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Road trip & camping planner for the USA, Europe and AustraliaFind the stops worth the detour
Tell us where you’re starting and where you’re going. CampingSpirit maps the route, finds the campsites, lakes, castles and mountain passes along it, and warns you about tolls and city zones.
Plan it, find more, bring friends
Scout plans the trip for you
Answer five questions about dates, pace, vehicle and interests. Scout picks the stops, spaces them into days and finds somewhere to sleep each night.
See what’s along the route
Set how far you’re willing to detour and the map shows every waterfall, museum and odd monument inside that band.
Tolls, vignettes and city zones
See which countries you cross, where you need a vignette, and which stops sit inside a ZTL or low-emission zone.
Places worth the detour
The star icons on the map. Every one was chosen by an editor and is worth leaving the motorway for.
© David Quigley · CC BY 4.0Gemini Giant
A 30-foot fiberglass spaceman holding a rocket, one of the best-loved "muffler men" on the old highway.
© David Broad · CC BY 3.0Seven Mile Bridge
Almost seven miles of open water on the Overseas Highway. The old bridge alongside is partly open to walkers.
© No machine-readable author provided. Miskatonic assumed (based on copyright claims). · CC BY 2.5Fonts Point
A rim above the eroded Borrego Badlands, spectacular at sunrise and sunset. The four-mile access road is…
© HAL333 · CC BY-SA 4.0Crater of Diamonds State Park
A plowed field on an old volcanic pipe where anyone can dig for diamonds and keep what they find. Go after…
Photo by Joylynn Goh on UnsplashGlade Creek Grist Mill, Babcock State Park
A working reconstructed grist mill over a rocky creek, one of the most photographed spots in West Virginia,…
© FrankBrueck · CC BY-SA 3.0Muir Woods National Monument
Old-growth coast redwoods in a narrow canyon below Mount Tamalpais, with flat boardwalk loops. A parking or…
© David Starner · CC BY-SA 4.0Cedar Breaks National Monument
A 600 m deep amphitheater of orange hoodoos at over 3,000 m elevation, with rim viewpoints along Utah 148.…
© Runner1928 · CC BY-SA 4.0Sylvan Lake
A small reservoir framed by granite boulders at the north end of the Needles Highway in Custer State Park.…
© Thomson200 · CC0Grandfather Mountain
A nature park run by a nonprofit foundation, with the Mile High Swinging Bridge between two peaks, native…
© ONUnicorn · CC BY-SA 4.0Turkey Run State Park
Sandstone canyons cut by Sugar Creek, reached on trails with ladders and creek crossings through…
© Luis Parra Rubio · CC BY-SA 4.0Lagos de Covadonga
Two glacial lakes in the Picos de Europa. Private cars are restricted in peak season, so take the bus.
© Basotxerri · CC BY-SA 4.0Cape Finisterre
The Romans’ end of the world and the last stop for many Camino pilgrims. Watch the sun set over the Atlantic.
Road trips in the USA
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© Bob Linsdell · CC BY 3.0Fall color: the Kancamagus to Acadia
Photo by Tim Mossholder on UnsplashOregon Coast on US-101
© Lance Anderson lanceanderson · CC0Giant baskets and infinity rooms: a Midwest oddities run
Photo by Eddie Suh on UnsplashRedwood Coast
Photo by Brewing Cats on UnsplashNorth Cascades Highway
Photo by The AIRDEEz on UnsplashThe Blue Ridge Parkway, end to end
Road trips in Europe
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Photo by Rob Menting on UnsplashTuscany and Lazio by motorhome
© BenAveling · CC BY-SA 4.0Sicily loop: temples, Etna and Baroque towns
© Davide Papalini · CC BY-SA 3.0Riviera di Ponente: Genoa to the French border
Photo by Jean VIVIN on UnsplashLake Maggiore and Lake Orta
© Fabio Ingrosso from Italy · CC BY 2.0Bergamo, Lake Iseo and the Valcamonica rock art
Photo by Jordi Vich Navarro on UnsplashSardinia’s Orientale Sarda
Road trips in the USA
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From the Bay of Islands to Cape Reinga and back
The Kauri Coast and Hokianga from Kaikohe to Matakohe
Three days in the Bay of Islands: Waitangi to Kerikeri
Photo by Abdul Hayee on UnsplashAuckland and the wild Waitākere west coast beaches
Photo by RE Walsh on UnsplashAuckland to Whangārei by the north-east coast
The Coromandel Peninsula loop from Thames to Waihī
Stories from the road
Famous routes
Take the trip with you
Trips you plan here are ready on your phone. Stops, notes and day plans all come with you when you leave signal behind.
FAQs
What is CampingSpirit?
CampingSpirit is a web app for planning road trips and camping trips in the USA, Europe and Australia. It plans the route, suggests hand-picked stops along it, finds campsites and motorhome stopovers and estimates fuel costs; in Europe it also flags motorway tolls, vignettes and low-emission zones.
Is CampingSpirit free?
Yes. CampingSpirit is free to use at the moment: the trip planner, trip guides, hand-picked places and campsite search cost nothing.
Which countries does CampingSpirit cover?
The 48 contiguous US states and 27 European countries, with 1,013 trip guides and 3,890 hand-picked places.
Can I plan a motorhome or campervan trip with it?
Yes. Enter the height, length and weight of your vehicle and the planner checks them against limits on the route. It also shows 76,503 campsites and motorhome stopovers from OpenStreetMap.
In which languages is CampingSpirit available?
In English, German, Italian and French – the app, the trip guides and the place pages.