With a hot summer in your rear view mirror, a fall road trip is the perfect way to embrace the changing season. Take a front row seat and buckle up to watch tall set the surrounding landscape on tire with the burning colours or Autumn.
Although these road trip itineraries are amazing during fall, they can be done all year round.
1. Blue Ridge Parkway
Length: 469 Mi – Virginia To North Carolina
This scenic highway connects Shenandoah National Park with the great Smoky Mountains. It offers one of the most beautiful glimpses of fall follage around. Start your trip in October to catch the Virginia Foliage Festival
2. Bourbon Trail
Length: 293 Mi – Kentucky To Tennessee
Ditch the sweater and warm up with some southern bourbon on this road trip. Take it all in with fall festivities such as stopping along the Bourbon Trail, enjoying the scenic Cumberland Gap and checking out historic homes such as that of Abraham Lincoln.
3. The Blues Highway
Length: 109 Mi – Tennessee To Mississippi
Starting in Memphis, music and culture will lead you from Tennessee into scenic Mississippi. With amazing barbecue, live music around every corner and gorgeus scenery, you will be able to line some
soul along this stretch of pavement.
4. Natchez Trace Parkway
Length: 444 Mi – Tennessee To Alabama
Travel back in time on this historic parkway through Civil War battlefields and Native American land. lake a break from the car stretch your legs and take advantage of the bike paths along the way, Stop by Cypress swamp for beautiful fall reflections.
5. Historic National Road
Length: 824 Mi – Maryland To Illinois
For a long trip down memory lane, enjoy the first federally funded interstate highway through six states & 200 years of American history. Created in 1811 from the authorization of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, this road provides a route to the past.
6. Atlantic Coast Road Trip
Length: 350 Mi – Kitty Hawk To Myrtle Beach
Lighthouses, traditional maritime villages and miles of desolate beaches are some of the many reasons this road trip is a must. Starting your trip in Kitty hawk, make sure to spend some time at the infamous sand dunes where the Wright Brothers first took flight.
Check the Infograph below for a map and the routes:
