# Short trips: 1 to 3 days > Compact routes for a long weekend or a few days off. – Road trip & camping planner for the USA, Europe and Australia. Source: https://camping-spirit.com/themes/short-trips/ Compact routes for a long weekend or a few days off. ## USA - [Redwood Coast](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/redwood-coast/): 3 d - [North Cascades Highway](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/north-cascades/): 3 d - [Columbia River Gorge and Mount Hood](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/columbia-gorge/): 2 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 - [Red rock Arizona](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/arizona-red-rock/): 3 d - [Going-to-the-Sun Road, west to east](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/glacier-sun/): 2 d - [Utah Scenic Byway 12](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/utah-byway-12/): 3 d - [Top of the Rockies to Aspen](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/independence-aspen/): 3 d - [Colorado Springs to Rocky Mountain National Park](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/front-range/): 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 - [Chihuahuan Desert parks](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/chihuahuan/): 3 d - [Arkansas Ozarks](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/ozarks/): 3 d - [Lowcountry: Charleston to Savannah](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/lowcountry/): 3 d - [Lake Michigan's dune coast](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/michigan-shore/): 3 d - [Outer Banks](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/outer-banks/): 3 d - [Florida Gulf Coast and the Everglades](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/florida-gulf/): 3 d - [Florida’s Forgotten Coast](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/forgotten-coast/): 3 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 - [US-395: Alabama Hills, Manzanar and the bristlecones](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b17-us395-south/): 3 d - [Mammoth Lakes, June Lake Loop and the ghost town of Bodie](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b17-mammoth-bodie/): 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 - [Death Valley in depth: Dante’s View to Ubehebe Crater](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b17-death-valley-deep/): 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 - [Southern Oregon coast: Cape Arago to the Boardman corridor](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b17-south-oregon-coast/): 3 d - [McKenzie Pass–Santiam Pass loop from Eugene](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b17-mckenzie-pass/): 2 d - [Smith Rock, the Painted Hills and John Day Fossil Beds](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b17-painted-hills/): 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 - [Mount Rainier’s east side: Sunrise and Chinook Pass](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b17-rainier-sunrise/): 2 d ## Europe - [Lake Maggiore and Lake Orta](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b1-maggiore-orta/): 3 d - [Bergamo, Lake Iseo and the Valcamonica rock art](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b1-iseo-valcamonica/): 3 d - [Palladian villas and the Prosecco hills](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b1-prosecco-palladio/): 3 d - [Po Delta: lagoons, abbeys and Ferrara](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b1-po-delta/): 3 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 - [Great Dolomite Road: Bolzano to Cortina](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/great-dolomite-road/): 3 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 - [Lake Garda loop](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/lake-garda-loop/): 3 d - [Langhe and Roero: Barolo country](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/langhe-wine/): 3 d - [Italian Riviera: Genoa to Lerici](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/riviera-levante/): 3 d - [Normandy’s D-Day beaches](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b2-d-day-beaches/): 3 d - [Finistère: the capes at the end of Brittany](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b2-finistere-capes/): 3 d - [South Brittany: menhirs and the Gulf of Morbihan](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b2-morbihan-megaliths/): 3 d - [Italy’s Food Valley: Parma to Ravenna](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/food-valley/): 3 d - [Upper Loire: canal bridges and Sancerre wine](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b2-upper-loire/): 3 d - [Jura: yellow wine, blind valleys and waterfalls](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b2-jura-waterfalls/): 3 d - [Route des Crêtes through the Vosges](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b2-vosges-cretes/): 2 d - [Lorraine: Metz, Nancy and Verdun](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b2-lorraine-verdun/): 3 d - [Champagne: Reims to the Côte des Blancs](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b2-champagne-slopes/): 2 d - [Pompeii and the Amalfi Coast from Naples](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/amalfi/): 3 d - [Abruzzo: Gran Sasso and the stone villages](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/abruzzo-high/): 3 d - [Vercors: gorges and cliff roads](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b2-vercors-balconies/): 3 d - [Savoy lakes and the Chartreuse massif](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b2-savoy-lakes-chartreuse/): 3 d - [Aosta Valley: castles and Gran Paradiso](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/aosta-valley/): 3 d - [Luberon perched villages](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b2-luberon-villages/): 3 d - [Drôme provençale: olives, lavender and Roman Vaison](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b2-drome-provencale/): 3 d - [Ardèche gorges and the Chauvet cave](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b2-ardeche-gorges/): 3 d - [Stelvio and Bernina: two giants of the Alps](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/stelvio-bernina/): 3 d - [Cathar castles of the Corbières](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b2-cathar-castles/): 3 d - [French Basque Country: coast and hill villages](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b2-basque-country/): 3 d - [Val d’Orcia slow road](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/val-dorcia-slow/): 3 d - [Castles of the Rhine and Moselle](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rhine-castles/): 3 d - [Red gorges behind Nice](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b2-nice-red-gorges/): 3 d - [Alsace Wine Route](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/alsace-wine/): 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 - [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 - [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 - [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 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 - [From Franz Josef and Fox Glacier to Haast and Jackson Bay](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/nzw-franz-josef-haast/): 3 d - [Mackenzie Country lakes and Aoraki / Mount Cook](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/nzz-mackenzie-mount-cook/): 3 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 - [Great Ocean Road: Torquay to Warrnambool](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/au-great-ocean-road/): 3 d - [Mornington Peninsula and Phillip Island](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/au-mornington-phillip-island/): 3 d ## FAQs **How many routes are in this list?** 468 routes: USA 191, Europe 227, Oceania 50. **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 468 trip guides.