# Winter road trips in the sun

> Routes that are pleasant between December and February: deserts, the south and the coast.

Source: https://camping-spirit.com/themes/winter-sun/

Routes that are pleasant between December and February: deserts, the south and the coast.

## USA

- [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
- [Pacific Coast Highway south: Malibu to San Diego](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b17-socal-coast/): 4 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
- [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
- [Texas Hill Country on US-290: LBJ country, Luckenbach and wildflowers](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b19-hill-country-290/): 3 d
- [Spanish missions and the Frio River canyonlands](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b19-frio-canyon/): 3 d
- [Florida’s Space Coast: Kennedy Space Center to Daytona](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b20-space-coast/): 3 d
- [A1A from Jacksonville to Daytona: forts, lighthouses and coquina](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b20-a1a-first-coast/): 3 d
- [Central Florida springs: Wekiwa to the Ichetucknee](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b20-central-florida-springs/): 4 d
- [Turquoise to the Horizon – Along the Overseas Highway to Key West](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-005-florida-keys/): 4 d
- [The Overseas Highway to Key West](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/overseas/): 2 d
- [Joshua trees, salt lake and palm oases: by camper through the deserts of Southern California](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-069-joshua-tree-anza-borrego/): 5 d
- [Orange groves, the Pink Moment and island hopping – by camper through Ventura, Ojai and to the Channel Islands](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-079-channel-islands-ventura-ojai/): 6 d
- [Islands in a sea of desert: by camper through Arizona’s Sky Islands: Chiricahua, Bisbee, Tombstone, Saguaro and Organ Pipe](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-103-arizona-sky-islands/): 6 d
- [Dust, lakes and saguaros: by camper along the Apache Trail through the Superstition Mountains to Roosevelt Lake](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-104-apache-trail-tonto/): 4 d
- [Road to Hana, Maui](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/road-to-hana/): 2 d
- [Hawaiʻi Island: Kona to the volcano](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/big-island/): 3 d
- [Anza-Borrego and the Salton Sea](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b8-anza-borrego/): 3 d
- [Southeast Arizona: missions, mines and sky islands](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b8-sky-islands/): 4 d
- [Kauaʻi from Hanalei to Waimea Canyon](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b8-kauai-loop/): 3 d
- [Down the Guadalupe: maples, cypress and dance halls](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b9-guadalupe-river/): 3 d
- [Manatees and springs on Florida’s Nature Coast](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b10-nature-coast-springs/): 3 d
- [Georgia’s Golden Isles and the Okefenokee](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b10-golden-isles/): 4 d
- [Swimming holes and granite domes in the Texas Hill Country](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/hill-country/): 3 d

## Oceania

- [Tongariro National Park, Whakapapa and Ōhakune in two days](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/nzm-tongariro-ruapehu/): 2 d
- [Greymouth to Christchurch over Arthur's Pass](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/nzw-arthurs-pass-christchurch/): 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
- [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
- [South Coast: Kiama to Narooma](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/au-south-coast-kiama-to-narooma/): 4 d
- [Canberra and the Snowy Mountains](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/au-canberra-and-snowy-mountains/): 4 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
- [Grampians (Gariwerd) from Melbourne](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/au-grampians-gariwerd/): 3 d
- [Wilsons Promontory and Gippsland](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/au-wilsons-prom-gippsland/): 4 d
- [Victorian High Country and Yarra Valley](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/au-victorian-high-country/): 5 d
- [Goldfields and the Murray River](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/au-goldfields-murray/): 4 d
- [Darling Downs and the Granite Belt](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/au-granite-belt-darling-downs/): 3 d
- [Limestone Coast: Coorong to Mount Gambier](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/au-limestone-coast-drive/): 4 d
- [Tall Timber and the South Coast to Albany](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/au-wa-southern-forests-albany/): 4 d
- [Hobart and the Tasman Peninsula](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/au-tas-hobart-tasman-peninsula/): 3 d
- [Tasmania's East Coast: Hobart to the Bay of Fires](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/au-tas-east-coast/): 4 d
- [Launceston, the Tamar Valley and the North](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/au-tas-launceston-tamar-north/): 3 d
- [Cradle Mountain, the West Coast and the Lyell Highway](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/au-tas-cradle-west-coast/): 4 d
- [Bruny Island and the Huon Valley](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/au-tas-bruny-huon/): 2 d
- [The North West and the Tarkine](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/au-tas-north-west-tarkine/): 4 d
- [Sydney to Melbourne: the Princes coast out, the Hume home](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/au-hume-and-princes-sydney-melbourne/): 6 d

## FAQs

**How many routes are in this list?**
60 routes: USA 27, Oceania 33.

**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 60 trip guides.