RV road trips
Popular RV routes with where to sleep each night, dump stations and low clearances on the way. Or plan your own RV road trip on our map.
Southwest
- Route 66: The Mother Road: neon motels, giant statues and the Painted Desert (2,160 miles, 12–16 days)
- Utah's Mighty 5 & the Grand Canyon: Zion, Bryce, Capitol Reef, Arches, Canyonlands, Monument Valley (1,199 miles, 10–14 days)
- Carlsbad, Roswell & White Sands: Caverns, aliens and white gypsum dunes (426 miles, 5–7 days)
- High Road to Taos & Enchanted Circle: Adobe churches, Taos Pueblo and mountain loops (186 miles, 4–5 days)
- Turquoise Trail & the Jemez: Old mining towns, hot springs and cliff dwellings (140 miles, 3–4 days)
- Four Corners: Mesa Verde, Monument Valley and Canyon de Chelly (375 miles, 5–7 days)
- Moab, Arches & Canyonlands: Delicate Arch, Dead Horse Point and Newspaper Rock (124 miles, 3–5 days)
- Sedona, Jerome & the Grand Canyon: Red rocks, a hillside ghost town and the South Rim (336 miles, 4–6 days)
- Southern Arizona: Tombstone & Bisbee: Saguaros, the O.K. Corral and a mining-town art scene (262 miles, 4–6 days)
- Extraterrestrial Highway: Area 51, a clown motel and a forest of buried cars (403 miles, 3–4 days)
- The Loneliest Road (US-50): Shoe trees, ghost towns and Great Basin's dark skies (483 miles, 4–5 days)
California
- Pacific Coast Highway: Sea stacks, redwoods and Big Sur cliffs (1,356 miles, 10–14 days)
- Death Valley & the Eastern Sierra: Below sea level to alpine lakes on US-395 (345 miles, 5–7 days)
- Salvation Mountain & Anza-Borrego: Folk art in the desert, giant metal beasts and apple pie (243 miles, 3–4 days)
- Joshua Tree & the Mojave: Cabazon dinosaurs, Joshua trees and the world's tallest thermometer (302 miles, 3–5 days)
- Napa & Sonoma: Two wine valleys and the Russian River (109 miles, 3–5 days)
- Gold Country on Highway 49: Gold Rush towns from Nevada City to Mariposa (204 miles, 4–6 days)
- Yosemite to Sequoia: Half Dome, Glacier Point and the General Sherman Tree (261 miles, 5–7 days)
- Shasta, Lassen & Burney Falls: A volcano, a hydrothermal park and a 129-foot waterfall (231 miles, 4–5 days)
- Lake Tahoe & Virginia City: Emerald Bay, a Comstock boomtown and the Biggest Little City (180 miles, 3–5 days)
- Redwood Highway & Avenue of the Giants: Drive-thru trees, Victorian Ferndale and Trees of Mystery (195 miles, 3–5 days)
- Big Sur & the Central Coast: Bixby Bridge, Hearst Castle and elephant seals (152 miles, 3–5 days)
Southeast
- Skyline Drive & Blue Ridge Parkway: 574 miles of ridgeline with no stoplights (611 miles, 7–10 days)
- Natchez Trace Parkway: 444 miles of quiet two-lane through Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee (496 miles, 4–6 days)
- Outer Banks: Lighthouses, wild horses and the Wright Brothers (179 miles, 4–6 days)
- Chesapeake & the Eastern Shore: Crab shacks, wild ponies and the Bay Bridge-Tunnel (273 miles, 4–6 days)
- Shenandoah Valley: Caverns, college towns and Natural Bridge (203 miles, 4–6 days)
- Civil War Battlefields: Gettysburg to Appomattox (359 miles, 5–7 days)
- Colonial Virginia: Jamestown, Williamsburg and Yorktown (132 miles, 3–4 days)
- The Crooked Road: Virginia's heritage music trail (135 miles, 3–4 days)
- New River Gorge & the Highlands: The newest national park and Blackwater Falls (298 miles, 4–6 days)
- Great Smokies Loop: Dollywood, Cades Cove and Newfound Gap (121 miles, 4–6 days)
- Land of Waterfalls: Brevard, Highlands and 200+ waterfalls (120 miles, 3–5 days)
- Grand Strand to the Golden Isles: Myrtle Beach, Charleston, Savannah and the sea islands (334 miles, 5–7 days)
- North Georgia Mountains: An alpine village, gold rush town and Rock City (166 miles, 3–5 days)
- Bourbon Trail & Mammoth Cave: Distilleries, horse farms and the world's longest cave (261 miles, 4–6 days)
- Land Between the Lakes: Elk, bison and 300 miles of shoreline (121 miles, 3–4 days)
- Tennessee Music Highway: Graceland, the Opry and Dollywood (424 miles, 5–7 days)
- Highway 61 Blues Road: The Crossroads, juke joints and the Delta (277 miles, 4–6 days)
- Alabama Rockets & Civil Rights: Space Camp to the Edmund Pettus Bridge (244 miles, 4–5 days)
- Gulf Coast: New Orleans to Pensacola: Beignets, Biloxi and sugar-white beaches (244 miles, 4–6 days)
- Cajun Country: Swamp tours, zydeco and Tabasco (244 miles, 4–5 days)
- Ozarks Loop: Branson shows, the Buffalo River and Hot Springs (372 miles, 5–7 days)
- Ouachitas & the Talimena Drive: Ridge-top byway across two states (211 miles, 3–4 days)
Midwest
- Great River Road: Headwaters to the Gulf along the Mississippi (1,608 miles, 14–21 days)
- Michigan's Upper Peninsula: Pictured Rocks, Tahquamenon Falls and Lake Superior shore (427 miles, 5–7 days)
- Lake Michigan Circle Tour: Door County, Mackinac and Sleeping Bear Dunes (1,006 miles, 9–12 days)
- Door County: Cherry orchards, fish boils and lighthouses (97 miles, 3–4 days)
- Lake Superior South Shore: Apostle Islands, the Porkies and Pictured Rocks (536 miles, 7–9 days)
- Minnesota's North Shore: Split Rock, waterfalls and Grand Marais (156 miles, 3–5 days)
- Paul Bunyan Country: Giant lumberjacks, the Mississippi headwaters and the Boundary Waters (589 miles, 4–5 days)
- Wisconsin Dells & the Driftless: House on the Rock, waterparks and river bluffs (182 miles, 3–5 days)
- Starved Rock & Galena: Canyon waterfalls and a preserved river town (264 miles, 3–4 days)
- Iowa Backroads: Covered bridges, Field of Dreams and Captain Kirk's birthplace (299 miles, 4–5 days)
- Ohio: Amish Country to Cedar Point: Rock Hall, the Football Hall of Fame and roller coasters (264 miles, 4–5 days)
- Hocking Hills & the Ohio River: Old Man's Cave and a river-town finale (128 miles, 3–4 days)
- Indiana: Dunes to Santa Claus: Dunes, the Indy 500 and a town called Santa Claus (349 miles, 4–6 days)
- Michigan's Sunrise Coast: Lake Huron lighthouses and shipwrecks (233 miles, 3–4 days)
- The Lincoln Highway: America's first coast-to-coast road (2,973 miles, 14–21 days)
Florida
Rockies
- Glacier to Yellowstone & the Tetons: Glaciers, geysers and grizzly country (642 miles, 10–14 days)
- Colorado's West Slope: Colorado National Monument and the Black Canyon (175 miles, 4–5 days)
- San Juan Skyway: The Million Dollar Highway and Telluride (252 miles, 4–6 days)
- Colorado Rockies Loop: Trail Ridge Road, Steamboat and Leadville (553 miles, 7–10 days)
- Great Sand Dunes & the UFO Watchtower: Pikes Peak, the Royal Gorge and the tallest dunes in North America (233 miles, 4–5 days)
- Salt Flats, Golden Spike & Bear Lake: Bonneville, the transcontinental railroad and raspberry shakes (367 miles, 3–5 days)
- Idaho's Sawtooth & Craters of the Moon: Alpine lakes and a lava-field moonscape (355 miles, 4–6 days)
- Beartooth Highway to Yellowstone: "The most beautiful drive in America" into Lamar Valley (183 miles, 3–5 days)
