# Where to go in November

> Road trips that our season estimate rates as best in November: 265 routes in Europe, North America and Oceania.

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

Road trips that our season estimate rates as best in November: 265 routes in Europe, North America and Oceania.

Where to go in November by RV or camper? November is the quietest month on the road. In central and northern Europe it’s often gray and many campgrounds are closed, but southern Spain, Portugal, Sicily and Crete still enjoy mild, sunny days. In the US, the desert Southwest is pleasant now. And in Australia and New Zealand, early summer arrives with long, warm days, perfect if you want to swap autumn for summer.

The routes below are the ones our season estimate rates as good in November, based on long-term temperature averages, terrain and pass opening seasons. Our tip: most high mountain passes are closed by now, and winter tire rules apply in several countries. Check the requirements of each country on your route, and plan your days around the short daylight so you reach your campground before dark.

## USA

- [Death Valley loop](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/death-valley/): 3 d
- [Red rock Arizona](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/arizona-red-rock/): 3 d
- [Texas Gulf Coast](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/texas-gulf/): 3 d
- [Chihuahuan Desert parks](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/chihuahuan/): 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
- [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
- [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
- [Guadalupe Mountains: from El Paso to the top of Texas](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b19-guadalupe-mountains/): 3 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

## Europe

- [Sicily loop: temples, Etna and Baroque towns](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/sicily-baroque/): 7 d
- [Sardinia’s Orientale Sarda](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/sardinia-east/): 5 d
- [Calabria’s Coast of the Gods](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b1-costa-degli-dei/): 4 d
- [Pollino and Sila: Calabria’s mountain heart](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b1-pollino-sila/): 4 d
- [Western Sicily: Segesta, Erice and the salt pans](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b1-sicily-west/): 5 d
- [Inland Sicily: mosaics, majolica and the Madonie](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b1-sicily-interior/): 4 d
- [Sardinia’s west coast: Alghero to Barumini](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b1-sardinia-west/): 5 d
- [Gallura: granite coast of northern Sardinia](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b1-gallura/): 4 d
- [Almería: Tabernas desert and Cabo de Gata](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b3-cabo-de-gata/): 4 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
- [Úbeda, Baeza and the Sierra de Cazorla](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b3-sierra-cazorla/): 4 d
- [Valencia to Cartagena: Costa Blanca and Murcia](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b3-costa-blanca-murcia/): 5 d
- [Mallorca: the Serra de Tramuntana road](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b3-mallorca-tramuntana/): 4 d
- [Alentejo: standing stones, marble towns and border castles](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b3-alentejo-castles/): 4 d
- [Down the Guadiana: Beja to Castro Marim](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b3-guadiana/): 3 d
- [The hidden Algarve: villages and the Serra de Monchique](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b3-algarve-hills/): 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
- [South-west Sardinia: Costa del Sud, mines and the Piscinas dunes](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b11-sardinia-southwest/): 4 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
- [Mallorca’s south and east: coves, caves and castles](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b13-mallorca-east/): 3 d
- [Menorca: Talayotic sites, lighthouses and turquoise coves](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b13-menorca/): 3 d

## Oceania

- [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
- [The Coromandel Peninsula loop from Thames to Waihī](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/nzn-coromandel-peninsula-loop/): 4 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
- [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
- [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
- [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

## FAQs

**Where is it still warm in November?**
In Europe, mainly in the far south: Andalusia, the Algarve, Sicily and Crete often still have mild days. In the US, Arizona and Southern California are pleasant. For real summer, look to the Southern Hemisphere: Australia and New Zealand have the opposite seasons, so November is early summer there.

**Are campgrounds open in November?**
Fewer than in summer. Many campgrounds in central and northern Europe close from autumn until around Easter. In southern Spain, Portugal and some Mediterranean regions, numerous sites stay open all year, and some alpine campgrounds reopen for the ski season. Check opening dates and call ahead if in doubt.

**How are the routes for November chosen?**
Our season estimate combines long-term temperature averages, terrain and the opening seasons of mountain passes for every stop of a route. These 265 routes are rated “good” in November. Weather varies from year to year, so check the forecast before you go.