# Where to go in July

> Road trips that our season estimate rates as best in July: 420 routes in Europe, North America and Oceania.

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

Road trips that our season estimate rates as best in July: 420 routes in Europe, North America and Oceania.

Where to go in July by RV or camper? July is peak summer in the Northern Hemisphere: warm evenings, swimming lakes and every mountain pass open. It’s also the busiest month, with school holidays across much of Europe and the US. The north and the mountains are at their best now, while the Mediterranean south and the desert regions can get very hot. In Australia it’s winter, a great time for the tropical north and the outback.

The routes below are the ones our season estimate rates as good in July, based on long-term temperature averages, terrain and pass opening seasons. Our tip: in high season, book campgrounds on popular coasts and lakes in advance, or travel off the main routes. Drive early in the morning to beat the heat and traffic, and plan a shady spot or a lake for the hottest hours.

## USA

- [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
- [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
- [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
- [Whirlpools, sea fog and wooden bridges: by motorhome across the Fundy Isles and through the Saint John River valley](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-568-new-brunswick-fundy-isles-saint-john-river/): 8 d
- [Fog, granite bays and fishing villages: by camper along Nova Scotia’s Eastern Shore, the Marine Drive from Halifax to Guysborough and Canso](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-595-nova-scotia-eastern-shore-marine-drive-guysborough/): 7 d
- [Maine’s Midcoast peninsulas: Bath to Pemaquid and Owls Head](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b20-maine-midcoast/): 3 d
- [Acadia and Downeast Maine to West Quoddy Head](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b20-downeast-acadia/): 4 d
- [Glaciers, glacial lakes and grizzlies – by motorhome along the Icefields Parkway from Banff to Jasper](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-011-icefields-parkway-canadian-rockies/): 8 d
- [Lighthouses, lobster boats and moose in the fog: by motorhome from Halifax along the Lighthouse Route to the Cabot Trail](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-012-cabot-trail-nova-scotia/): 8 d
- [Rainforest, surf and orcas: by motorhome across Vancouver Island to the Pacific Rim coast](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-013-vancouver-island-pacific-rim/): 8 d

## Europe

- [Bergamo, Lake Iseo and the Valcamonica rock art](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b1-iseo-valcamonica/): 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
- [A loop through the Dolomites](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/dolomites/): 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
- [Aosta Valley: castles and Gran Paradiso](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/aosta-valley/): 3 d
- [Stelvio and Bernina: two giants of the Alps](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/stelvio-bernina/): 3 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
- [Loire Valley châteaux](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/loire-chateaux/): 4 d
- [Asturias to León: Somiedo, Las Médulas and the Camino](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b3-somiedo-leon/): 5 d
- [Inland Galicia: Lugo, the Sil canyon and hot springs](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b3-ribeira-sacra/): 4 d
- [The Douro Valley and the N222](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b3-douro-n222/): 4 d
- [Swiss Alpine passes from Lucerne](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/swiss-passes/): 3 d
- [Opal Coast: Calais to the Bay of Somme](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/opal-coast/): 2 d
- [Historic villages of the Beira](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b3-beira-historic-villages/): 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
- [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
- [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
- [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
- [Darling Downs and the Granite Belt](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/au-granite-belt-darling-downs/): 3 d
- [Outback Queensland: Roma to Winton](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/au-outback-queensland-roma-winton/): 7 d

## FAQs

**Where is it not too hot in July?**
Head north or up into the mountains. Scandinavia, Scotland, Ireland, the Alps and Atlantic coasts such as Brittany stay pleasant in July. In the US, the Pacific Northwest, the Rockies and the coast of Maine are good choices. Southern Spain, southern Italy and the US desert Southwest are often very hot at this time.

**Do I need to book campgrounds in July?**
For popular spots, yes. During the summer school holidays, campgrounds on the coast, by lakes and near well-known sights fill up quickly, especially on weekends. If you want to stay flexible, travel in less famous regions, arrive early in the afternoon and keep a few alternatives in mind for each stop.

**How are the routes for July chosen?**
Our season estimate combines long-term temperature averages, terrain and the opening seasons of mountain passes for every stop of a route. These 420 routes are rated “good” in July. Weather varies from year to year, so check the forecast before you go.