Road Adventures by Mark Wahlberg
The Great American Getaway
Concerts with campgrounds. Races with infield RV spots. Fairs, festivals, and fall color across the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes — pick a place, hitch up, and go.
Fourteen fall stops across six states, each worth building an RV weekend around. From campground festivals and covered bridges to cave concerts, mountain foliage, and one of America’s biggest horse shows — filter by state and start planning your next road trip.
Clarion, Pennsylvania
Nine days of fall color, a carnival, craft vendors, live events, and the signature Tournament of Leaves Parade in the Allegheny foothills.
🏕️ Make it a foliage weekend with RV camping around Clarion and Cook Forest.
Learn more →Columbus, Ohio
The world's largest single-breed horse show fills the Ohio Expo Center with competition, shopping, western events, and weeks of equestrian action.
🏕️ RV camping and trailer parking are available at the fairgrounds.
Learn more →Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania
One of the East Coast’s largest craft festivals brings hundreds of vendors, seasonal food, and Pennsylvania covered-bridge country together at the Bloomsburg Fairgrounds.
🏕️ Pair the festival with an RV stay in the Bloomsburg or Knoebels area.
Learn more →Parke County, Indiana
Indiana’s largest festival stretches across ten days and multiple communities, with 31 historic covered bridges, handmade crafts, great food, and peak fall scenery.
🏕️ Campgrounds throughout Parke County range from primitive sites to full-hookup RV camping.
Learn more →Berkeley Springs, West Virginia
A classic mountain-town fall weekend with apple butter kettles, food, crafts, entertainment, and autumn scenery in historic Berkeley Springs.
🏕️ Cacapon Resort State Park and other nearby campgrounds make this an easy RV fall getaway.
Learn more →Pelham, Tennessee
Americana, bluegrass, and roots music above and below ground, plus cave tours, workshops, food trucks, kids’ activities, and late-night jams.
🏕️ General festival admission includes car camping, with upgraded camping and glamping options available.
Learn more →Jefferson, Ohio
Explore a scenic driving route through 19 historic covered bridges, including the shortest and longest covered bridges in the United States, with a family-friendly festival at the center of it all.
🏕️ Turn the bridge tour into a weekend with RV camping near Geneva-on-the-Lake or Pymatuning.
Learn more →Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania
Mountain scenery, craft and food vendors, live music, historic streets, and scenic train rides through the Lehigh Gorge make this one of Pennsylvania’s standout fall weekends.
🏕️ RV campgrounds in the Pocono and Lehigh Gorge area make a great base for the festival.
Learn more →Big Bone Lick, Kentucky
Living-history demonstrations, heritage exhibits, reenactors, local food, and family activities celebrate Kentucky’s early salt-making history.
🏕️ Big Bone Lick State Historic Site has a campground, making this especially easy to build into an RV weekend.
Learn more →Sevierville, Tennessee
More than 240 artisans, live music, kids’ activities, fall food, and Smoky Mountain views spread across 16 acres in Wears Valley.
🏕️ Surrounded by RV resorts and campgrounds in Wears Valley, Townsend, and Pigeon Forge.
Learn more →New River Gorge, West Virginia
West Virginia’s signature one-day festival closes the New River Gorge Bridge to traffic for BASE jumping, rappelling, vendors, and incredible gorge views.
🏕️ Make a full weekend of it with RV camping around Fayetteville, ACE Adventure Resort, or the New River Gorge area.
Learn more →Circleville, Ohio
One of Ohio’s most famous fall traditions fills downtown Circleville with giant pumpkins, parades, rides, food stands, contests, and four days of festival energy.
🏕️ Camp nearby in the Hocking Hills or Columbus-area campgrounds and make the show part of a longer fall road trip.
Learn more →Beattyville, Kentucky
Two weeks of campground trick-or-treating, hiking, hayrides, horseback riding, off-roading, a Halloween dance party, family activities, and Día de los Muertos traditions.
🏕️ Hosted at Firefly Hills, an RV campground near Red River Gorge with full-hookup and premium RV sites.
Learn more →Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
Great Pumpkin LumiNights, fall food, live music, artisans, rides, and thousands of glowing pumpkins turn Dollywood into one of the Smokies’ biggest autumn attractions.
🏕️ Pigeon Forge and nearby Townsend have a huge selection of RV resorts, making this an easy multi-night camping trip.
Learn more →No stops on this route yet — check back soon or pick another state.