# Where to go in September

> Road trips that our season estimate rates as best in September: 889 routes in Europe, North America and Oceania.

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

Road trips that our season estimate rates as best in September: 889 routes in Europe, North America and Oceania.

Where to go in September by RV or camper? September is a favorite month for many campers: the summer crowds are gone, the sea is still warm and the light gets softer. Around the Mediterranean, temperatures become pleasant again, and in wine regions the harvest begins. Mountain passes are usually still open. In the US, the national parks get quieter, and in Australia spring arrives, with wildflowers in the west.

The routes below are the ones our season estimate rates as good in September, based on long-term temperature averages, terrain and pass opening seasons. Our tip: after the school holidays, many campgrounds switch to low-season rates while staying open. In the mountains and the far north, however, the first ones close towards the end of the month, and snow can fall on high passes, so check the forecast and opening dates.

## 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
- [Giant baskets and infinity rooms: a Midwest oddities run](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/midwest-oddities/): 4 d
- [North Cascades Highway](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/north-cascades/): 3 d
- [The Blue Ridge Parkway, end to end](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/blue-ridge/): 4 d
- [Rainier and St. Helens volcano loop](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/volcano-loop-wa/): 4 d
- [Columbia River Gorge and Mount Hood](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/columbia-gorge/): 2 d
- [Sequoia and Yosemite](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/sequoia-yosemite/): 4 d
- [Going-to-the-Sun Road, west to east](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/glacier-sun/): 2 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
- [Colorado Springs to Rocky Mountain National Park](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/front-range/): 3 d
- [Route 66, part one: Chicago to Oklahoma City](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/route66-east/): 4 d
- [Great River Road: the upper Mississippi](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/great-river-road/): 5 d
- [Lake Michigan's dune coast](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/michigan-shore/): 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
- [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
- [Volcanic Legacy Byway: Mount Shasta to Crater Lake](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b17-volcanic-legacy/): 4 d
- [Yosemite end to end: sequoias, Glacier Point and Tioga Road](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b17-yosemite-tioga/): 3 d
- [Mammoth Lakes, June Lake Loop and the ghost town of Bodie](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b17-mammoth-bodie/): 3 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

## Europe

- [Tuscany and Lazio by motorhome](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/tuscany-camper/): 5 d
- [Riviera di Ponente: Genoa to the French border](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b1-riviera-ponente/): 4 d
- [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
- [Sardinia’s Orientale Sarda](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/sardinia-east/): 5 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
- [Puglia: trulli, white towns and the heel of Italy](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/puglia-trulli/): 5 d
- [Po Delta: lagoons, abbeys and Ferrara](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b1-po-delta/): 3 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
- [Route des Grandes Alpes: Lake Geneva to the Riviera](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/grandes-alpes/): 5 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
- [Great Dolomite Road: Bolzano to Cortina](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/great-dolomite-road/): 3 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
- [Lake Garda loop](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/lake-garda-loop/): 3 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

## 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 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
- [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
- [Kauri giants, treaty country and the end of the world – Northland's Twin Coast by campervan](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-308-nz-northland/): 8 d
- [Pōhutukawa, geysers and volcanic cones – by campervan through Coromandel, Rotorua and the Volcanic Plateau](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-309-nz-coromandel-rotorua-tongariro/): 8 d
- [Riesling slopes, copper towns and quartzite walls – by camper from Adelaide to the Flinders Ranges](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-311-adelaide-barossa-flinders/): 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
- [Oyster bays, sea lions and the treeless horizon – by campervan across the Eyre Peninsula and the Nullarbor](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-376-eyre-peninsula-nullarbor/): 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
- [Glow-worms, surf bays and forest giants – by campervan through Waikato and the King Country](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-440-nz-waikato-king-country/): 7 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
- [Hunter Valley to Port Macquarie](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/au-hunter-valley-to-port-macquarie/): 4 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

## FAQs

**Where is it still warm in September?**
Southern Europe is ideal: Spain, Portugal, Italy, Croatia and Greece still have summery days and warm water, without the heat of high summer. In the US, the Southwest becomes pleasant again after the summer heat. In Australia spring begins, with mild days in the south and warm, dry weather in the tropical north.

**Is September a good time for a motorhome trip?**
Yes, one of the best. Campgrounds are quieter, often cheaper after the high season, and the weather is usually settled. The days are getting shorter, though, so plan shorter driving stages. In the mountains and in Scandinavia, nights get cold and the season ends earlier, so check opening dates in advance.

**How are the routes for September chosen?**
Our season estimate combines long-term temperature averages, terrain and the opening seasons of mountain passes for every stop of a route. These 889 routes are rated “good” in September. Weather varies from year to year, so check the forecast before you go.