# Where to go in October

> Road trips that our season estimate rates as best in October: 621 routes in Europe, North America and Oceania.

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

Road trips that our season estimate rates as best in October: 621 routes in Europe, North America and Oceania.

Where to go in October by RV or camper? October is the month of fall colors. Forests in the Alps, New England and the Appalachians glow red and gold, while southern Europe still offers mild, sunny days. The roads are quiet, campgrounds have plenty of space, and in many wine regions the harvest season continues. In Australia it’s spring, a pleasant time for the south and the east coast before the summer heat.

The routes below are the ones our season estimate rates as good in October, based on long-term temperature averages, terrain and pass opening seasons. Our tip: many campgrounds in the mountains and the north close for the winter during October, and the first high passes close after early snowfall. Check opening dates and pass status before you go, and pack warm layers for the cold nights.

## USA

- [The Blue Ridge Parkway, end to end](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/blue-ridge/): 4 d
- [Utah's five national parks, in one loop from Las Vegas](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/mighty-five/): 8 d
- [Death Valley loop](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/death-valley/): 3 d
- [Lake Tahoe loop](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/lake-tahoe/): 2 d
- [Sequoia and Yosemite](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/sequoia-yosemite/): 4 d
- [Red rock Arizona](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/arizona-red-rock/): 3 d
- [Utah Scenic Byway 12](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/utah-byway-12/): 3 d
- [San Juan Skyway](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/san-juan-skyway/): 4 d
- [Top of the Rockies to Aspen](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/independence-aspen/): 3 d
- [High Road to Taos](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/high-road-taos/): 2 d
- [Texas Gulf Coast](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/texas-gulf/): 3 d
- [Route 66, part two: Oklahoma City to the Pacific](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/route66-west/): 8 d
- [Chihuahuan Desert parks](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/chihuahuan/): 3 d
- [Natchez Trace Parkway](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/natchez-trace/): 4 d
- [Route 66, part one: Chicago to Oklahoma City](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/route66-east/): 4 d
- [Arkansas Ozarks](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/ozarks/): 3 d
- [Lowcountry: Charleston to Savannah](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/lowcountry/): 3 d
- [Outer Banks](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/outer-banks/): 3 d
- [Highway 1: San Francisco to Santa Monica](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/highway-1/): 4 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
- [Lassen Volcanic loop: Burney Falls to the mud pots](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b17-lassen-loop/): 3 d
- [Yosemite end to end: sequoias, Glacier Point and Tioga Road](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b17-yosemite-tioga/): 3 d
- [Kings Canyon Scenic Byway and the Giant Forest](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b17-kings-canyon/): 3 d

## Europe

- [Tuscany and Lazio by motorhome](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/tuscany-camper/): 5 d
- [Sicily loop: temples, Etna and Baroque towns](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/sicily-baroque/): 7 d
- [Riviera di Ponente: Genoa to the French border](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b1-riviera-ponente/): 4 d
- [Sardinia’s Orientale Sarda](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/sardinia-east/): 5 d
- [Puglia: trulli, white towns and the heel of Italy](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/puglia-trulli/): 5 d
- [Montefeltro: Rimini to Urbino and Gradara](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b1-montefeltro/): 3 d
- [Conero Riviera and the Frasassi caves](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b1-conero-frasassi/): 3 d
- [Cilento and Maratea: the quiet side of Campania](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/cilento-coast/): 4 d
- [Monti Sibillini: Ascoli to the flowering plain](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b1-sibillini/): 4 d
- [Trabocchi Coast to the Molise and Abruzzo mountains](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b1-trabocchi-molise/): 5 d
- [Gargano: forest, cliffs and sea stacks](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b1-gargano/): 3 d
- [Castles and ravines of the Alta Murgia](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b1-alta-murgia/): 3 d
- [Basilicata: Matera, ghost towns and the Lucanian Dolomites](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b1-basilicata/): 4 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
- [Langhe and Roero: Barolo country](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/langhe-wine/): 3 d
- [Gallura: granite coast of northern Sardinia](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b1-gallura/): 4 d
- [Maremma: cypresses, hot springs and tuff towns](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b1-maremma/): 5 d
- [Italian Riviera: Genoa to Lerici](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/riviera-levante/): 3 d
- [Italy’s Food Valley: Parma to Ravenna](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/food-valley/): 3 d
- [Umbria’s hill towns](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/umbria-hill-towns/): 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
- [The Kauri Coast and Hokianga from Kaikohe to Matakohe](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/nzn-kauri-coast-hokianga/): 3 d
- [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
- [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

## FAQs

**Where can you go by motorhome in October?**
For fall colors, head to New England, the Appalachians or the lower Alps. For sunshine, southern Spain, Portugal, Sicily, Greece and the US Southwest are ideal, as they’re pleasant rather than hot. In Australia, spring makes the south and the east coast a good choice before the summer heat arrives.

**Are campgrounds still open in October?**
Many are, but the season is winding down. In southern Europe and around the Mediterranean, numerous campgrounds stay open into late autumn or all year. In the mountains, in Scandinavia and in parts of central Europe, many close in September or October. Check the opening dates of each campground before you set off.

**How are the routes for October chosen?**
Our season estimate combines long-term temperature averages, terrain and the opening seasons of mountain passes for every stop of a route. These 621 routes are rated “good” in October. Weather varies from year to year, so check the forecast before you go.