Systems and methods for planning and filtering a path of a vehicle in a work area or field are described. An example system includes a user interface that supports a selection of a threshold value used to filter the path of the vehicle. The system also includes a data processor that receives the path that defines guidance lines and transitions between guidance lines and filters the path by deleting portions of the guidance lines that do not satisfy the threshold value. The guidance lines define movement of the vehicle though a work area or field. The system includes a guidance module that controls at least one motive function of the vehicle based on the filtered path.