# Family road trips > Routes with short driving days and stops children enjoy: beaches, caves, animals, trains and adventure playgrounds. Source: https://camping-spirit.com/themes/family/ Routes with short driving days and stops children enjoy: beaches, caves, animals, trains and adventure playgrounds. ## USA - [Oregon Coast on US-101](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/oregon-coast/): 5 d - [Giant baskets and infinity rooms: a Midwest oddities run](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/midwest-oddities/): 4 d - [Route 66, part two: Oklahoma City to the Pacific](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/route66-west/): 8 d - [Route 66, part one: Chicago to Oklahoma City](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/route66-east/): 4 d - [Lake Michigan's dune coast](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/michigan-shore/): 3 d - [Highway 1: San Francisco to Santa Monica](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/highway-1/): 4 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 - [Highway 1 south: San Francisco to Santa Cruz and Monterey](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b17-sf-santa-cruz/): 2 d - [Sonoma and Mendocino coast on Highway 1](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b17-sonoma-mendocino/): 3 d - [Santa Ynez Valley: missions, wine and dunes](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b17-santa-ynez/): 3 d - [Northern redwoods and the Oregon Caves on US-199](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b17-redwoods-caves/): 3 d - [Oregon’s capes: Three Capes Route to Cape Perpetua](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b17-three-capes/): 3 d - [Willamette Valley: pinot noir hills and Silver Falls](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b17-willamette-valley/): 3 d - [Rogue-Umpqua Scenic Byway via Crater Lake](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b17-rogue-umpqua/): 3 d - [Olympic Peninsula loop: ridges, rain forest and wild beaches](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b17-olympic-loop/): 4 d - [Coulee Corridor: Grand Coulee Dam to Dry Falls](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b17-coulee-corridor/): 3 d - [Pyramid Lake, the Comstock and Lake Tahoe’s east shore](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b17-comstock-tahoe/): 3 d - [Great Basin Highway: canyons, ghost towns and charcoal ovens](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b17-great-basin-hwy/): 3 d - [Kenai Peninsula to Homer on the Sterling Highway](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b17-kenai-homer/): 4 d - [Glenn Highway and Hatcher Pass](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b17-glenn-hatcher/): 3 d - [Oʻahu circle: Diamond Head to the North Shore](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b17-oahu-circle/): 2 d - [Kohala and the Hāmākua Coast: Kona to Hilo the northern way](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b17-kohala-hamakua/): 3 d - [Grand Canyon North Rim and Marble Canyon: Kanab to Page](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b18-north-rim-marble-canyon/): 4 d - [Southwest Utah: Snow Canyon, Kolob and Cedar Breaks to Bryce](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b18-southwest-utah-cedar-breaks/): 3 d - [San Rafael Swell and Goblin Valley to Capitol Reef](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b18-san-rafael-swell/): 3 d - [Wasatch and Uintas: Alpine Loop to the Mirror Lake Highway](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b18-wasatch-alpine-loop/): 3 d - [Superstition Mountains, the Apache Trail and Tonto Basin](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b18-superstitions-tonto-basin/): 3 d - [Tucson and Mount Lemmon: from saguaros to pine forest](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b18-tucson-mount-lemmon/): 3 d - [Verde Valley and Oak Creek Canyon: Phoenix to Flagstaff](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b18-verde-valley-oak-creek/): 3 d - [O’Keeffe Country and the Cumbres & Toltec railway](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b18-okeeffe-country-chama/): 3 d - [Pikes Peak, Cripple Creek and the Royal Gorge](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b18-pikes-peak-gold-belt/): 3 d - [Rocky Mountain’s west side to Steamboat Springs](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b18-rocky-mountain-west-steamboat/): 3 d - [Montana’s gold rush trail: Virginia City, Bannack and Big Hole](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b18-montana-gold-rush/): 4 d ## Europe - [Riviera di Ponente: Genoa to the French border](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b1-riviera-ponente/): 4 d - [Lake Maggiore and Lake Orta](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b1-maggiore-orta/): 3 d - [Brenta Dolomites and the Val di Non](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b1-brenta-dolomites/): 4 d - [Gargano: forest, cliffs and sea stacks](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b1-gargano/): 3 d - [Lake Garda loop](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/lake-garda-loop/): 3 d - [Sardinia’s west coast: Alghero to Barumini](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b1-sardinia-west/): 5 d - [Maremma: cypresses, hot springs and tuff towns](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b1-maremma/): 5 d - [Normandy’s D-Day beaches](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b2-d-day-beaches/): 3 d - [Upper Loire: canal bridges and Sancerre wine](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b2-upper-loire/): 3 d - [Aosta Valley: castles and Gran Paradiso](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/aosta-valley/): 3 d - [Ardèche gorges and the Chauvet