not connected to the grid are not counted.
- Doublet locations like the North/South Supercharger 'pairs' in CT, ME, NH, etc. count as individual locations.
- More than 1 charger at the same address, such as Lenox Square Mall (Atlanta, GA) or Montgomery Mall (Bethesda, MD) count as individual locations when they appear as a separate location on the Tesla Nav screen.
- Inactive competitors will be archived and removed from the leaderboard. Just post an update to be reactivated.

See Supercharging.Life database for info on how to post your own visits to the database (preferred), or post your locations with date visited to this thread and one of the admins will update your list for you. All visits must be posted to this thread - not just entered in supercharging.life. If you are the first in the game to visit a supercharger location, please post to the thread as soon as you can so others know it has been visited.

 

[Big Earl]

Well we didn’t make it very far. We made it 100 miles before a gearbox fluid warning and then limp mode “service required”. I ran over a chunk of ice in the freeway that came off the truck in front, no way to safely avoid it. Might be the cause of this issue. We checked into a motel in middle of nowhere Iowa and I am waiting for the tow to Kansas City. I have no idea how I will get the 5 of us to KC, hopefully they drop off a loaner X (hey I can dream).

2/11/2021
Albert Lea, MN - Happy Trails Lane

Be careful out there. Big winter storm coming across the country early next week, possibly followed by a second round later next week.

 

[Danny Brown]

Yesterday, Feb 11th:
* Tifton, GA

Today, Feb 12th:
* Valdosta, GA
* Ocala, FL
* Land O' Lakes, FL

Spreadsheet updated. On a road trip; hope to log about 8-10 more this weekend

 

[BM3B]

Be careful out there. Big winter storm coming across the country early next week, possibly followed by a second round later next week.

Oil pump failed and is being replaced, fingers crossed that’s it. I never imagined an oil pump would take me down.

 

[Big Earl]

Oil pump failed and is being replaced, fingers crossed that’s it. I never imagined an oil pump would take me down.

Nice. That’s much easier than a cracked drive unit or something like that.

 

[DavidB]

In January, I started a thread about the 7th Annual Black Hills Sound of Silence Tesla Rally, May 21-23.
Sound Of Silence 2021 rally, May 21-23

While I have enjoyed attending previous Sound of Silence rallies, I will not attend the rally this year. It is clear that I won't get vaccinated in time. I did check with the Custer Area Chamber of Commerce today, and 30 people have already registered.

 

[Shesmyne2"]

In January, I started a thread about the 7th Annual Black Hills Sound of Silence Tesla Rally, May 21-23.
Sound Of Silence 2021 rally, May 21-23

While I have enjoyed attending previous Sound of Silence rallies, I will not attend the rally this year. It is clear that I won't get vaccinated in time. I did check with the Custer Area Chamber of Commerce today, and 30 people have already registered.

Yes, we are also holding out for registration until we see about vaccines.

 

[juliusa]

I will not attend the rally this year. It is clear that I won't get vaccinated in time.

It will be close, but looks possible. Dr. Fauci said vaccination could open up to everyone in April, and Pfizer announced they have doubled their rate of vaccine production. Still, getting two doses in time to leave and get to the rally could be a stretch.

May be a gathering for "seniors" this year.

 

[israndy]

Well I guess my streak of firsts has come to a close. Not much construction going on in NorCal right now.

Maybe it’s time for a big road trip out of state. Ya with me Bruce? We’ll take two cars so both of us get credit for the chargers we touch.

 

[Big Earl]

Well I guess my streak of firsts has come to a close. Not much construction going on in NorCal right now.

View attachment 636321

Maybe it’s time for a big road trip out of state. Ya with me Bruce? We’ll take two cars so both of us get credit for the chargers we touch.

300 is calling you.

 

[GreenDriver]

I've gone that route a few times and this topic comes up frequently in various threads on the Northwest forum. Susanville, CA is the Clayton, NM of the Northwest to Nevada route

My general strategy is to drive carefully until I get to Susanville and then I stop and top off for an hour or so at the Red Lion. I never asked at the front desk, because if they said no, it would have put me in a bad spot There's a decent family style pizza restaurant in the same parking lot and there's McDonald's, Starbucks, Subway, and other fast food options within walking distance. Also a Safeway grocery store across the street. Obviously this drive is much easier in summer than winter. There is some elevation change, but nothing unusual, and it's only a net rise of 400 ft in the Klamath Falls to Reno direction. Also, it's only 250 miles to the supercharger in downtown Reno. You must have been routing to the other one.

Bottom line: your friend should check recent Plugshare comments on the Susanville Red Lion HPWCs and maybe look at other backup options along the route (not many), charge to near full at the supercharger, then drive carefully until arriving in Susanville. Then hopefully top off a little there and be back on the road without much hassle.

Debating whether to do the mt Shasta to Reno route in 2 days. Can’t make my mind up. Checked on PlugShare now and the Susanville Red Lion chargers were marked as not working.

Southern Oregon to Death Valley...hm. I’ve done the back way through Alturas etc. a few times in an ICE car, so I know I’m not going to do that. What’s the next best option to the Susanville- Reno route (which I always find boring and difficult, btw, due to the boredom)?

It’s my first Tesla road trip. I also want to stop somewhere and sleep in the car but the whole route is covered with snow, obviously. I’d need somewhere safe, with restrooms, and pleasant. Probably a tall order.

 

[israndy]

300 is calling you.

How did you make that map? That's cool!

 

[LoudMusic]

Glenwood Springs, CO
01/30/2021

Montrose, CO
01/31/2021

Goodland, KS
02/12/2021

Wichita, KS
02/12/2021

Perry, OK
02/12/2021

Catoosa, OK
02/12/2021

Huzzah!

It was also nice finally getting back home to a NEMA 14-50. We'd been charging at the AirBnB on NEMA 5-15 the past six weeks ... Now to find a weather window to wash the car.

 

[Big Earl]

How did you make that map? That's cool!

Use the lasso tool on your Tableau map. You can use multi select (plus symbol in the tool menu if you’re on mobile, or hold control key as you highlight on a computer) select several groups. Handy for quickly sketching up a trip or seeing how many chargers are in a cluster.

Once you’ve selected your points, there will be a pop up window showing how many chargers you’ve selected and giving you the option to export the data as a .csv file. Import that into Excel and you can do all kinds of find things with it, including using programs like Road Warrior to determine shortest route between a cluster of points.

 

[cpa]

Debating whether to do the mt Shasta to Reno route in 2 days. Can’t make my mind up. Checked on PlugShare now and the Susanville Red Lion chargers were marked as not working.

Southern Oregon to Death Valley...hm. I’ve done the back way through Alturas etc. a few times in an ICE car, so I know I’m not going to do that. What’s the next best option to the Susanville- Reno route (which I always find boring and difficult, btw, due to the boredom)?

It’s my first Tesla road trip. I also want to stop somewhere and sleep in the car but the whole route is covered with snow, obviously. I’d need somewhere safe, with restrooms, and pleasant. Probably a tall order.

Roads to Death Valley are limited as you know. About the only way other than US395 via Lone Pine into Death Valley would be to arrive from the east on US95 in Nevada.

You could take I5 south to Williams thence east on SR20 through Yuba City/Marysville into the foothills at Grass Valley/Nevada City, continuing east on SR20 until its eastern terminus at I80. (You could also leave I5 at Red Bluff on SR36 to SR99 through Chico and on into Marysville before reaching SR20).

From I80 you could opt to head to North Shore via SR267. At North Shore, head east on SR28 into Nevada along Tahoe's eastern shore through Incline to its junction with US50. Then east on US50 to Carson City, south on US395 through Minden and Gardnerville to the junction with NV208. That will take you to US95 - Alternate and thence to US95. At Beaty you can veer off US95 into Death Valley.

Longer drive by a lot. But you can sleep behind the Carson Valley inn and Casino in Minden in the back where the destination chargers are. It'll be cold no doubt, but the restrooms and dining establishments are available 24/7. Avail yourself of the destination chargers while you snooze and you won't need to stop at the Gardnerville/Topaz Lake SC on your way to Hawthorne. The CHP office just outside Grass Valley has a 30A plug available, and it is free, I think. (Check PlugShare.) I don't know how long those folks will let you camp outside their front door, or if they allow the public to use their facilities, but I guarantee that it will be safe!

 

[Big Earl]

I just came across this post in the Knoxville, TN - Neyland Drive thread. That Supercharger came and went quickly. It’s a shame because I thought it was a super location.

Turns out that it was quite temporary, because it appears that it has already been removed. It has disappeared from the Tesla website map and from plugshare.

I just scrolled through the spreadsheet and it looks like I’m the only one in our group who charged at it. We might have to start a first and only category.

 

[GreenDriver]

Roads to Death Valley are limited as you know. About the only way other than US395 via Lone Pine into Death Valley would be to arrive from the east on US95 in Nevada.

You could take I5 south to Williams thence east on SR20 through Yuba City/Marysville into the foothills at Grass Valley/Nevada City, continuing east on SR20 until its eastern terminus at I80. (You could also leave I5 at Red Bluff on SR36 to SR99 through Chico and on into Marysville before reaching SR20).

From I80 you could opt to head to North Shore via SR267. At North Shore, head east on SR28 into Nevada along Tahoe's eastern shore through Incline to its junction with US50. Then east on US50 to Carson City, south on US395 through Minden and Gardnerville to the junction with NV208. That will take you to US95 - Alternate and thence to US95. At Beaty you can veer off US95 into Death Valley.

Longer drive by a lot. But you can sleep behind the Carson Valley inn and Casino in Minden in the back where the destination chargers are. It'll be cold no doubt, but the restrooms and dining establishments are available 24/7. Avail yourself of the destination chargers while you snooze and you won't need to stop at the Gardnerville/Topaz Lake SC on your way to Hawthorne. The CHP office just outside Grass Valley has a 30A plug available, and it is free, I think. (Check PlugShare.) I don't know how long those folks will let you camp outside their front door, or if they allow the public to use their facilities, but I guarantee that it will be safe!

I-5 to Williams seems the simplest by far. Using the casino restrooms is a great idea though not sure how they feel about people sleeping there. But from Reno I think I'll drive south through the Eastern Sierras. That's how I always go. Any reason not to?

 

[BM3B]

On the road, X is rolling again. Wasted an hour bringing the rental back. Issue was not related to the ice chunk, just an oil pump failure. We are in southern Missouri now at my brother’s house.

2/13/2021
Kansas City, MO
Springfield, MO

 

[PLUS EV]

Debating whether to do the mt Shasta to Reno route in 2 days. Can’t make my mind up. Checked on PlugShare now and the Susanville Red Lion chargers were marked as not working.

Southern Oregon to Death Valley...hm. I’ve done the back way through Alturas etc. a few times in an ICE car, so I know I’m not going to do that. What’s the next best option to the Susanville- Reno route (which I always find boring and difficult, btw, due to the boredom)?

It’s my first Tesla road trip. I also want to stop somewhere and sleep in the car but the whole route is covered with snow, obviously. I’d need somewhere safe, with restrooms, and pleasant. Probably a tall order.

I mostly agree with what cpa said, but I'll throw in my 2 cents:

You weren't specific about car type or exact start and end points, but I inputted Grants Pass, OR and Furnace Creek, CA. If I were taking that trip this time of year and were at all concerned about weather, I would go to Red Bluff, then through Chico and Oroville to Yuba City (no reason to go to Williams at all as it adds 30 more minutes and both routes are low elevation with little risk of winter weather), then to I-80 (through Lincoln and Auburn if weather is an issue, otherwise go through Grass Valley which is higher in elevation), then up to Reno on I-80. If the weather is fine, you can take the more scenic and faster route through North Lake Tahoe as cpa suggested.

Then take US395 all the way down to Death Valley if weather permits. It's slightly slower but much more scenic than US95 through Nevada. That being said, there are some very high elevations on US395, especially around Mammoth Lakes and further north. I actually got surprised by an April snowstorm there when I was on my way home from Death Valley back in 2017. It was 100F when I left Death Valley so I didn't even look at the weather forecast. Ended up barely making it through a blizzard to the Mammoth supercharger where I parked for the night and my Model S got buried with over a foot of snow. Oops!

US95 can get snow too, but it's much less likely to get it than US395. Both highways are extremely desolate so don't take any chances in bad weather. Just spend an extra night some place if you have to. As always, I recommend taking a different way home if possible. It's more interesting that way, plus you'll pick up more superchargers Try for the high degree of difficulty route on the way down and then take the fast way home if possible. Sometimes Mother Nature chooses the route for you!

 

[GreenDriver]

I mostly agree with what cpa said, but I'll throw in my 2 cents:

You weren't specific about car type or exact start and end points, but I inputted Grants Pass, OR and Furnace Creek, CA. If I were taking that trip this time of year and were at all concerned about weather, I would go to Red Bluff, then through Chico and Oroville to Yuba City (no reason to go to Williams at all as it adds 30 more minutes and both routes are low elevation with little risk of winter weather), then to I-80 (through Lincoln and Auburn if weather is an issue, otherwise go through Grass Valley which is higher in elevation), then up to Reno on I-80. If the weather is fine, you can take the more scenic and faster route through North Lake Tahoe as cpa suggested.

Then take US395 all the way down to Death Valley if weather permits. It's slightly slower but much more scenic than US95 through Nevada. That being said, there are some very high elevations on US395, especially around Mammoth Lakes and further north. I actually got surprised by an April snowstorm there when I was on my way home from Death Valley back in 2017. It was 100F when I left Death Valley so I didn't even look at the weather forecast. Ended up barely making it through a blizzard to the Mammoth supercharger where I parked for the night and my Model S got buried with over a foot of snow. Oops!

US95 can get snow too, but it's much less likely to get it than US395. Both highways are extremely desolate so don't take any chances in bad weather. Just spend an extra night some place if you have to. As always, I recommend taking a different way home if possible. It's more interesting that way, plus you'll pick up more superchargers Try for the high degree of difficulty route on the way down and then take the fast way home if possible. Sometimes Mother Nature chooses the route for you!

It's a model Y AWD, so in theory 320 miles of range. I'm coming down from Ashland.

I wouldn't mind sleeping by I-395 if I found a spot, but having driven this road many times, I don't think there's anywhere to stop this time of year. I looked up the rest areas and the first one is the one coming down from Susanville, i.e. before Reno. Mammoth is a good idea if it comes to that. As long as there are restrooms.

This entire discussion will be moot once they install a supercharger in Susanville and in the quiet corner - is that what it's called? I've been through there a surprising amount of time for its remoteness.

Thank you both for your detailed answers!

 

[BM3B]

We may head south, dicey weather to the west for a few days. What a polar vortex! 0 F in the Ozarks