# Where to go over fall break

> 620 routes that our season estimate rates as best for this time of year, in Europe, North America and Oceania. Trips of up to 14 days.

Source: https://camping-spirit.com/holidays/autumn-holidays/

620 routes that our season estimate rates as best for this time of year, in Europe, North America and Oceania. Trips of up to 14 days.

Wondering where to go on fall break by RV or camper? October is a great month for road trips: the big summer crowds are gone, the light turns golden and the forests change color. The Mediterranean often stays warm, with water that still invites a swim. In the north and in the mountains, days get shorter and colder, and the first campgrounds and high passes close for the season.

The routes below are the ones our season estimate rates as good in October, limited to trips of up to about two weeks. Our tip: many campgrounds in central and northern Europe close during the fall, so check opening dates before you go. In return, you’ll often find a spot without booking. Bring warm sleeping gear and a reliable heater, because nights cool down quickly.

## USA

- [The Blue Ridge Parkway, end to end](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/blue-ridge/): 4 d
- [Utah's five national parks, in one loop from Las Vegas](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/mighty-five/): 8 d
- [Death Valley loop](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/death-valley/): 3 d
- [Lake Tahoe loop](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/lake-tahoe/): 2 d
- [Sequoia and Yosemite](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/sequoia-yosemite/): 4 d
- [Red rock Arizona](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/arizona-red-rock/): 3 d
- [Utah Scenic Byway 12](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/utah-byway-12/): 3 d
- [San Juan Skyway](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/san-juan-skyway/): 4 d
- [Top of the Rockies to Aspen](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/independence-aspen/): 3 d
- [High Road to Taos](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/high-road-taos/): 2 d
- [Texas Gulf Coast](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/texas-gulf/): 3 d
- [Route 66, part two: Oklahoma City to the Pacific](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/route66-west/): 8 d
- [Chihuahuan Desert parks](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/chihuahuan/): 3 d
- [Natchez Trace Parkway](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/natchez-trace/): 4 d
- [Route 66, part one: Chicago to Oklahoma City](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/route66-east/): 4 d
- [Arkansas Ozarks](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/ozarks/): 3 d
- [Lowcountry: Charleston to Savannah](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/lowcountry/): 3 d
- [Outer Banks](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/outer-banks/): 3 d
- [Highway 1: San Francisco to Santa Monica](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/highway-1/): 4 d
- [Florida’s Forgotten Coast](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/forgotten-coast/): 3 d
- [Pacific Coast Highway south: Malibu to San Diego](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b17-socal-coast/): 4 d
- [Lassen Volcanic loop: Burney Falls to the mud pots](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b17-lassen-loop/): 3 d
- [Yosemite end to end: sequoias, Glacier Point and Tioga Road](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b17-yosemite-tioga/): 3 d
- [Kings Canyon Scenic Byway and the Giant Forest](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b17-kings-canyon/): 3 d

## Europe

- [Tuscany and Lazio by motorhome](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/tuscany-camper/): 5 d
- [Sicily loop: temples, Etna and Baroque towns](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/sicily-baroque/): 7 d
- [Riviera di Ponente: Genoa to the French border](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b1-riviera-ponente/): 4 d
- [Sardinia’s Orientale Sarda](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/sardinia-east/): 5 d
- [Puglia: trulli, white towns and the heel of Italy](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/puglia-trulli/): 5 d
- [Montefeltro: Rimini to Urbino and Gradara](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b1-montefeltro/): 3 d
- [Conero Riviera and the Frasassi caves](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b1-conero-frasassi/): 3 d
- [Cilento and Maratea: the quiet side of Campania](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/cilento-coast/): 4 d
- [Monti Sibillini: Ascoli to the flowering plain](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b1-sibillini/): 4 d
- [Trabocchi Coast to the Molise and Abruzzo mountains](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b1-trabocchi-molise/): 5 d
- [Gargano: forest, cliffs and sea stacks](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b1-gargano/): 3 d
- [Castles and ravines of the Alta Murgia](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b1-alta-murgia/): 3 d
- [Basilicata: Matera, ghost towns and the Lucanian Dolomites](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b1-basilicata/): 4 d
- [Calabria’s Coast of the Gods](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b1-costa-degli-dei/): 4 d
- [Pollino and Sila: Calabria’s mountain heart](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b1-pollino-sila/): 4 d
- [Western Sicily: Segesta, Erice and the salt pans](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b1-sicily-west/): 5 d
- [Inland Sicily: mosaics, majolica and the Madonie](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b1-sicily-interior/): 4 d
- [Sardinia’s west coast: Alghero to Barumini](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b1-sardinia-west/): 5 d
- [Langhe and Roero: Barolo country](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/langhe-wine/): 3 d
- [Gallura: granite coast of northern Sardinia](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b1-gallura/): 4 d
- [Maremma: cypresses, hot springs and tuff towns](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b1-maremma/): 5 d
- [Italian Riviera: Genoa to Lerici](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/riviera-levante/): 3 d
- [Italy’s Food Valley: Parma to Ravenna](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/food-valley/): 3 d
- [Umbria’s hill towns](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/umbria-hill-towns/): 4 d

