# Where to go in August

> Road trips that our season estimate rates as best in August: 492 routes in Europe, North America and Oceania.

Source: https://camping-spirit.com/when-to-go/august/

Road trips that our season estimate rates as best in August: 492 routes in Europe, North America and Oceania.

Where to go in August by RV or camper? August is still high summer, with warm seas, long evenings and open mountain roads. In many European countries it’s the main holiday month, and around mid-August the roads and coasts are especially busy. Towards the end of the month, the first hint of autumn appears in the north and in the mountains. In Australia, late winter is a good time for the tropical north and the outback.

The routes below are the ones our season estimate rates as good in August, based on long-term temperature averages, terrain and pass opening seasons. Our tip: in the far north, the nights are getting dark again, and with luck you’ll see the first northern lights in late August. In the south, plan for the heat: drive in the morning, take long breaks and look for campgrounds with shade.

## USA

- [Fall color: the Kancamagus to Acadia](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/new-england-fall/): 4 d
- [Oregon Coast on US-101](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/oregon-coast/): 5 d
- [North Cascades Highway](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/north-cascades/): 3 d
- [Rainier and St. Helens volcano loop](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/volcano-loop-wa/): 4 d
- [Going-to-the-Sun Road, west to east](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/glacier-sun/): 2 d
- [Volcanic Legacy Byway: Mount Shasta to Crater Lake](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b17-volcanic-legacy/): 4 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
- [Southern Oregon coast: Cape Arago to the Boardman corridor](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b17-south-oregon-coast/): 3 d
- [Maine’s Route 1](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/maine-route-1/): 4 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
- [Olympic Peninsula loop: ridges, rain forest and wild beaches](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b17-olympic-loop/): 4 d
- [Chuckanut Drive and the Mount Baker Highway](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b17-mount-baker/): 2 d
- [Grand Teton loop: Mormon Row, Signal Mountain and Jenny Lake](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b18-grand-teton-loop/): 2 d
- [Icebergs, island ferries and puffins – by camper through north-east Newfoundland from Twillingate via Fogo Island to Bonavista](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-379-newfoundland-kittiwake-bonavista/): 8 d
- [Dams, taiga and Basque whalers – by camper along Route 389 and the Trans-Labrador Highway from Baie-Comeau to Red Bay](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-390-trans-labrador-highway/): 7 d
- [Grand Teton, Yellowstone and the Beartooth Highway](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/yellowstone-beartooth/): 5 d
- [Vermont Route 100](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/vermont-100/): 3 d
- [Locks, rock carvings and granite lakes – by camper through the Kawarthas and the Haliburton Highlands](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-497-ontario-kawarthas-haliburton/): 7 d
- [Loons, Shaker barns and lobster traps – by camper through New Hampshire’s Lakes Region and down to the coast](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-530-new-hampshire-lakes-region/): 6 d
- [Waterfalls, wood bison and houseboats – by camper along the Waterfalls Route to Yellowknife](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-548-nwt-waterfalls-route-yellowknife/): 7 d
- [Dinosaur tracks, dams and the thunder of Kinuseo – by camper through the Peace River country of north-eastern British Columbia](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-559-bc-peace-tumbler-ridge-hudsons-hope/): 6 d
- [Islands, wooden bridges and moose tracks – by camper from Burlington across the Champlain Islands into the Northeast Kingdom](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-566-vermont-champlain-islands-northeast-kingdom/): 6 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
- [Brenta Dolomites and the Val di Non](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b1-brenta-dolomites/): 4 d
- [Friuli: from the Adriatic lagoons to the Julian Alps](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b1-friuli/): 4 d
- [Palladian villas and the Prosecco hills](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b1-prosecco-palladio/): 3 d
- [Route des Grandes Alpes: Lake Geneva to the Riviera](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/grandes-alpes/): 5 d
- [Great Dolomite Road: Bolzano to Cortina](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/great-dolomite-road/): 3 d
- [Lake Garda loop](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/lake-garda-loop/): 3 d
- [A loop through the Dolomites](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/dolomites/): 4 d
- [Piedmont’s western valleys: forts and the source of the Po](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b1-piedmont-valleys/): 4 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
- [Upper Loire: canal bridges and Sancerre wine](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b2-upper-loire/): 3 d
