Popular RV Destinations in Summer
Summer 2022 is just around the corner and although full time RVing is increasingly popular, and proper skirts open up options for cold weather camping, it’s summer that offers the most RVing opportunities for travel destinations and brings the most RVers out onto the roads to soak up the sun at these destinations.
With that in mind, I wanted to take a fresh look at the best summer RV destinations. Instead of giving my own opinion, I’ve looked at all the existing suggestions I could find published, tallied up the suggested places to go, and have outlined the aggregated results below from most “votes” to least “votes”. After, I cut the data some different ways to see which cities and states are the best to travel to in an RV during summer. Scroll down to see the ranked results.
Top Summer RV Destinations
DestinationCityStateTypeScoreSource
| Glacier National Park | n/a | Montana | National Park | 5 | Read More |
| Redwood National and State Parks | n/a | California | National Park | 3 | Read More |
| The Great Smoky Mountains | n/a | Tennessee | National Park | 3 | Read More |
| Yellowstone National Park | n/a | Wyoming | National Park | 3 | Read More |
| Banff National Park | n/a | Alberta | National Park | 2 | Read More |
| Finger Lakes, New York | n/a | New York | Lake | 2 | Read More |
| Grand Tetons | n/a | Wyoming | National Park | 2 | Read More |
| Great Smoky Mountains | n/a | Tennessee | National Park | 2 | Read More |
| Great Smoky Mountains National Park | n/a | Tennessee | National Park | 2 | Read More |
| Hocking Hills State Park | Logan | Ohio | State Park | 2 | Read More |
| Michigan’s Upper Peninsula | n/a | Michigan | Region | 2 | Read More |
| Moab | Moab | Utah | City | 2 | Read More |
| Mount Rushmore | Keystone | South Dakota | Mountain | 2 | Read More |
| Olympic National Park | n/a | Washington | National Park | 2 | Read More |
| Rocky Mountain National Park | Estes Park | Colorado | National Park | 2 | Read More |
| Zion National Park | n/a | Utah | National Park | 2 | Read More |
| Acadia National Park | Mt Desert | Maine | National Park | 1 | Read More |
| Alaska | n/a | Alaska | State | 1 | Read More |
| Arches National Park | n/a | Utah | National Park | 1 | Read More |
| Ausable Point Campground | Peru | New York | Campground | 1 | Read More |
| Badlands National Park | n/a | South Dakota | National Park | 1 | Read More |
| Banff and Jasper National Parks | n/a | Alberta | National Park | 1 | Read More |
| Branched Oak SRA, Nebraska | Raymond | Nebraska | State Park | 1 | Read More |
| Bryce Canyon National Park | n/a | Utah | National Park | 1 | Read More |
| Canyonlands National Park | n/a | Utah | National Park | 1 | Read More |
| Cape Hatteras National Seashore | n/a | North Carolina | Shoreline/Beach | 1 | Read More |
| Cape May KOA | Cape May | New Jersey | Campground | 1 | Read More |
| Capitol Reef National Park | n/a | Utah | National Park | 1 | Read More |
| Cardinal Shooting Ctr/Campground | Marengo | Ohio | Campground | 1 | Read More |
| Cary State Forest Campground | Bryceville | Florida | Campground | 1 | Read More |
| Clarence Fahnestock State Park | Putnam Valley | New York | Campground | 1 | Read More |
| Cocoa Beach | Cocoa Beach | Florida | Shoreline/Beach | 1 | Read More |
| Craters of the Moon Nat. Monument | n/a | Idaho | Structure | 1 | Read More |
| Crazy Horse Memorial | Crazy Horse | South Dakota | Structure | 1 | Read More |
| Custer State Park | Custer | South Dakota | State Park | 1 | Read More |
| Denali Park | n/a | Alaska | Mountain | 1 | Read More |
| Denver | Denver | Colorado | City | 1 | Read More |
| Destin | Destin | Florida | City | 1 | Read More |
| Devils Tower National Monument | Devils Tower | Wyoming | Structure | 1 | Read More |
| Durango | Durango | Colorado | City | 1 | Read More |
| Fayetteville | Fayetteville | West Virginia | City | 1 | Read More |
| Florida Keys | n/a | Florida | Region | 1 | Read More |
| Garner State Park | Concan | Texas | State Park | 1 | Read More |
| Grand Canyon National Park | n/a | Arizona | National Park | 1 | Read More |
| Hammonasset Beach State Park | Madison | Connecticut | State Park | 1 | Read More |
| Hardy Lake | Johnson, Township | Indiana | State Park | 1 | Read More |
| Hilton Head Island | Hilton Head Island | South Carolina | Shoreline/Beach | 1 | Read More |
| Hither Hills | Montauk | New York | State Park | 1 | Read More |
| Henderson Beach State Park | Destin | Florida | Shoreline/Beach | 1 | Read More |