- Flathead Lake & Glacier: Cherry stands, Whitefish and the Crown of the Continent (172 miles, 4–6 days)
- Mount Rushmore to Yellowstone: The classic western drive between two icons (623 miles, 5–7 days)
- Wind River to the Tetons: Climbing towns, badlands and the Teton skyline (185 miles, 3–5 days)
Great Plains
- Black Hills & Badlands: Mount Rushmore, Wall Drug, bison herds and the Badlands (377 miles, 5–7 days)
- The Oregon Trail: Chimney Rock, Independence Rock and the end of the trail (1,950 miles, 12–16 days)
- North Dakota Badlands & Enchanted Highway: Giant metal sculptures, Salem Sue and Theodore Roosevelt NP (291 miles, 4–6 days)
- Kansas Flint Hills & Oddities: Tallgrass prairie, the Garden of Eden and a giant ball of twine (264 miles, 3–5 days)
- South Dakota Across I-90: The Corn Palace, Dignity and Wall Drug (355 miles, 3–5 days)
- Nebraska Sandhills & Carhenge: Grass-covered dunes and Stonehenge made of cars (327 miles, 3–5 days)
Northeast
- New England Fall Foliage: Covered bridges, maple syrup and the Kancamagus (527 miles, 7–10 days)
- Hudson Valley to the Adirondacks: River towns, the Catskills, Saratoga and Lake George (291 miles, 5–7 days)
- The Jersey Shore: Boardwalks, lighthouses and saltwater taffy (166 miles, 3–5 days)
- Poconos & the Lehigh Gorge: Lake towns, a Victorian railroad town and waterfalls (170 miles, 3–4 days)
- Amish Country & Gettysburg: Buggies, chocolate town and the battlefield (121 miles, 3–5 days)
- Pennsylvania Route 6: The Grand Canyon of PA, dark skies and the Kinzua Bridge (296 miles, 4–6 days)
- The Finger Lakes: Gorges, waterfalls and lakeside wineries (140 miles, 4–6 days)
- Erie Canal to Niagara Falls: Canal towns, locks and the falls (317 miles, 4–6 days)
- Adirondacks to the Thousand Islands: North woods lakes and the St. Lawrence islands (255 miles, 4–6 days)
- Lake Champlain Loop: Burlington, Fort Ticonderoga and the Champlain Islands (160 miles, 3–5 days)
- Cape Cod: Plymouth Rock to Provincetown (91 miles, 3–5 days)
- Maine Coast on Route 1: Lobster shacks, lighthouses and Acadia (251 miles, 5–8 days)
- Downeast Maine: Past Acadia to the easternmost point in the U.S. (157 miles, 3–4 days)
- Maine North Woods: Katahdin, Moosehead Lake and moose (385 miles, 4–6 days)
- Vermont Route 100: The spine of the Green Mountains (193 miles, 4–6 days)
- White Mountains Loop: Mount Washington, Franconia Notch and the Kanc (134 miles, 3–5 days)
- New Hampshire Lakes & Seacoast: Portsmouth to Lake Winnipesaukee (109 miles, 3–4 days)
- Berkshires & the Mohawk Trail: Litchfield Hills, Tanglewood and the hairpin turn (138 miles, 3–5 days)
- Mystic to Newport: Seaport villages, beaches and mansions (86 miles, 3–4 days)
Pacific Northwest
- Olympic Peninsula Loop: Rain forest, wild beaches and Hurricane Ridge (372 miles, 4–6 days)
- Oregon Coast Highway: 363 miles of public beach (344 miles, 5–7 days)
- Columbia Gorge & Mount Hood: Multnomah Falls, Hood River and Timberline Lodge (160 miles, 3–4 days)
- Bend to Crater Lake: Lava lands, the deepest lake in the U.S. and Shakespeare (230 miles, 4–5 days)
- Painted Hills to the Wallowas: Striped hills, fossil beds and the Alps of Oregon (345 miles, 4–6 days)
- North Cascades Loop: Diablo Lake, a cowboy town and a Bavarian village (350 miles, 4–6 days)
- Mount Rainier & Mount St. Helens: Wildflower meadows and a volcano's blast zone (196 miles, 3–5 days)
Texas
Alaska