- [Chablis, Vézelay and the Morvan](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b2-burgundy-abbeys/): 4 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
- [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
- [Auvergne volcanoes: Puy de Dôme to Puy Mary](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b2-auvergne-volcanoes/): 4 d
- [Castles of the Rhine and Moselle](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rhine-castles/): 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
- [Red gorges, ghost gums and starry skies – by camper along the Red Centre Way to Uluṟu](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-303-red-centre-way/): 8 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
- [Limestone pillars, shell beaches and whale sharks – the Coral Coast by camper from Perth to Ningaloo](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-306-wa-coral-coast/): 8 d
- [Pelicans, lighthouses and rainforest – up the north coast of New South Wales to Byron Bay by camper](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-315-nsw-north-coast-byron/): 8 d
- [Crater lakes, strangler figs and lava tubes – by camper through the Atherton Tablelands into savannah country](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-318-atherton-tablelands-undara/): 8 d
- [Iron ore, gorges and rock engravings – by campervan through the Pilbara and Karijini National Park](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-386-pilbara-karijini/): 8 d
- [Sapphires, dinosaurs and swagmen – by camper from the Tropic of Capricorn along the Matilda Way into outback Queensland](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-396-queensland-outback-matilda-way/): 8 d
- [Wheat, granite and a pipeline to the gold – by camper from the Perth Hills through the Wheatbelt to Kalgoorlie](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-419-wa-wheatbelt-golden-pipeline/): 8 d
- [Rainforest, granite and frosty nights – by camper through the Scenic Rim and Granite Belt](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-420-qld-scenic-rim-granite-belt/): 8 d
- [Frosty mornings, gorge rims and granite circles – the New England Tablelands by camper](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-450-nsw-new-england-tablelands/): 8 d
- [Coffs Harbour to Byron Bay: Rainforest and Lighthouse](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/au-coffs-harbour-to-byron-bay/): 4 d
- [Bunya pines, reservoirs and red earth – by camper through the Brisbane Valley to the Bunya Mountains and the South Burnett](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-479-qld-bunya-mountains-south-burnett/): 8 d
- [Goldfields, tidal rivers and an emerald gorge – by camper along the Savannah Way to the Gulf of Carpentaria](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-509-qld-savannah-way-gulf/): 8 d
- [Granite boulders, telegraph stations and outback pubs – by camper along the Explorers Way to Katherine](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-510-nt-explorers-way-tennant-creek/): 7 d
- [Red dunes, bore water and ghost pubs – through the Channel Country to Birdsville by camper](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-529-qld-channel-country-birdsville/): 8 d
- [Sandblow, humpback whales and turtle beach – by camper along the Fraser Coast, K’gari and Bundaberg to the Town of 1770](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-539-qld-fraser-coast-kgari-bundaberg/): 7 d
- [Sugar cane, platypuses and kangaroos in the morning light – by camper through Mackay, Eungella and the Whitsunday hinterland](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-549-qld-mackay-eungella-whitsunday/): 8 d
- [Sapphires, sandstone and stencilled hands – by camper through Queensland's Central Highlands](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-550-qld-central-highlands-carnarvon-gemfields/): 8 d
- [Opal shafts, salt lakes and the old Ghan line – by camper along the Stuart Highway and the Oodnadatta Track](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-558-sa-coober-pedy-oodnadatta-track/): 8 d
- [Gold Coast and Hinterland Rainforests](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/au-gold-coast-hinterland/): 4 d
- [Sunshine Coast, Hinterland and Noosa](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/au-sunshine-coast-noosa/): 3 d
- [K’gari and the Fraser Coast](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/au-kgari-fraser-coast/): 5 d
- [Bundaberg to Mackay: Southern Reef and Capricorn Coast](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/au-bundaberg-to-mackay/): 7 d

## FAQs

**Where can you go by motorhome in August?**
The mountains and the north are your best bets: the Alps, the Pyrenees, Scandinavia, Scotland and the Atlantic coast offer pleasant temperatures. In the US, the Rockies, the Pacific Northwest and New England are at their best. If you head to the Mediterranean, choose the coast or higher elevations, because inland areas can be very hot.

**Is August too crowded for camping?**
On popular coasts and lakes in Europe, August is the busiest month, especially around mid-August. But you can still find quiet spots: head into the mountains or choose lesser-known regions. Booking ahead helps for well-known campgrounds, and from late August it gradually gets calmer as schools reopen.

**How are the routes for August chosen?**
Our season estimate combines long-term temperature averages, terrain and the opening seasons of mountain passes for every stop of a route. These 492 routes are rated “good” in August. Weather varies from year to year, so check the forecast before you go.