| Holly Shore Camping Resort | Cape May | New Jersey | Campground | 1 | Read More |
| Housatonic Meadows State Park | Sharon | Connecticut | State Park | 1 | Read More |
| Hugh White State Park | Grenada | Mississippi | State Park | 1 | Read More |
| Idaho | n/a | Idaho | State | 1 | Read More |
| Indiana Dunes National Park | Porter | Indiana | National Park | 1 | Read More |
| Lake Erie | n/a | n/a | Lake | 1 | Read More |
| Lake Superior Northland | n/a | n/a | Lake | 1 | Read More |
| Lake Tahoe | n/a | California, Nevada | Lake | 1 | Read More |
| Lone Oak | East Canaan | Connecticut | Campground | 1 | Read More |
| Long Beach Peninsula | Seaview | Washington | Region | 1 | Read More |
| Long Beach RV Resort, Barnegat | Barnegat | New Jersey | Campground | 1 | Read More |
| Mall of America | Bloomington | Minnesota | Structure | 1 | Read More |
| Mammoth Cave National Park | Mammoth Cave | Kentucky | National Park | 1 | Read More |
| Mammoth Mountain | Mammoth Lakes | California | Mountain | 1 | Read More |
| Minnesota’s North Shore | n/a | Minnesota | Region | 1 | Read More |
| Missoula | Missoula | Montana | City | 1 | Read More |
| Moorings Oceanfront | Belfast | Maine | Campground | 1 | Read More |
| Mount Rainier National Park | n/a | Washington | National Park | 1 | Read More |
| New Hampshire | n/a | New Hampshire | State | 1 | Read More |
| North Carolina’s Outer Banks | n/a | North Carolina | Region | 1 | Read More |
| Northern California | n/a | California | Region | 1 | Read More |
| Northern Vermont | n/a | Vermont | Region | 1 | Read More |
| Oregon | n/a | Oregon | State | 1 | Read More |
| Oregon Coast | n/a | Oregon | Shoreline/Beach | 1 | Read More |
| Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore | Munising | Michigan | Lake | 1 | Read More |
| Salida | Salida | Colorado | City | 1 | Read More |
| San Diego | San Diego | California | City | 1 | Read More |
| Second Beach Family Campground | Middletown | Rhode Island | Campground | 1 | Read More |
| Sedona | Sedona | Arizona | City | 1 | Read More |
| Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Park | n/a | California | National Park | 1 | Read More |
| Siesta Key Beach | Sarasota | Florida | Shoreline/Beach | 1 | Read More |
| South Dakota | n/a | South Dakota | State | 1 | Read More |
| South Higgins Lake State Park | Roscommon | Michigan | State Park | 1 | Read More |
| St. Andrews State Park | Panama City Beach | Florida | State Park | 1 | Read More |
| Texas Hill Country | n/a | Texas | Region | 1 | Read More |
| The Black Hills | n/a | South Dakota | Mountain | 1 | Read More |
| The Colorado Rockies | n/a | Colorado | Mountain | 1 | Read More |
| The Great Lakes | n/a | n/a | Lake | 1 | Read More |
| Traverse City State Park | Traverse City | Michigan | State Park | 1 | Read More |
| Troutdale | Troutdale | Oregon | City | 1 | Read More |
| Uncle Pete’s, Phoenicia | Phoenicia | New York | Campground | 1 | Read More |
| Vegas | Las Vegas | Nevada | City | 1 | Read More |
| Vermont | n/a | Vermont | State | 1 | Read More |
| Voyageurs National Park | International Falls | Minnesota | National Park | 1 | Read More |
| Washington | n/a | Washington | State | 1 | Read More |
| Wildwood State Park | Wading River | New York | State Park | 1 | Read More |
| Wind Cave National Park | n/a | South Dakota | National Park | 1 | Read More |
Now taking the data from above, I looked just at the state level to see which states people enjoy RVing to in the summer months. Not unexpectantly, Utah came up number one, followed by South Dakota, and California.
Best Summer Destinations by State
| Destination State |% of Suggestions |Number of Suggestions |
| Utah | 7.27% | 8 |
| South Dakota | 7.27% | 8 |
| California | 7.27% | 8 |
| New York | 6.36% | 7 |
| Florida | 6.36% | 7 |
| Montana | 5.45% | 6 |
| Michigan | 5.45% | 6 |
| Colorado | 4.55% | 5 |
| Wyoming | 4.55% | 5 |
| Washington | 4.55% | 5 |
| Minnesota | 3.64% | 4 |
| Connecticut | 2.73% | 3 |
| Tennessee | 2.73% | 3 |
| Ohio | 2.73% | 3 |
| Oregon | 2.73% | 3 |
| New Jersey | 2.73% | 3 |
| Vermont | 1.82% | 2 |
| Texas | 1.82% | 2 |
| Idaho | 1.82% | 2 |
| Indiana | 1.82% | 2 |
| Arizona | 1.82% | 2 |
| Maine | 1.82% | 2 |
| North Carolina | 1.82% | 2 |
| Alaska | 1.82% | 2 |
| Nevada | 1.82% | 2 |
| Mississippi | 0.91% | 1 |
| Nebraska | 0.91% | 1 |
| South Carolina | 0.91% | 1 |
| Kentucky | 0.91% | 1 |
| West Virginia | 0.91% | 1 |
| New Hampshire | 0.91% | 1 |
| Rhode Island | 0.91% | 1 |
| Wisconsin | 0.91% | 1 |
Sources
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