## Oceania

- [From the Bay of Islands to Cape Reinga and back](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/nzn-bay-of-islands-to-cape-reinga/): 3 d
- [The Kauri Coast and Hokianga from Kaikohe to Matakohe](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/nzn-kauri-coast-hokianga/): 3 d
- [Three days in the Bay of Islands: Waitangi to Kerikeri](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/nzn-bay-of-islands-loop/): 3 d
- [Auckland and the wild Waitākere west coast beaches](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/nzn-auckland-west-coast/): 2 d
- [Auckland to Whangārei by the north-east coast](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/nzn-auckland-north-coast/): 3 d
- [The Coromandel Peninsula loop from Thames to Waihī](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/nzn-coromandel-peninsula-loop/): 4 d
- [Waikato circuit: Hobbiton, Waitomo caves, Kawhia and Raglan](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/nzn-waikato-waitomo-hobbiton/): 3 d
- [Two days along the Bay of Plenty from Waihī to Te Kaha](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/nzn-bay-of-plenty-coast/): 2 d
- [The East Cape road from Ōpōtiki to Gisborne](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/nzn-east-cape-road/): 4 d
- [Rotorua, Taupō and Tongariro: a volcanic plateau road trip](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/nzm-rotorua-taupo-tongariro/): 3 d
- [Tongariro National Park, Whakapapa and Ōhakune in two days](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/nzm-tongariro-ruapehu/): 2 d
- [Waitomo caves and the SH3 coast road to New Plymouth](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/nzm-waitomo-to-new-plymouth/): 3 d
- [Around Mt Taranaki on the Surf Highway and mountain roads](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/nzm-taranaki-circuit/): 3 d
- [The Forgotten World Highway from Stratford to Taumarunui](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/nzm-forgotten-world-highway/): 2 d
- [The Whanganui River Road from Whanganui to Ōhakune](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/nzm-whanganui-river-road/): 3 d
- [Hawke's Bay: Napier, Hastings, wine and Cape Kidnappers](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/nzm-hawkes-bay-napier-hastings/): 3 d
- [Wellington to Wairarapa wine country and Cape Palliser](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/nzm-wairarapa-cape-palliser/): 3 d
- [Surf breaks, limestone stacks and sandstone ridges – by camper along the Great Ocean Road to the Grampians](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-301-great-ocean-road/): 8 d
- [Taihape to Wellington through Manawatū and the Kāpiti Coast](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/nzm-taihape-to-wellington/): 3 d
- [From Picton Through the Marlborough Sounds to Nelson](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/nzw-sounds-picton-nelson/): 2 d
- [Along SH1 from Picton through Marlborough Wine Country to Kaikōura](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/nzw-marlborough-kaikoura-coast/): 2 d
- [From Nelson to Abel Tasman, Takaka and the Top of the South](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/nzw-abel-tasman-golden-bay/): 4 d
- [From Nelson to Westport via Nelson Lakes and the Buller Gorge](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/nzw-nelson-lakes-buller-westport/): 3 d
- [Sugar cane, the Coral Sea and cassowaries – up the Queensland coast by camper to Cape Tribulation](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-304-queensland-coast/): 8 d

## FAQs

**Where is it still warm on fall break?**
In southern Europe. Andalusia, the Algarve, Sicily, Sardinia, Greece and Cyprus often have warm, sunny days in October, and the sea is still mild after the summer. Southern France and northern Italy are pleasant but cooler. In the US, the desert Southwest is comfortable again, and New England’s fall colors draw crowds, with cool nights.

**Are campgrounds still open in October?**
Many are, but fewer every week. In southern Europe, most campgrounds stay open through October, and some are open all year. In central and northern Europe and in the mountains, many close during the fall. Check opening dates and facilities before you go, because some sites already shut pools, restaurants or parts of the restrooms.