Cannon Ball’s coaster rides are the main draw at Lake Winnepesaukah, while the Antique Carrousel and SOAKya’s water-play areas give families gentler ways to spend the day. This is a full-day summer excursion from Chattanooga and back, combining amusement rides, a picnic-ground lunch and an afternoon in the water. You drive each way, using the […]
A soaking trip from Santa Fe can mean managed mineral pools at Ojo Caliente or a forest walk to primitive springs in the Jemez Mountains. Choose the setting as carefully as the distance: walk-in facilities suit a pool-focused outing, while remote springs need time for the approach and the return. These six trips start from […]
Upper Antelope Canyon draws you into sandstone walls carved by wind and water, while Lake Powell Boulevard in Page provides a lunch stop and Horseshoe Bend adds a view of the Colorado River below red-rock cliffs. This is a full-day excursion from Sedona, worthwhile if the guided slot-canyon experience matters enough to justify spending much […]
Sunset Key suits a meal-led island outing, while Garden Key in Dry Tortugas National Park calls for a full day. Both are ferry excursions from Key West, but they offer very different access once you step ashore. On Sunset Key, a confirmed Latitudes reservation lets you visit for dining, not a beach day. Garden Key […]
Guadalupe River State Park is the shortest drive in this selection, with river access and limestone bluffs that suit a manageable escape from San Antonio. Blanco offers another compact river outing, while Palmetto swaps the Hill Country scenery for dwarf palms and wetlands. For a full day, choose Pedernales Falls for limestone shelves and rocky […]
Mather Point’s layered cliffs, Yavapai Geology Museum’s canyon model and the stonework of Desert View Watchtower make the Grand Canyon worth a day away from Sedona. Between them, the historic village adds El Tovar and Hopi House, while the eastern rim opens up longer views of the Colorado River. This is a full-day self-drive excursion, […]
From Santa Fe, you can spend a morning at Chimayó’s pilgrimage church or Pecos’s ruins, or give a whole day to Taos Pueblo, canyon dwellings or Georgia O’Keeffe-associated landscapes. Choose one destination for the day, with time to explore it and return rather than joining these outings into a circuit. Albuquerque offers a cultural day […]
From Pigeon Forge, you can spend a day beside the Little River, browse central Knoxville, watch Cherokee craft demonstrations, explore Cades Cove or take a boat ride beneath the ground. Townsend suits a shorter escape, while the other four trips deserve a full day, including the drive back. Choose Oconaluftee Indian Village for guided cultural […]
Castroville’s Alsatian buildings, Natural Bridge Caverns’ guided underground walk and Enchanted Rock’s granite summit offer very different days away from San Antonio. Choose a town for a shorter outing, or give the museum and hiking trips a full day. Each of these six trips works as a return drive from the city, with time at […]
Cades Cove brings you close to Appalachian building traditions: John Oliver Cabin’s hand-hewn logs, John Cable Mill’s waterwheel and the joined log cabins at Tipton Place. The drive from Pigeon Forge through Wears Valley and Townsend also leaves room for a picnic and a short riverside walk on the way back. This is a full-day […]
