# Where to go in March

> Road trips that our season estimate rates as best in March: 171 routes in Europe, North America and Oceania.

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

Road trips that our season estimate rates as best in March: 171 routes in Europe, North America and Oceania.

Where to go in March by RV or camper? Spring arrives in the south first. In Andalusia, the Algarve, Sicily and Greece, the landscapes turn green and full of flowers, the days get longer and the campgrounds are still quiet. Further north, March is changeable and often still wintry, and high mountain passes stay closed. In the US, the desert parks are pleasant, and in Australia autumn begins.

The routes below are the ones our season estimate rates as good in March, based on long-term temperature averages, terrain and pass opening seasons. Our tip: many campgrounds in central Europe only reopen around Easter, which can fall in March or April. If you’re traveling before then, check opening dates in advance and keep a few year-round campgrounds as a backup.

## USA

- [Texas Gulf Coast](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/texas-gulf/): 3 d
- [Lowcountry: Charleston to Savannah](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/lowcountry/): 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
- [Pacific Coast Highway south: Malibu to San Diego](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b17-socal-coast/): 4 d
- [Santa Ynez Valley: missions, wine and dunes](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b17-santa-ynez/): 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
- [Oak avenues, salt marsh and tidal beaches – by camper through the Lowcountry and the Golden Isles](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-294-lowcountry-charleston-savannah/): 8 d
- [Manatees, cypress swamps and shell beaches – by camper along Florida’s Gulf Coast to the Everglades](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-295-florida-gulf-everglades/): 8 d
- [Cypress, zydeco and sugar cane – by camper from New Orleans through Cajun Country to St. Francisville](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-333-louisiana-cajun-country/): 8 d
- [Pelicans, ferries and endless beach – by camper along the Texas Gulf Coast to Padre Island](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-334-texas-gulf-coast-padre/): 7 d
- [Quartz sand, dune lakes and oyster boats – by camper along the Emerald Coast and the Forgotten Coast from Pensacola to St. Marks](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-335-florida-panhandle-emerald-coast/): 7 d
- [Coquina forts, sand tracks and launch pads – by camper along Florida's Atlantic coast from Amelia Island to Vero Beach](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-367-florida-atlantic-coast-st-augustine/): 8 d
- [Sugar sand, cannon forts and shrimp boats – by camper along the Alabama and Mississippi Gulf Coast from Gulf Shores to Waveland](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-377-alabama-mississippi-gulf-coast/): 7 d
- [The River Road to Big Bend: Presidio, Terlingua and Santa Elena](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b19-big-bend-river-road/): 4 d
- [Texas Hill Country on US-290: LBJ country, Luckenbach and wildflowers](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b19-hill-country-290/): 3 d
- [Pines, pitcher plants and cypress swamps – by camper from the edge of Houston through the Piney Woods of East Texas](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-418-east-texas-piney-woods/): 7 d
- [Spanish missions and the Frio River canyonlands](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b19-frio-canyon/): 3 d
- [Cowtown, dinosaur tracks and mammoths: Fort Worth to Waco](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b19-fort-worth-waco/): 3 d
- [The Rio Grande Valley: South Padre Island and subtropical refuges](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b19-rio-grande-valley/): 4 d
- [Blackwater, cypresses and crystal-clear springs – by camper from the Okefenokee Swamp down the Suwannee River to the springs of North Florida](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-447-okefenokee-suwannee-springs/): 8 d
- [Louisiana’s River Road: plantations, Baton Rouge and St. Francisville](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b19-louisiana-river-road/): 3 d
- [Spring pools, manatees and sand pines – by camper from Orlando through the Ocala National Forest to the springs of Central Florida](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-528-florida-springs-ocala-forest/): 7 d