cave](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b2-ardeche-gorges/): 3 d - [Landes: surf, pine forest and hidden lakes](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b2-landes-coast/): 4 d - [Southern Corsica: Bavella and the Alta Rocca](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b2-corsica-south/): 5 d - [Huelva: Aracena, Riotinto and Doñana](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b3-huelva-donana/): 3 d - [La Mancha: windmills and the hanging houses of Cuenca](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b3-la-mancha/): 4 d - [Inland Galicia: Lugo, the Sil canyon and hot springs](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b3-ribeira-sacra/): 4 d - [Valencia to Cartagena: Costa Blanca and Murcia](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b3-costa-blanca-murcia/): 5 d - [Aosta Valley: the Matterhorn, Fort Bard and Monte Rosa](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b11-matterhorn-monte-rosa/): 3 d - [North Frisia: dikes, lighthouses and mudflats](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b4-north-frisian-coast/): 4 d - [Provence coast: Cassis cliffs to the red Esterel](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b12-var-coast/): 4 d - [East Frisia’s Wadden coast: harbours and lighthouses](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b4-east-frisian-coast/): 4 d - [Harz: half-timbered towns and the Brocken](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b4-harz-mountains/): 3 d - [Royal châteaux around Paris](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b12-royal-ile-de-france/): 4 d - [Touraine and Anjou: Villandry to Fontevraud](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b12-touraine-anjou/): 3 d - [Hérault gorges and the Cévennes](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b12-herault-cevennes/): 4 d - [Périgord: Brantôme, the Vézère and Dordogne castles](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b12-perigord-castles/): 4 d - [Camargue and Roman Provence](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/camargue-nimes/): 3 d - [Lake Constance’s German shore](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b4-lake-constance-north/): 3 d - [Bavarian Forest: from Passau to Regensburg](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b4-bavarian-forest/): 4 d - [Navarre Pyrenees: gorges, the Irati forest and Roncesvalles](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b13-navarre-pyrenees/): 3 d - [Mallorca’s south and east: coves, caves and castles](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b13-mallorca-east/): 3 d - [Carinthia’s warm lakes: Ossiach and Wörthersee](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b4-carinthian-lakes/): 3 d - [Aveiro, Bussaco and Coimbra](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b13-aveiro-coimbra/): 3 d - [Eastern Algarve: Ria Formosa, Tavira and Cacela Velha](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b13-eastern-algarve/): 2 d - [La Rochelle to the Dune du Pilat](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/atlantic-charente/): 4 d - [The Ruhr: blast furnaces, gas holders and coal mines](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b14-ruhr-industrial/): 3 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 - [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 - [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 - [Punakaiki to Hokitika: Pancake Rocks, Lake Brunner and Gorge](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/nzw-punakaiki-hokitika/): 3 d - [Christchurch to Greymouth over Lewis Pass with Hanmer Springs](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/nzw-lewis-pass-hanmer/): 2 d - [Greymouth to Christchurch over Arthur's Pass](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/nzw-arthurs-pass-christchurch/): 2 d - [Christchurch and Banks Peninsula to Akaroa](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/nzw-banks-peninsula-akaroa/): 2 d - [Oamaru to Dunedin along the North Otago coast](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/nzz-waitaki-moeraki-coast/): 2 d - [Dunedin city and the wildlife of Otago Peninsula](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/nzz-dunedin-otago-peninsula/): 2 d - [The Catlins coast from Balclutha to Invercargill](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/nzz-catlins-southern-scenic/): 3 d - [Queenstown, Glenorchy and Arrowtown on Lake Wakatipu](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/nzz-queenstown-glenorchy-arrowtown/): 3 d - [Crown Range and Lake Wānaka to Cromwell](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/nzz-wanaka-crown-range/): 2 d - [Along the Otago Central Rail Trail by road](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/nzz-otago-central-rail-trail/): 3 d - [Te Anau to Milford Sound via Homer Tunnel](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/nzz-milford-road/): 3 d - [Bluff to Stewart Island / Rakiura and Ulva Island](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/nzz-stewart-island-rakiura/): 3 d - [Grand Pacific Drive: Sydney to Kiama](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/au-grand-pacific-drive/): 2 d - [Blue Mountains and the Central West](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/au-blue-mountains-central-west/): 5 d - [Hunter Valley to Port Macquarie](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/au-hunter-valley-to-port-macquarie/): 4 d - [Coffs Harbour to Byron Bay: Rainforest and Lighthouse](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/au-coffs-harbour-to-byron-bay/): 4 d ## FAQs **How many routes are in this list?** 295 routes: USA 116, Europe 103, Oceania 76. **How is this list chosen?** This list is put together automatically from our route data (season estimate, trip length, terrain, passes and size limits), currently 295 trip guides.