## Europe

- [Sicily loop: temples, Etna and Baroque towns](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/sicily-baroque/): 7 d
- [Costa de la Luz: Cádiz to Tarifa](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b3-costa-de-la-luz/): 3 d
- [Huelva: Aracena, Riotinto and Doñana](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b3-huelva-donana/): 3 d
- [Down the Guadiana: Beja to Castro Marim](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b3-guadiana/): 3 d
- [Around Etna: lava castles, the north slope and the Alcantara Gorges](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b11-etna-alcantara/): 3 d
- [Val di Noto: Syracuse to Scicli](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b11-val-di-noto/): 3 d
- [Seville to Córdoba along the Guadalquivir](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b13-guadalquivir/): 4 d
- [Málaga’s hinterland: El Torcal and the Caminito del Rey](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b13-malaga-torcal/): 3 d
- [Eastern Algarve: Ria Formosa, Tavira and Cacela Velha](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b13-eastern-algarve/): 2 d
- [Andalusia’s white villages](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/pueblos-blancos/): 3 d
- [Laurel forest, lava fields and trade-wind clouds – by camper across Tenerife and La Gomera](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-341-tenerife-la-gomera/): 8 d
- [Lava fields, wine hollows and shifting dunes – by camper across Lanzarote and Fuerteventura](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-361-lanzarote-fuerteventura/): 8 d
- [Lava, temples and salt pans: around Sicily by motorhome](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-024-sicily-round-trip/): 8 d
- [Red river, chestnut forest and acorn-fed pigs – by camper from Riotinto into the Sierra de Aracena](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-496-spain-sierra-aracena-rio-tinto/): 7 d
- [Forest of columns, wine cellars and olive hills – by camper from Córdoba through the Sierras Subbéticas](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-504-spain-cordoba-subbeticas/): 8 d
- [Limestone, cork oaks and seas of olives – by camper through Andalusia’s White Villages from Arcos to Vejer](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-044-andalusia-white-villages/): 7 d
- [Light, wind and white villages – by camper along the Costa de la Luz from Doñana to Tarifa](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-049-costa-de-la-luz/): 7 d
- [Lava, baroque and salt air – by motorhome from the slopes of Etna via Syracuse and Noto to Modica and Ragusa](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-153-val-di-noto-etna-est/): 7 d
- [Manna, beech forest and Tyrrhenian blue – by motorhome from Termini Imerese over the Madonie and Nebrodi to Milazzo](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-170-madonie-nebrodi-tirreno/): 7 d
- [White marl, temples and Roman mosaics – by motorhome from Sciacca via Agrigento and Gela to Caltanissetta](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-171-sicilia-sud-agrigento-scala-dei-turchi/): 6 d
- [Rock needles, pine forest and shifting dunes – by camper around Gran Canaria](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-650-gran-canaria/): 7 d
- [Southern and central Crete: Gortyn, Phaistos, Matala, Preveli and Rethymno](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/gr-crete-south-centre/): 4 d
- [Andalusia: white villages and the Alhambra](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/andalusia/): 5 d

## Oceania

- [Auckland and the wild Waitākere west coast beaches](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/nzn-auckland-west-coast/): 2 d
- [The East Cape road from Ōpōtiki to Gisborne](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/nzn-east-cape-road/): 4 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
- [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
- [Surf breaks, limestone stacks and sandstone ridges – by camper along the Great Ocean Road to the Grampians](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-301-great-ocean-road/): 8 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
- [Rainforest, granite bays and wombats at dusk – a campervan loop around Tasmania](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-302-tasmania-loop/): 8 d
- [Bays, bush and penguins – by camper along the Princes Highway from Sydney to Melbourne](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-305-sydney-melbourne-coast/): 8 d
- [Rainforest, surf and glacier ice – by camper from Nelson down the West Coast to Wānaka](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-307-nz-west-coast-glaciers/): 8 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
- [Fiords, penguins and glacial lakes – by camper through Fiordland, the Catlins and Otago to Aoraki](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-310-nz-fiordland-catlins-otago/): 8 d

## FAQs

**Where is it warm enough to camp in March?**
In southern Europe: southern Spain, Portugal, southern Italy and Greece often have spring-like days, although nights are still cool. In the US, Arizona, Southern California and Texas are pleasant. In southern Australia, early autumn usually brings mild, settled weather, a good alternative if you want to escape the European winter entirely.

**Are campgrounds open in March?**
It depends on the region. In southern Spain, Portugal and along many Mediterranean coasts, a good number of campgrounds are open all year. In central and northern Europe and in the mountains, many reopen only around Easter. So in March, check opening dates for each campground and call ahead if you’re unsure.

**How are the routes for March chosen?**
Our season estimate combines long-term temperature averages, terrain and the opening seasons of mountain passes for every stop of a route. These 171 routes are rated “good” in March. Weather varies from year to year, so check the forecast before you go.